Why AI Is Now Called SI, the Government’s New Chatbot & Starship Finally Reaches Orbit | Lightwork

Claire Zau and Josh Machiz were both in DC this week, stuck in traffic for a White House lunch they didn't know was happening until they saw the seating chart. About twenty executives were in the room, and what came out was the White House Accord on Superintelligence, a one page document covering internal monitoring, verification teams, an independent auditor, and a board committee. Alongside it, an executive order renaming artificial intelligence to superintelligence across federal documents. Claire breaks down what the accord actually commits anyone to, and why a lunch is not a law. Then the government's own product launch. America.gov puts one chatbot in front of roughly 29,000 government sites, the ones about 40 million people visit daily, and Josh has been testing it. From there, OpenAI's DevDay and more than 20 launches, led by Dots, an always on agent with its own computer that you can voice call, plus GPT-6.1 Sol at a fifth of Astra's token price. Claire and Josh get into what Josh calls the Tamagotchification of tech, and whether anyone wants four of these assistants. Finally Starship, which reached orbit for the first time after 13 suborbital tests and deployed 26 V3 Starlink satellites, having lost an engine on the way up. Plus updates from ElevenLabs and Modus. Lightspeed joined ElevenLabs' Series D and led Modus' seed and Series A. Stay in touch: www.lsvp.com X: https://twitter.com/lightspeedvp LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightspeed-venture-partners/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lightspeedventurepartners/ The content here does not constitute tax, legal, business or investment advice or an offer to provide such advice, should not be construed as advocating the purchase or sale of any security or investment or a recommendation of any company, and is not an offer, or solicitation of an offer, for the purchase or sale of any security or investment product. The views expressed by our guests do not necessarily represent the views of Lightspeed. For more details please see lsvp.com/legal. Why AI Is Now Called SI, the Government's New Chatbot & Starship Finally…