Samantha Subin / CNBC:
Palantir reports Q4 revenue up 70% YoY to $1.41B, vs. $1.33B est., and forecasts FY 2026 and Q1 revenue above estimates; PLTR jumps 6%+ after hours  —  Palantir topped Wall Street's fourth-quarter estimates as more businesses and the U.S. government race to buy its artificial intelligence tools.

Bloomberg:
SpaceX acquires xAI; sources say the combined company is expected to price shares at ~$527 each in a potential IPO and would have a valuation of $1.25T  —  Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI, according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal that encompasses the billionaire's …

Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI is unsatisfied with some of Nvidia's AI chips used for inference and has sought alternatives since last year, including from Cerebras and Groq  —  OpenAI is unsatisfied with some of Nvidia's latest artificial intelligence chips, and it has sought alternatives since last year …

Brian Barrett / Wired:
Newly-released emails between tech industry notables and Jeffrey Epstein kick off a renewed flurry of acrimonious social posts and lurid news coverage  —  The Department of Justice has released more than 3 million documents and photos related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Alison Durkee / Forbes:
New Epstein Files Reveal Even More Powerful Connections: Musk, Trump, Gates, Lutnick, More  —  Topline  —  The Justice Department released millions more documents related to financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, more than a month after the Trump administration's deadline passed to release …