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Meta fires up superintelligence clusters. Cognition absorbs Windsurf in a weekend sweep. xAI rolls out flirtatious avatars. And Mistral opens up the voice frontier with whisper-level performance at a fraction of the cost.
đ In todayâs Generative AI Newsletter:
Meta reveals its first AI megafactory, Prometheus
Cognition pulls off a full Windsurf takeover after Google poaches its CEO
xAI launches emotional AI companions with intimacy bars
Mistral debuts Voxtral, a radical open alternative to Whisper
⥠Metaâs First AI Supercluster âPrometheusâ Will Launch in 2026
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Mark Zuckerberg has announced the next phase of Metaâs AI ambitions: building some of the worldâs most advanced compute clusters to power superintelligence. The first, called Prometheus, comes online in 2026, part of a longer plan to assemble multi-gigawatt AI factories for training large models at unprecedented scale.
Whatâs coming online:
Prometheus, live by 2026: Metaâs first industrial-scale supercluster will handle training for its most advanced models, unlocking a new tier of performance
Hyperion, next in line: A second facility, built to scale up to 5 gigawatts, is already underway, one of several new clusters in development
âGreatest compute per researcherâ: Zuckerberg claims Meta Superintelligence Labs will offer unmatched compute density, recruiting only top-tier talent
Fuelled by a $14B hiring spree: Meta has already funneled billions into Scale AI and poached elite researchers from DeepMind, Anthropic, and OpenAI
Meta has invested heavily in hiring and partnerships, including a major deal with Scale AI to fuel its infrastructure and talent stack. Meta is designing the factories, recruiting the architects, and laying the wiring for the long game. Prometheus is only the first ignition point.
đ¨Cognition Scoops Up Windsurf After Google-OpenAI Bidding War
Image source: Cognition AI
What a plot twist. Just days after OpenAIâs $3B deal collapsed and Google poached its CEO in a $2.4B move, Cognition has grabbed what was left of Windsurf including its entire team, IP, brand, and revenue in a whirlwind weekend deal. The acquisition reshapes the AI coding battlefield, giving Cognition both the top AI agent and a powerful IDE to match.
Hereâs how it went down:
Everything but the execs: Cognition now owns Windsurfâs full stack: product, $82M ARR, and access to $100M in cash, minus the founders Google hired.
Team-wide equity win: All remaining Windsurf employees join with accelerated vesting and new equity grants, including those who previously had none.
Agent meets IDE: Windsurfâs agentic dev environment will be fused with Cognitionâs Devin, uniting smart code editing and autonomous task execution.
Claude is back: After Anthropic cut Windsurf off during the OpenAI talks, Cognitionâs deal restores Claude access a major win for users.
This closes one of the most chaotic chapters in the AI coding space, with OpenAI, Google, and Cognition all in the mix within 72 hours. It gives Cognition the dual play it was missing: an agent that can act and an IDE that can scale. With Goldman Sachs already on board and Cursor watching closely, Cognition just turned chaos into a launchpad.
𧸠Grokâs AI Companions Raise Eyebrows (and Relationship Meters)
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Elon Muskâs xAI has launched âCompanionsâ for SuperGrok subscribers. Animated, voice-enabled AI avatars designed to build relationships with users over time. The update includes two personalities, Ani and Rudy, and early reports suggest the system gamifies intimacy.
Whatâs going on in the Grokiverse:
Two characters launched: Ani, a gothic anime girl, and Rudy, a fox-panda hybrid, are now live as 3D interactive avatars.
Voice and personality features: Users can talk to the companions via Grokâs voice mode, with scripted replies and custom behaviors.
Gamified progression system: Conversations impact a visible ârelationship barâ that unlocks new interactions at higher levels.
Early NSFW claims: Users report that Aniâs adult mode becomes available after enough interaction; xAI has not confirmed.
Grokâs Companions arrive at a moment when the AI industry is under fire for blurring emotional boundaries. But with Musk embracing chaos as a feature, not a bug, itâs clear Grok isnât chasing safety. Itâs chasing intimacy and maybe a bit of controversy along the way.
đŁď¸ Mistral Launches Voxtral, Its First Open Audio AI Model
Image Credit: Mistral
French AI startup Mistral just entered the voice AI race with Voxtral, an open source family of audio models aimed at production-scale use. Positioned as a counterweight to closed systems like Whisper and Gemini, Voxtral aims to bring usable, affordable speech intelligence to developers.
Hereâs whatâs packed into Voxtral:
Two open models: Voxtral Small (24B params) for enterprise deployment, Voxtral Mini (3B) for local and edge use.
Real comprehension: Handles up to 40 minutes of speech with summarization, Q&A, and API-triggering via natural voice.
Global languages: Understands and transcribes English, Hindi, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Dutch, and Italian.
Radical pricing: API starts at $0.001/minute; Mini Transcribe outperforms Whisper for less than half the cost.
Mistral says Voxtral is the first step toward truly open audio intelligence. With Le Chat demos, Hugging Face downloads, and a rumored $1B raise in the works, the French firm is turning voice into its next frontier.
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