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North Korea has built a vast underground IT labor force that has secretly infiltrated U.S. and global companies through fraudulent job applications. Experts say nearly every Fortune 500 company has unknowingly hired a North Korean IT worker, despite efforts to prevent it. These operatives use stolen identities, fake documents, and accomplices in China and the U.S. to secure remote jobs, and the problem is only getting worse.We also discuss the growing concerns around America's water crisis.Featured Guests: Jeff Becker, general partner, Antler | Tom Ferguson, founder and managing partner, Burnt Island Ventures
Mercury just released a massive report surveying 1,500 early-stage founders on how startups are raising, spending, and hiring this year.We break down the most surprising insights:- 87% of founders say they're more confident about the future than last year- Startups using AI are 3x more likely to be scaling their teams- Most companies are still raising under $5M — but spending is climbing fast- Contractors and freelancers are now core to startup strategy- The R&D tax change hit founders hard — but relief is finally comingWhether you're a founder, investor, or just startup-curious, this is a snapshot of how the rules of startup economics are changing in real time.
A tragic Reuters investigation reveals how one of Meta's AI chatbots played a huge role in the death of a vulnerable 76 year old user.Meta's AI “personas” were designed to feel like real companions, but they do a lot more flirting and pretending to be real humans (with real apartments/addresses) than they ever should.Read the full Reuters investigation here: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-death/
The academic world believed his huge lie. The story of Aidan Toner-Rodgers, a first year phd student in economics at MIT.
AI startup Perplexity has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid to acquire Google's Chrome browser, aiming to challenge Google's dominance in web search. The offer comes as U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta considers whether to force Google to sell Chrome as part of an antitrust remedy, following a ruling that the company illegally monopolized the search market.founder and general partner, Tenacity VC
Agentic shopping (where AI agents handle the entire buying process for you) is one of the most-hyped ideas in tech right now. But according to Pinterest CEO Bill Ready, it's not arriving anytime soon. In this episode, we break down what agentic shopping is, why big tech companies are chasing it, and why the industry might be years away from making it a reality.Featured Guest: Medha Agrawal, general partner, defy vc
OpenAI just launched GPT-5, its smartest, fastest, and most useful model yet, available immediately to all ChatGPT users.
Under pressure from Trump's tariff threats, Apple just announced it is pouring another $100 billion into U.S. manufacturing to protect iPhones, and its bottom line. And the company announces its new “American Manufacturing Program” to reshore Apple's supply chain and boost U.S. production of critical components.Featured Guest: Rob Biederman, managing partner, Asymmetric Capital Partners
Palantir just locked in a $10 billion, 10-year deal with the U.S. Army to streamline 75 contracts into one, solidifying its role as the Pentagon's go-to software partner in the age of AI-driven warfare.Featured Guest: Ross Fubini, founder and managing director, XYZ Ventures
Austin is the next big startup capital. It is now the fastest-growing major startup ecosystem in the U.S., and is on track to surpass Boston as the #4 startup city, right behind San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles.
On Figma's first day trading on the NYSE, its stock soared over 250%, closing at $115.50 and giving the design software company a market cap near $68 billion. That's more than triple the $20 billion Adobe offered before regulators killed that deal in 2023. Silicon Valley is celebrating. The IPO raised $1.2 billion, mostly benefiting early investors like Sequoia, Greylock, Index Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins, whose combined stakes are now worth about $24 billion. It's a huge win for Silicon Valley VCs after a prolonged IPO drought that began in 2022.Featured Guests: Ben Narasin, founder and general partner, Tenacity VC | Jaya Gupta, partner, Foundation Capital
China is pouring hundreds of billions into AI infrastructure, mandating AI education from grade school to college, and churning out homegrown talent -- all to position itself to dominate the AI race while the U.S. scrambles to keep its narrowing lead.Featured Guest: Connor Love, partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Tea, the viral dating safety app built to help women share red flags about men, just suffered another massive data breach. The initial leak exposed 72,000 sensitive images (selfies and photo IDs used for verification). The second security issue has revealed over 1.1 million messages including chats where users shared phone numbers, discussed abortions, and talked about cheating partners.
Elon Musk just confirmed a $16.5 billion chip deal with Samsung, locking in production of Tesla's next-gen AI6 chips from Samsung's new Texas fab. The deal marks a major comeback bid for Samsung in the AI chip war after falling behind rivals like TSMC and Nvidia.Featured Guest: Jimmy Yun, investor, 8VC
It is inevitable that humanoid robots will be in our homes within the next 15 years. Many are afraid, but they shouldn't be.
