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Apr 2024
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🥞 “Less drinking, less eating” — 24-hou...

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🛒 “UberCartDashBnB” — Airbnb’s new bets. Boxed Wine’s boom. Robinhood’s seed farmer. +LinkedIn Snitches
Airbnb stock had its best day ever Friday… because of car rentals, luggage storage, & Gigagedon.Robinhood is IPO-ing a VC fund with Y Combinator companies… it’s super seedy (in a good way).Boxed wine sales rose 144% in the last 12 months… Luxury labels are slapping-the-bag.Plus, ... Show More
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🌶️ “Sloppy Nachos” — Chili’s AI rejection. Tubi’s Adam Sandler strategy. Zoox’s Amazon ATH. +Sam’s Influencer Camp
Amazon is #1 in the Mag7 in 2026... And its Zoox pedal-less robocab is about to get its 1st fare.Just after Pringles embraced AI, Chili’s is spitting it out… Here’s what Chili’s bought instead.The biggest TV biz is hidden under Hollywood’s nose: Tubi… Fox Corp owns the Adam Sandl ... Show More
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Aug 6
👉 “Poke” — MySpace vs. DisTok. Travis Kalanick’s future-port. Pringles’ perfect AI potato. +Spreadsheet Dating
MySpace makes a comeback & Disney partners with TikTok… It’s social media’s 2 destinies.Your next Pringle may be perfect… because AI perfected the potato with “Digital Twins.”Ousted Uber founder Travis Kalanick is back with a new startup… Atoms is building vertiports with Joby.Pl ... Show More
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