1. Lateral view of the Air Jordan 8 'Chrome' returning August 29, 2026
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    The Daily Roundup: Nike Vapor 12 Hypersmash 'Mag' at $190, Devon Witherspoon's $132 Million Seahawks Extension, Spider-Man: Brand New Day at $785.8 Million, and Anthropic's $6 Billion Decart Talks — August 17, 2026

    Nike's Vapor 12 Hypersmash 'Mag' drops at $190, Devon Witherspoon signs a four-year, $132 million Seahawks extension, Spider-Man: Brand New Day reaches $785.8 million domestic, and Anthropic is in talks to buy Decart for about $6 billion.

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  2. Nvidia headquarters building in Santa Clara, California
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    Nvidia Discloses $21 Billion SpaceX Stake in Second-Quarter 13F Filing

    Nvidia's second-quarter 13F disclosed roughly 122.8 million SpaceX Class A shares worth about $21 billion. The stake traces back to a $10 billion xAI investment that converted when SpaceX acquired xAI in February.

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  3. Air Jordan 9 Low 'What The Kilroy'
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    The Daily Roundup: Air Jordan 9 Low 'What The Kilroy' at $180, NFL Preseason Friday Slate, New Music Friday Releases, and Databricks' $190 Billion Valuation — August 14, 2026

    The Air Jordan 9 Low 'What The Kilroy' releases today at $180, three NFL preseason games kick off at 7 p.m. ET, Ayra Starr and Phoebe Bridgers headline New Music Friday, and Databricks closes $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation.

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  4. The Thrive Holdings team gathered in a conference room beneath screens reading HOLDINGS
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    Thrive Holdings Raises $2 Billion at a $12 Billion Valuation for AI Rollups

    Thrive Holdings, a Thrive Capital spinoff with an OpenAI ownership stake, raised $2 billion at a $12 billion valuation from SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners and Altimeter Capital. Its platforms now span more than 70 accounting and IT businesses.

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  5. The Google Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL shown from the rear, displaying the redesigned camera bar.
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    Google Launches Pixel 11 Lineup With Tensor G6, Starting at $899

    Google announced the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL on August 12 at its Made by Google event in New York. Prices start at $899, all three run the new Tensor G6 chip, base storage doubles to 256GB, and the phones ship August 20.

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  6. Yeezy YS-01 slides
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    The Daily Roundup: Yeezy Returns to US Retail at JD Sports, NFL Preseason Opens With Six Games, Ayra Starr's "Starr Girl," and Lovable's $13.3 Billion Valuation — August 13, 2026

    Yeezy footwear returns to major US retail at JD Sports with the YS-01 slide at $44, NFL preseason Week 1 opens with six games tonight, Ayra Starr's 16-track Starr Girl arrives August 14, and Lovable raises $400 million at a $13.3 billion valuation.

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  7. Caitlin Clark in an Indiana Fever uniform
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    The Daily Roundup: Nike G.T. Cut 4 LX "White Label" at $220, Fever Beat Liberty 106-92, Spider-Man Passes $654M, and Anthropic's $9.1 Billion Riot Deal — August 12, 2026

    Nike's G.T. Cut 4 LX "White Label" drops at $220, the Fever beat the Liberty 106-92 behind Kelsey Mitchell's 28 points, Spider-Man: Brand New Day reaches $654.3 million domestic, and Anthropic signs a $9.1 billion compute deal with Riot Platforms.

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  8. OLIX brand card reading Building the infrastructure for frontier AI, with the OLIX wordmark
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    OLIX Raises $312M Series B at $3.3 Billion Valuation for Photonic AI Inference Chips

    London startup OLIX raised $312 million in Series B financing at a $3.3 billion valuation, led by Fundomo with Arm, Hudson River Trading and Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings joining. Its first chip, the DX-1 decode accelerator, is targeted to reach customers in the second half of 2027.

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  9. A New York Liberty player shown on the jumbotron at Barclays Center in Brooklyn
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    The Daily Roundup: Nike Book 2 'Eggplant Foamposite' at $155, Liberty Rout Aces 111-71, Spider-Man Adds $145M, and Cloudflare Ships Kitesurf — August 10, 2026

    The Liberty routed the Aces 111-71 behind Marine Johannes' career-high 27 points, Nike's Book 2 'Eggplant Foamposite' drops at $155, Spider-Man: Brand New Day added $145 million in weekend two, and Cloudflare launched a browser built for AI agents.

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  10. Naïve brand graphic for its AI agent infrastructure platform
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    Naïve Raises $28.5M Series A to Build Infrastructure for AI-Run Companies

    Naïve raised a $28.5 million Series A led by Nexus Venture Partners to build infrastructure that lets AI agents incorporate and operate businesses. The company has signed more than 30,000 developer customers since launch.

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  11. Base Power's Base Core, a 39.2 kilowatt-hour home battery manufactured in Austin, Texas
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    Base Power Raises $1 Billion Series D at $13 Billion Valuation

    Base Power closed a $1 billion Series D at a $13 billion post-money valuation and launched the Base Core, a 39.2 kWh home battery made in Austin. The company installs about 100 batteries a day across Texas and Illinois.

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  12. Hadrian, the defense manufacturer that builds highly automated factories for precision aerospace and submarine parts
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    Hadrian Raises $1.37 Billion Series D at $7.87 Billion Valuation

    Hadrian, which builds highly automated factories for defense and aerospace parts, raised a $1.37 billion Series D at a $7.87 billion valuation. It runs four plants across 3 million square feet, including an Alabama site making submarine components.

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