Trump just flipped the AI playbook, ditching regulation for raw acceleration, with an ambitious plan to supercharge data centers, wipe legal barriers, and root out “woke” algorithms. Chinese hackers recently breached the United States nuclear weapons agency using a Microsoft SharePoint flaw, exposing how fragile America's cyber infrastructure still is.And how Europe may be poised to have a “sputnik moment” in AI, but to build unicorns, founders must win early in the U.S. where the money, market, and momentum live.founder and CEO, Finster AI | Max Buchan, co-founder and CEO, Valarian | Payton Dobbs, partner, Hoxton Ventures
OpenAI is racing to build a 5GW AI infrastructure empire with Oracle, which will cost $30B a year and create enough juice to power 4 million homes. Stargate, its $500 billion dollar SoftBank partnership, however, is lagging behind, and is still yet to secure a single data center deal.Featured Guest: Jake O'Shea, principal, Antler
We interview the CEO of Medium for the story of how he helped the company claw its way back from millions of losses and near-collapse.Featured Guest: Tony Stubblebine, CEO, MediumRead Tony's article 'Fell in a hole, got out.' on Medium: https://medium.com/the-coach-life/fell-in-a-hole-got-out-381356ec8d7f
Netflix just slipped generative AI into its new sci-fi series The Eternaut to cut costs and speed up production. It marks the first time AI-made visuals have appeared in an original Netflix show and reignites fears about machines replacing human creatives.Featured Guests: Pratima Arora, chief product officer, SmartsheetWatch our full interview with Augustus Doricko at Rainmaker's facility in El Segundo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha3iTQS8yiA
OpenAI has launched Agent Mode, a major upgrade to ChatGPT that enables it to take real-world actions like browsing, coding, using APIs, and handling complex tasks on its own virtual computer, with safeguards against prompt injection, data leaks, and risky actions.Featured Guest: Ben Narasin, founder & general partner, Tenacity VC
The CEO of Firestorm Labs joins us to discuss the company's $47 million dollar series A funding round to scale its battlefield-ready 3D printing platform. And driven of course by AI, U.S. startup funding has jumped 75.6% so far in 2025, even as VC fundraising has fallen.Featured Guests: Dan Magy, CEO and co-founder, Firestorm | Elliott Parker, founder and CEO, Alloy PartnersWatch our recent interview with Dan at Firestorm's facility in San Diego: https://youtu.be/rLTiJQvVBFM
Trump and Senator McCormick just announced a plan for $90 billion in private investment to supercharge Pennsylvania's AI and energy sectors, creating thousands of jobs. And we talk to Bradley Tusk about his recent Ted Talk in which he made the case for why you should be able to vote on your phone.Featured Guests: Doug Clinton, co-founder and managing partner, Deepwater Asset Management | Bradley Tusk, CEO, Tusk Venture PartnersWatch Bradley Tusk's Ted Talk titled 'Why you should be able to vote on your phone' here: https://www.ted.com/talks/bradley_tusk_why_you_should_be_able_to_vote_on_your_phone
Cloud-seeding startup Rainmaker, which recently fueled conspiracy theories after the Texas floods, just teamed up with Atmo, an AI weather firm to squeeze more rain out of the sky with drones. And Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok, fresh off a scandal for spewing antisemitic garbage, is now under Pentagon contract and officially for sale to every federal agency in America.Featured Guests: Augustus Doricko, CEO and founder, Rainmaker Technology Corp | Alex Levy, CEO and co-founder, Atmo | Oliver Libby, managing partner and co-founder, H/L Ventures and City Rock Venture Partners
Wall Street just hired an AI engineer named Devin who writes code like a human, and he might soon have thousands of clones replacing junior developers. And Trump's new “One Big Beautiful Bill” promises more American rare-earth mining but kills the clean energy incentives that made those mines worth building.Featured Guests: Anshul Gupta, co-founder, Actively AI | Josh Dorfman, co-founder, CEO, and Host, Supercool
On today's show, Elon says that Grok 4 is smarter than PHDs in all disciplines, the Pentagon takes on China in the battle for mining rare earths, and Amazon considers dumping billions of more investment dollars into Anthropic.
On today's show, Nvidia just became the most valuable country in history hitting $4T in market cap, Trump unveils the latest tariffs rates on countries
On today's show, how will the big beautiful bill affect venture capital? We have more job movement news, people getting hired, people leaving companies. And the Moa bird, that's been extinct for hundreds of years, is being brough back to life.
On today's show, Elon Musk announces he is starting a new political party in America. Mark Zuckerberg's hiring streak continues by adding one of Apple's top AI talents, and we recap what happened with the flooding in Central Texas and if cloud seeding played a role in it.
Tech CEOs are no longer being shy about it: they're saying AI is coming for your job, my job, everyone's job, with predictions that 50% of white collar workers will be replaced. And after a failed attempt to block states from making their own AI laws, Washington is now under pressure to finally write national AI rules before America becomes a regulatory patchwork mess.Featured Guests: Rob Biederman, managing partner, Asymmetric Capital Partners | Kira Shishkin, CEO, informedTry informed: informed is the news partner of Venture Daily. Our listeners get a free trial of informed and discounted access: Simply text the word “venture” to 844-406-INFO (844-406-4636)
Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey are launching a Tolkien-themed bank to serve crypto and defense startups left behind after SVB's collapse. And a new study warns that AI in fintech and healthcare apps can be tricked into leaking data with just a sneaky prompt.Featured Guests: Jake O'Shea, principal, Antler | Gareth Shepherd, managing director, Voya Investment Management
The US Senate just removed the AI regulation ban from Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill. " Yesterday, Figma filed for an IPO and intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “FIG.” And Cloudflare may have just changed the game for content creators and AI bots.DOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.
