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🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Grok dials back the AI image generation thing. Kinda. xAI just raised all that money cause it kinda has to. Looks like the next Deep Seek model is incoming. Why a16z is officially the biggest VC firm in all the world. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature (The Verge) Musk’s xAI Burns Almost $8 Billion, Reveals Optimus Plan (Bloomberg) Chinese Firms Dominated Global Humanoid Robot Shipments in 2025 (Bloomberg) DeepSeek To Release Next Flagship AI Model With Strong Coding Ability (The Information) Andreessen Horowitz raises $15 billion for new funds (Axios) A16z’s $15 Billion Fund Vacuumed Up A Fifth Of Venture Dollars Raised Last Year (Forbes) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The Man Who Could Be Apple’s Next C.E.O. (NYTimes) The cost of America’s nuclear revival (FT) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.2	Learn more and try it out on Adobe.com.
0:34.1	Welcome to the TechBrew right home for Friday, January 9th, 2026.
0:37.8	I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:39.2	Grock dials back the AI image generation thing, kind of.
0:43.5	XAI just raised all that money because it kind of has to.
0:46.8	Looks like the next DeepSeek model is incoming.
0:49.8	Why A16Z is officially the biggest VC firm in the world.
0:53.6	And of course, the weekend long read suggestions. Here's what you missed firm in the world, and of course, the weekend long-range
0:55.2	suggestions.
0:56.0	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
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