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Daily RoundupThe Daily Roundup: Air Jordan 41 "Metallic Silver" Drops at $205, Spain vs. Argentina Set for the World Cup Final, the WGA Sues to Block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, and Neko Health Raises $700M — July 16, 2026
The Air Jordan 41 “Metallic Silver” drops today at $205, Spain and Argentina meet Sunday at MetLife in the World Cup final, and Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raised $700M ahead of its first New York clinic.
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TechnologyTaktile Raises $110M Series C Led by Goldman Sachs for AI Bank Decisions
Taktile raised a $110 million Series C led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, lifting total funding to $184 million to automate lending, claims, and fraud decisions for banks and insurers.
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Daily RoundupThe Daily Roundup: Pharrell's adidas Jellyfish Drops at $300, Argentina Beats England to Reach the World Cup Final, BMG Buys the John Lee Hooker Catalog, and Anthropic Preps an October IPO — July 15, 2026
Pharrell's adidas Jellyfish arrives at $300, Argentina beats England 2-1 on a Messi-made stoppage-time winner to set a Spain final Sunday, and Anthropic preps an October IPO under ticker ANTH.
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Daily RoundupThe Daily Roundup: Converse SHAI 001 'Slither' Drops, France vs. Spain in the World Cup Semifinal, T.I. Sells His Catalog to Reservoir, and SambaNova's $11B Valuation — July 14, 2026
France meet Spain in the World Cup semifinal at AT&T Stadium, the Converse SHAI 001 'Slither' drops at $150, T.I. sells his publishing catalog to Reservoir, and SambaNova raises $1B at an $11B valuation.
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TechnologySambaNova Hits $11B Valuation in $1B Series F as JPMorgan Adopts Its AI Chips
SambaNova raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation, led by General Atlantic, five months after its Series E, as JPMorgan Chase and SoftBank adopt its AI inference chips.
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TechnologyPrime Intellect Raises $130M Series A at $1B Valuation for Enterprise AI Training
Prime Intellect raised a $130 million Series A at a $1 billion valuation, backed by Nvidia, Intel, and Dell, to let enterprises train their own AI agents instead of renting them from frontier labs.
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Daily RoundupThe Daily Roundup: Air Jordan 3 'True Blue' Returns July 18, the World Cup Semifinals Are Set, Nike's Jay-Z 'Reasonable Doubt 30' Air Force 1, and Apple Sues OpenAI — July 13, 2026
The Air Jordan 3 'True Blue' OG returns July 18 for $230, the World Cup semifinals are set (France-Spain, England-Argentina), Nike marks 30 years of Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt with an Air Force 1, and Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets.
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TechnologyMeta to Build C$13B (~$9.2B) Data Center in Alberta, Its First in Canada
Meta will build its first Canadian data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, a C$13 billion (about $9.2 billion) project starting at 1 gigawatt and scaling to 1.8 gigawatts.
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CultureLetterboxd Holds Early Sale Talks With Netflix, Sony, and Paramount Skydance
Letterboxd, the film-logging social network, is in early talks to sell, with Netflix, Sony, Paramount Skydance, TPG, and Alexis Ohanian circling and LionTree valuing it around $250 million.
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TechnologyMeta to Begin Manufacturing Its Iris AI Chip in September 2026
Meta will begin manufacturing its custom Iris AI chip in September 2026, designed with Broadcom and fabricated by TSMC, part of a push to cut compute costs and reduce its reliance on Nvidia and AMD.
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Intelligence BriefThe Intelligence Brief: SK Hynix's $28B Debut, Apple Sues OpenAI, and Wembanyama's $252M Discount — July 11, 2026
The money moved one layer beneath the product this week: SK Hynix's record $28B Nasdaq listing, Apple's trade-secret suit against OpenAI, and Wembanyama's $50M discount for optionality — as France meet Spain July 14 and Future drops a zero-feature album.
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TechnologyAnthropic Leads Future of Life Institute AI Safety Index With a C+
The Future of Life Institute's Summer 2026 AI Safety Index gave Anthropic the top grade, a C+, with OpenAI and Google DeepMind at C and xAI, DeepSeek, and Mistral failing. No company earned an A or B.