Hey fam 👋 Luis & Rui here with your Monday dose of AI.

xAI just dropped Grok for businesses, Meta acquired an AI startup for $2 billion, and European banks are planning to cut 200,000 jobs because of AI. Oh, and OpenAI is working on a mysterious audio device with Jony Ive.

Grab your coffee, this one is packed.

(3-minute coffee break ☕)

The Big Story: 🚀 xAI Launches Grok Business and Enterprise

What Happened: xAI officially launched Grok Business ($30/seat/month) and Grok Enterprise, bringing their AI assistant to the workplace with serious security features.

The Analysis:

💰 The Price Point: At $30/seat/month, Grok Business undercuts ChatGPT Enterprise while offering SSO, SCIM provisioning, and audit logs. Enterprise tier adds customer-managed encryption keys through Enterprise Vault.

⚠️ The Competition: This puts xAI in direct competition with OpenAI’s ChatGPT Teams/Enterprise and Anthropic’s Claude for Business. The race for enterprise AI dollars is heating up fast.

📢 The Timing: The launch comes as xAI continues rapid expansion, though it coincides with ongoing controversies around deepfake content on the X platform.

The Takeaway: Elon’s betting big that businesses want a Grok-powered workforce. With competitive pricing and enterprise-grade security, xAI is no longer just a consumer play.

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The Best of the Rest 🌍

🤖 Meta acquires Manus AI for $2 billion: The Singapore-based AI startup with $100M ARR will integrate across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, marking Meta’s biggest AI acquisition yet. (continue reading)

🏦 European banks to cut 200,000 jobs by 2030: Morgan Stanley analysis shows 35 major banks expect 10% workforce reduction as AI drives 30% efficiency gains in back-office, risk, and compliance roles. (continue reading)

🎧 OpenAI is building an audio-first AI device: With Jony Ive involved, the new device family will feature natural speech handling and interruption management. Launch expected in about a year. (continue reading)

🎨 Fal releases FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo: New image model generates in 8 steps (vs 50), costs just $0.008/image, and achieves the top ELO score among open-weight models. (continue reading)

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Career & Capital 💼

AI Job Board

  • Netflix: Machine Learning Scientist (L4/5) – $150,000 – $750,000 (view job)

  • OpenAI: Data Scientist, Marketing – $205,000 – $405,000 (view job)

  • Hightouch: Software Engineer, AI Agents – $180,000 – $320,000 (view job)

Investments in AI

  • SoftBank completes $40B OpenAI investment: Final $22.5B tranche gives SoftBank ~11% stake at $260B pre-money valuation. Funded by selling Nvidia and T-Mobile stakes. (link)

  • Dazzle AI raises $8M seed at $35M valuation: Marissa Mayer’s consumer AI assistant startup backed by Forerunner, Kleiner Perkins, and Greycroft. Launch expected early 2026. (link)

  • Moonshot AI raises $500M Series C at $4.3B valuation: Led by IDG Capital with Alibaba and Tencent participating. Flagship Kimi K2 Thinking model outperforms GPT-5 on benchmarks. (link)

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