SpaceX Historic IPO on Nasdaq Creates 4,400 Millionaires

SpaceX's IPO on Nasdaq is the largest in history, with retail orders exceeding $70B and a $135/share price, creating 4,400 millionaires.
Perplexity launches Deep Research as a native skill in Computer, using Search as Code architecture for parallel retrieval.
Diana Hu named new YC managing partner, bringing experience from Niantic and Escher Reality.
Grok Build v0.2.51 updates with /code-review, Mermaid subgraph rendering, and UML class diagrams.
Tesla FSD Supervised expands to Belgium, the fifth European country to approve.
Replit Agent adds Custom Instructions, Skills, and Databricks integration, enabling rapid app development.

SpaceX goes public in historic IPO: Elon Musk announced that SpaceX listed on Nasdaq with the largest IPO ever, attracting over $70 billion in retail orders at $135 per share. The IPO is expected to create 4,400 millionaires. Musk recalled early struggles, including a 90% perceived failure probability and critical support from Peter Thiel after the third rocket failure. — via 1 2 3 4 5
Tesla FSD Supervised approved in Belgium: The country became the fifth European nation to approve FSD, joining the Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia, and Denmark. — via 1 2
YC appoints Diana Hu as new managing partner: Diana Hu, co-founder of Escher Reality (acquired by Niantic), joins YC as managing partner. She previously brought AR to over 100 million Pokémon GO users and has worked with ~230 YC companies worth $7B total. — via 1 2

Perplexity launches Deep Research in Computer: The feature, native to Perplexity Computer, uses a Search as Code architecture where models write code to perform thousands of parallel retrieval steps, outperforming traditional deep research benchmarks. Available to Pro and Max users. Plan Mode also released to all users. — via 1 2 3
Grok Build v0.2.51 update: New /code-review command, Mermaid flowchart subgraph rendering, UML class diagram support, and multiple bug fixes. — via 1
Replit Agent adds Custom Instructions and Skills: The platform now lets AI remember user preferences via Custom Instructions and supports Skills like Google Maps Platform, Resend. It also integrates with Databricks for permissioned app access. Developers built a brand tool for under $3,000 that would have cost $100K six months ago. — via 1 2 3 4
Grok Build plugin marketplace in beta: Supports MongoDB, Vercel, Sentry, Cloudflare, and Chrome DevTools plugins. Grok also integrates with Vercel for building and deploying web apps. — via 1 2

Paul Graham warns founders are their own biggest threat: More startups die from founder execution failures than from competitors. — via 1
Garry Tan advises against using AI to speed up bureaucracy: AI coding tools should be used to create new experiences, not to accelerate old processes. — via 1
Nikita Bier launches Big Charts and 𝕏 stock trading: Big Charts embed Cashtags in posts (iOS and web), and 𝕏 now supports direct trading of $SPCX, calling it a game-changer. — via 1 2
Community Notes praised by Elon Musk: Described as X's biggest advancement, a distributed, scalable truth-seeking algorithm breakthrough. — via 1

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