Subj : OpenAI + Jony Ive ¨, Tesla Optimus learns ¨, Python tooling at scale ¨¨ To : All From : TLDR Date : Thu May 22 2025 10:57:20 --9chY9VLT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OpenAI is acquiring Jony Ive's startup, io, for $6.5 billion. 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DX's guide to AI-assisted engineering [4] can help you and your teams = close the gap. Based on data from DX's customer base and interviews wi= th experienced AI users, this guide delivers concrete strategies that act= ually work [4]. Discover prompting techniques that elicit better response= s, the top time-saving use cases for AI, and leadership strategies for = encouraging AI adoption. Get the guide, distribute it internally, and = enable teams to ramp up with AI-powered development. Download free from D= X [4] =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS JONY IVE TO LEAD OP= ENAI'S DESIGN WORK FOLLOWING $6.5B ACQUISITION OF HIS COMPANY (4 MINUTE R= EAD) [5]=20 OpenAI is acquiring Jony Ive's startup, io, in an all-equit= y deal that values the startup at $6.5 billion. Ive and his design firm,= LoveFrom, which will continue to operate independently, will now lead = creative and design work at OpenAI. He could help OpenAI directly compete= with Apple in the consumer hardware space - Apple has struggled to devel= op AI features that keep up with the latest technology. io's staff of aro= und 55 engineers, scientists, researchers, physicists, and product develo= pment specialists will join OpenAI. They will be tasked with developing A= I-powered consumer devices and other projects.=20 TESLA POSTS OPTIMUS= ' MOST IMPRESSIVE VIDEO DEMONSTRATION YET (2 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 The = Tesla Optimus team's latest video demonstration shows the humanoid robot = performing a variety of tasks, including household using a broom and vacu= um cleaner, tearing a paper towel, stirring a pot of food, opening a cabi= net, closing a curtain, and picking up a Model X fore link and placing it= on a dolly. The robot completed all these tasks through a single neural = network. It learned its actions using data from first-person videos of hu= mans performing similar tasks. 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It also implies there are calculations that can't be computed in certa= in amounts of time, offering a new way to attack one of the oldest open p= roblems in computer science.=20 THE SMALL ROBOT COMPANY WITH BIG GLOBAL= AMBITIONS (6 MINUTE READ) [8] Robot.com is a Colombian robotic co= mpany with a fleet of over 500 robots working in warehouse logistics, adv= ertising displays, security, inspection, and deliveries. The company sign= ed a multi-year partnership with Amazon Web Services last year, catapulti= ng it into the big league of the global service robots market. The steady= growth of the company underscores the potential of the robotics industry= in Latin America, but it also highlights the challenges of regions with= high production costs, limited investor confidence, and minimal public= investment.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE= AI ENGINEER WORLD'S FAIR (SPONSOR) [9]=20 The world's biggest ev= ent for AI builders is in SF from June 3-5. 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OpenAI is acquiring Jony Ive's startup,= io, in an all-equity deal that values the startup at $6.5 billion. Ive and= his design firm, LoveFrom, which will continue to operate independently, w= ill now lead creative and design work at OpenAI. He could help OpenAI direc= tly compete with Apple in the consumer hardware space - Apple has struggled= to develop AI features that keep up with the latest technology. io's staff= of around 55 engineers, scientists, researchers, physicists, and product d= evelopment specialists will join OpenAI. They will be tasked with developin= g AI-powered consumer devices and other projects.
Tesla posts Optimus' most i= mpressive video demonstration yet (2 minute read)

The Tesla Optimus team's latest video d= emonstration shows the humanoid robot performing a variety of tasks, includ= ing household using a broom and vacuum cleaner, tearing a paper towel, stir= ring a pot of food, opening a cabinet, closing a curtain, and picking up a = Model X fore link and placing it on a dolly. The robot completed all these = tasks through a single neural network. It learned its actions using data fr= om first-person videos of humans performing similar tasks. The system could= pave the way for Optimus to learn and refine new skills quickly and reliab= ly. The video is available in the article.
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For Algorithms, a Little Me= mory Outweighs a Lot of Time (27 minute read)

Ryan Williams, a theoretical computer s= cientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, recently posted a pr= oof online on the relationship between time and memory in computing. The pr= oof, which showed that memory was more powerful than computer scientists ha= d previously believed, established a mathematical procedure for transformin= g any algorithm, no matter what it does, into a form that uses much less sp= ace. It also implies there are calculations that can't be computed in certa= in amounts of time, offering a new way to attack one of the oldest open pro= blems in computer science.
The small robot company wit= h big global ambitions (6 minute read)

Robot.com is a Colombian robotic compan= y with a fleet of over 500 robots working in warehouse logistics, advertisi= ng displays, security, inspection, and deliveries. The company signed a mul= ti-year partnership with Amazon Web Services last year, catapulting it into= the big league of the global service robots market. The steady growth of t= he company underscores the potential of the robotics industry in Latin Amer= ica, but it also highlights the challenges of regions with high production = costs, limited investor confidence, and minimal public investment.
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Legacy code is full of surprises. Mainf= rames are chock-full of history, containing wonderful hacks that get around= the limitations of systems. This post contains several examples of these h= acks within a COBOL system.
Python Tooling at Scale: Ll= amaIndex's Monorepo Overhaul (8 minute read)

LlamaIndex is an ecosystem consisting o= f more than 650 Python packages, mostly Integrations and Packs. All of thes= e packages share a single GitHub repository, or monorepo. This article disc= usses LlamaDev, a tool for managing monorepos at scale, and explains the ch= allenges with existing tooling. LlamaDev makes running tests faster and eas= ier, creates clearer logs so contributors know exactly what happened if a c= heck failed, and can be run locally for debugging.
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Sergey Brin points to where= Google Glass failed =E2=80=94 and what Android XR gets right (6 minute rea= d)

Google is getting back into the smart g= lasses game. The company has announced a partnership with Warby Parker - th= ey plan to launch a series of smart glasses built on top of Google's Androi= d XR as soon as next year. The rise of generative AI has allowed Google to = revisit the idea of Google Glass, a wearable it launched in 2013 that faile= d partly due to a technology gap. The company has learned many lessons sinc= e the failed launch. Other companies, like Meta and Apple, are also reporte= dly working on smart glasses.
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Shopify's Storefront Web Components let= s developers bring Shopify-powered commerce capabilities to any website.
Microsoft blames Apple for = its delayed Xbox mobile store (3 minute read)

Microsoft says it has been unable to im= plement linked-out payments because of Apple's anti-steering policies, whic= h restrict Microsoft's communications to users and impose a high economic c= ost.
Many iPhones stolen in the = US and Europe end up in one building in China (3 minute read)

The Feiyang Times building in Shenzhen = is known as a place for phone sales and repairs - and also a marketplace fo= r stolen devices.
Spotify says support for ex= ternal payments on iOS has already boosted subscriptions (3 minute read)

Spotify's iOS subscriptions have signif= icantly increased in the past two weeks, while sales have remained relative= ly constant on Android.
Why Europe's tech scene is = so much smaller than the US's and China's (6 minute read)

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