welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for wednesday, september 17th! here's what's making waves today:
- tesla recall in australia: tesla is recalling its powerwall 2 home batteries due to fire risks. affected units, produced between november 2020 and june 2022, will be safely discharged and replaced at no cost.
- impulse space revolutionizes satellite delivery: led by former spacex exec tom mueller, impulse space aims to cut transport times to geostationary orbit from months to hours with its helios methane-oxygen kick stage technology.
- tiktok's uncertain future in the u.s.: amid ownership concerns, a potential sale gains traction. a "framework" deal may involve oracle and andreessen horowitz overseeing u.s. operations, with interest from amazon and microsoft.
- groww's public listing in india: poised to be the first indian startup to go public after shifting headquarters from the u.s., groww's ipo could provide substantial exits for global venture funds, supported by microsoft ceo satya nadella.
- ai agents draw attention in silicon valley: reinforcement learning environments are garnering investment to enhance ai capabilities, though challenges remain in scalability and progress.
stay tuned for more tech updates tomorrow!
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