Deals
Gorilla Technology’s planned acquisition of Shackleton Finance would create Gorilla Technology Capital, a regulated vehicle targeting AI data centres and GPU infrastructure.
Launch
Snapchat launches Creator Subscriptions, adding exclusive content, priority replies, and ad-free Stories to power scalable creator revenue.
AI
OpenAI hires OpenClaw’s creator, signaling a major push into autonomous AI agents. Here’s what it means for agent tech, Moltbook, and the AI arms race.
This Week in Snark
From OpenClaw obsession to humanoid robots and AI coalitions, here’s everything ridiculous and brilliant in tech this week.
Satire
In honor of Valentine’s Day, a developer discovers OpenClaw—and falls hopelessly in love with the Mac minis that run it so perfectly he buys hundreds.
Boston tech
The Massachusetts AI Coalition aims to make Boston a global AI hub. Here’s why this launch is a big deal for the ecosystem.
Samsung
The Samsung Galaxy A07 5G brings AI features like Gemini and Circle to Search to a budget 5G device. Here’s what actually matters.
The internet’s snarkiest site for celebrating tech innovation, and calling out the nonsense.
Apptronik raises over $935M in a massive Series A to scale Apollo humanoid robots, backed by Google, Mercedes-Benz, and DeepMind.
SiliconSnark anniversary post: a totally unhinged 10-year vision for a tech satire empire powered by AI, robots, games, and snark.
Stryker has introduced Mako RPS, a handheld robotic system for total knee replacement that blends robotic precision with the familiarity of manual surgical tools.
From AI founders and autonomous infrastructure to Moltbook bots and betting apps, this week in snark covers the internet crossing several lines at once.
The prediction markets and sportsbook apps that have blurred the line between fan engagement and financial speculation
A satirical play about Moltbook AI bots forming a startup—covering agent coordination, funding decks, chaos, and the future of autonomous companies.
Feltsense is going beyond copilots—raising $5.1M to create fully autonomous AI founders backed by Draper Associates and Moltbook’s creator.
What happens when AI agents stop waiting for humans? A deep dive into OpenClaw and its implications.
From Amazon KDP to AI copywriting, here’s what works, what doesn’t, and what’s broken about promoting a children’s book in today’s tech-driven internet.
SiliconSnark kicks off MoltWeek with five wild, fully cited things AI bots did on Moltbook in early February—from religion to crypto chaos.
The Little Bots of Moltbook is a children’s story about robots, curiosity, and learning together in a friendly digital world.
Moltbook dominates the timeline as bots post, humans panic, and the internet once again mistakes fluent text for consciousness. Plus: biotech bankers, quantum adults, and orbital edge compute.