Happy Friday.
1916 — John D. Rockefeller, first billionaire
2026 — Elon Musk, first trillionaire
Congratulations to Elon Musk and the SpaceX team! 🚀 💫
Enjoy today's news.
SpaceX launches the biggest IPO ever, raising $75B on Nasdaq at a nearly $1.8T valuation and making Elon Musk the first verified trillionaire in human history.
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Jeff Bezos’ AI startup Prometheus raises $12B at a $41B valuation, aiming to build an “artificial general engineer” for making physical products faster.
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Framer teases a completely redesigned 3.0 with a new logo, promising more details at a June 16 live event, followed by a hackathon.
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Cash App is getting into mobile plans with Cash App Mobile, a $40/month AT&T-powered 5G service with unlimited data, HD streaming, and 10GB of monthly hotspot data.
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DoorDash rolls out Ask DoorDash, an AI ordering assistant that turns prompts, photos, recipes, and grocery lists into restaurant recommendations and shopping carts.
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Coinbase adds Coinbase for Agents, giving AI agents user-controlled access to trade crypto, make payments, and rebalance portfolios.
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Reddit brings video to comments, letting users reply with clips alongside text, images, and GIFs in eligible communities.
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Waymo introduces Premier, a $29.99/month tier for frequent robotaxi riders with priority pickups, 10% cash back, and early access in new cities.
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YouTube is bringing back DMs for adults in the US and select regions, allowing you to share videos and chat inside the app again.
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xAI releases a beta plugin marketplace for Grok Build, giving paid users a way to add tools for testing, deployment, debugging, and browser control.
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Anthropic’s Claude profile spotlights early user demos built with Fable 5.
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Y Combinator drops new Lightcone episode: Brex co-founder and CEO Pedro Franceschi joins YC partners to discuss token maxing, AI teammates, and rebuilding companies around AI.
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New My First Million episode: Sam and Shaan break down the SpaceX IPO, Starlink’s business, Starship upside, orbital data centers, and why optimism keeps winning.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
See you Monday.
P.S. Prophecy status: achieved 🙂
