1. Snap Alumni Launch Ghost Angels, a Fund Backing Next-Generation Social Media
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    Snap Alumni Launch Ghost Angels, a Fund Backing Next-Generation Social Media

    Roughly 20 Snap alumni, led by former global partnerships head Max Rivera, launched Ghost Angels — an angel fund backing pre-seed and seed AI startups in social and consumer, with five companies already funded.

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  2. Nike Mind 002: The Sensory Sneaker From Nike's Mind Science Department
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    Nike Mind 002: The Sensory Sneaker From Nike's Mind Science Department

    The Nike Mind 002 is the sneaker half of Nike's Mind line, built on a sole of 22 foam nodes designed to stimulate the foot. It launched January 8, 2026 at $145, with Flyknit and fragment design versions following.

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  3. SpaceX Files for IPO Under Ticker SPCX, Targeting June Listing
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    SpaceX Files for IPO Under Ticker SPCX, Targeting June Listing

    SpaceX filed its S-1 for a Nasdaq IPO under ticker SPCX, targeting a roughly $1.75 trillion valuation, with Starlink driving most of its $18.7B in 2025 revenue and Elon Musk retaining 85% voting control.

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  4. The Intelligence Brief: Anthropic Passes OpenAI, the Knicks Reach Their First Finals Since 1999, and Fertitta Revives the Houston Comets — May 30, 2026
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    The Intelligence Brief: Anthropic Passes OpenAI, the Knicks Reach Their First Finals Since 1999, and Fertitta Revives the Houston Comets — May 30, 2026

    Anthropic's $965B round vaults it past OpenAI, Tilman Fertitta's $300M buy turns the Connecticut Sun back into the Houston Comets, and the Knicks reach their first Finals since 1999 — a week capital paid a premium to own proven identity rather than build it.

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  5. Uristocrat Studios - May 29, 2026
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    Uristocrat Studios - May 29, 2026

    New this week from Uristocrat Studios: the Agency Automation Blueprint maps workflow leaks across your stack and hands back a ranked automation plan. Plus: category pages now feature pinned posts, and structured data went live sitewide.

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  6. Decart Raises $300 Million at Nearly $4 Billion Valuation
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    Decart Raises $300 Million at Nearly $4 Billion Valuation

    Decart, the Tel Aviv startup behind real-time AI-generated "world models," raised $300 million at nearly a $4 billion valuation — with ex-Disney CEO Michael Eisner and Nintendo's founding family writing personal checks alongside Nvidia, Adobe, and Andrej Karpathy.

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  7. The Daily Roundup: Travis Scott's Air Jordan 1 Low 'Pink Pack,' Spurs-Thunder Game 7, 'Michael' Nears $800M, and OpenAI's $852B Valuation — May 29, 2026
    Daily Roundup

    The Daily Roundup: Travis Scott's Air Jordan 1 Low 'Pink Pack,' Spurs-Thunder Game 7, 'Michael' Nears $800M, and OpenAI's $852B Valuation — May 29, 2026

    The Travis Scott x Air Jordan 1 Low "Pink Pack" drops today at $155, the Spurs blew out the Thunder 118-91 to force a winner-take-all Game 7 on Saturday, the Michael Jackson biopic hits $788M worldwide, and OpenAI files toward a Q4 IPO at an $852B valuation.

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  8. The Daily Roundup: Nike Book 2 "Haven & Hector," Thunder–Spurs Game 6, Mandalorian's $163M Opening, and KPMG's 276K Claude Rollout — May 28, 2026
    Daily Roundup

    The Daily Roundup: Nike Book 2 "Haven & Hector," Thunder–Spurs Game 6, Mandalorian's $163M Opening, and KPMG's 276K Claude Rollout — May 28, 2026

    Devin Booker's Nike Book 2 "Haven & Hector" — named after his two Cane Corsos, with both dogs printed inside the shoe — drops today at $150, the Spurs host the Thunder in a must-win Game 6, and KPMG deploys Claude to all 276,000 employees across 138 countries.

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  9. Best Buy Beats Profit Estimates in Q1, Cuts Full-Year Guidance on Tariff Pressure
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    Best Buy Beats Profit Estimates in Q1, Cuts Full-Year Guidance on Tariff Pressure

    Best Buy beat Q1 profit estimates on $8.8B revenue and a 3.8% adjusted op income rate, but cut FY26 guidance — revenue to $41.1–41.9B from $41.4–42.2B, EPS to $6.15–$6.30 — citing tariff pressure on consumer electronics. Computing and tablets comp +6%.

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  10. Temu Fined €200 Million by EU Commission Over Illegal Products on Its Platform
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    Temu Fined €200 Million by EU Commission Over Illegal Products on Its Platform

    The European Commission fined Temu €200M ($232M) — the second company sanctioned under the Digital Services Act — for failing to keep dangerous baby toys and unsafe chargers off its platform. Temu has until August 28 to deliver a remediation plan.

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  11. Cognition Raises $1 Billion at $25 Billion Pre-Money Valuation, Up 2.5x in Eight Months
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    Cognition Raises $1 Billion at $25 Billion Pre-Money Valuation, Up 2.5x in Eight Months

    Lux Capital, General Catalyst, and 8VC co-led Cognition's $1B+ raise at a $25B pre-money mark — 2.55x the $10.2B post-money valuation set just eight months ago. The Devin maker reports $492M ARR and says 10x enterprise usage growth since January.

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  12. Google Engineer Charged With Using Internal Search Data to Net $1.2M on Polymarket
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    Google Engineer Charged With Using Internal Search Data to Net $1.2M on Polymarket

    SDNY prosecutors charged Michele Spagnuolo, a 12-year Google staff infosec engineer, with using internal Year-in-Search data to bet $2.7M across 25 Polymarket outcomes and net $1.2M — including the winning pick that d4vd would be 2025's most-searched person. CFTC filed parallel civil case.

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