The Best One Yet13 Aug

👄 “Call Her Rich” — Alex Cooper’s $500M pod. Paramount’s Late Fees. Candy Crush’s infinite game. +LA Lakers Midlife Crisis

Unwell raised $$ at a $500M valuation… but Alex Cooper’s business model is still unwritten.

Paramount might not close its Warner Bros acquisition… which would result in the biggest late fee of all time.

Candy Crush is 15 years old and still has 81 million users… because you can never win it.

Plus, the LA Lakers just sold for a record $12.5B - more than any team in any sport anywhere.

$MSFT $PARA $DIS $PG

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🧢 “Bronx Buyout” — The Yankees’ PE sale. Domino’s pizza messiah. Spotify’s AI ad-skipper. +Harry Potter WiFi

The NY Yanks sold part of the team to Apollo PE… because only 1 thing in sports is sacred.Domino’s created its 1st single-serve pizza… because 43% of meals are now solo.Spotify is playing good cop to ...

12 Aug 22min

👟 “Post-Sneaker” — Pharrell’s Adidas miss. The Paze $$$ Craze. Zuck’s AI MANIfesto. +Avo Sex Change

Adidas “Jellyfish” sneakers are designed by Pharrell… But we-re Post-Sneaker (your boss is the proof).Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word AI manifesto… he’s running for President of AI.Buy a $10 Du...

11 Aug 22min

🛒 “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 ...

10 Aug 20min

🌶️ “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 big...

7 Aug 20min

👉 “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 Travi...

6 Aug 22min

💫 “Menage-a-AI” — SpaceX’s frenemies. Steve Madden’s season-killer. Korea’s stock celibacy. +Air Protein

SpaceX’s 1st ever earnings report… Starlink for all, rockets crashing into moons, and AI frenemies.Steve Madden’s shoe sales are at all-time-highs… because only sandals are seasonal.Koreans are taking...

5 Aug 21min

🥥 “Coco FOMO” — Vita Coco’s 5x IPO. Garmin’s Y2K watch. Dell’s backyard battery dude. +James Bond WFH

Michael Dell’s son is selling bear-sized backyard batteries… for 95% cheaper than Elon’s.How is Garmin beating the Apple Watch with run clubs?... By rocking Y2K little tech energy.Vita Coco’s coconut ...

4 Aug 21min