Microsoft introduces AI-driven diagnosis system to advance healthcare.Mark Zuckerberg announces his new “Superintelligence Labs” team at Meta with some exciting hires.And Oracle signs record-breaking $30B cloud agreement, outpacing its current cloud revenue.Featured guest: Jaimal Soni, co-founder and CEO, Insight HealthDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: https://public.com/venture Invest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at (https://public.com/venture?utm_source...) and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule (https://public.com/disclosures/fee-sc... and Conditions (https://help.public.com/en/articles/6...) apply.
The feud between Meta and OpenAI heat up as Zuck steals more OpenAI employees to join his Superintelligence team.President Trump says he has found a buyer for the US operations of TikTok.And we give you a quick recap of everything big that happened in the month of June.DOWNLOAD PUBLIC: https://public.com/venture Invest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at (https://public.com/venture?utm_source...) and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule (https://public.com/disclosures/fee-sc... and Conditions (https://help.public.com/en/articles/6...) apply.
Jeff Bezos is making moves in Washington—meeting with Trump just weeks after Elon Musk's falling out with the former president. Meanwhile, Reddit is cracking down on AI-generated content to protect the human feel of its platform. And in a major shift, the FHFA is pushing to count crypto as a real asset in the U.S. mortgage system.Featured guest: Ben Narasin, founder and general partner, Tenacity Venture CapitalDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: https://public.com/venture Invest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at (https://public.com/venture?utm_source...) and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule (https://public.com/disclosures/fee-sc... and Conditions (https://help.public.com/en/articles/6...) apply.
OpenAI says China's AI push is targeting developing nations, Bumble announces massive layoffs, and Spirit Airlines tries to block a controversial airline alliance.Featured guest: Parker McKee, Partner, Pillar VCDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: https://public.com/venture Invest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at (https://public.com/venture?utm_source...) and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule (https://public.com/disclosures/fee-sc... and Conditions (https://help.public.com/en/articles/6...) apply.
Automakers, tech giants, and others push back against Trump's proposed 25% chip tariff.It's reported that the US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities in Fordow and Natanz actually only set Iran's nuclear program back about 3-6 months. Sam Altman leaks emails between him and IYO founder Jason Rugolo ahead of their legal battle over OpenAI's IO.And we got a special funding announcement from a company creating new digital minds.Featured Guests: Rob Biederman, Managing Partner, Asymmetric Capital Partners and Dara Ladjevardian, Co-founder and CEO, DelphiDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: https://public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at (https://public.com/venture?utm_source...) and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule (https://public.com/disclosures/fee-sc...)*Terms and Conditions (https://help.public.com/en/articles/6...) apply.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is aggressively courting top AI talent with compensation offers exceeding $100 million as he builds a new Superintelligence team. Meanwhile, the U.S. House of Representatives has quietly banned WhatsApp on staff devices, citing security risks. And tensions in the Middle East flared as Iran fired missiles at a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating against recent American actions.Featured Guests: Jackson Moses, Founder & Managing Partner, Silent Ventures and George Mathew, Managing Director, Insight PartnersDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: https://public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at (https://public.com/venture?utm_source...) and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule (https://public.com/disclosures/fee-sc...)*Terms and Conditions (https://help.public.com/en/articles/6...) apply.
U.S. has escalated the Israel‑Iran conflict by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—in a surprise operation codenamed "Operation Midnight Hammer. Bloomberg reports Apple execs have held internal discussions about potentially acquiring AI startup Perplexity AI. And in Austin, Tesla has quietly launched its long‑awaited Robotaxi service. Featured Guests: Bradley Tusk, CEO of Tusk VenturesDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: https://public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at (https://public.com/venture?utm_source...) and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule (https://public.com/disclosures/fee-sc...)*Terms and Conditions (https://help.public.com/en/articles/6...) apply.
Europe's top diplomats are racing to Geneva for emergency talks with Iran today, hoping to stop Trump from bringing the U.S. into full-blown war. And Cloudflare's CEO warns that publishers are getting gutted by AI bots that scrape their content without paying. He says it's only going to get worse.Featured Guests: Oliver Libby, managing partner and co-founder, H/L Ventures | Ben Narasin, founder and general partner, Tenacity VCDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.
The new pope is making AI his holy war, warning Silicon Valley that unchecked algorithms threaten human dignity, and he's calling for global rules to rein them in. And a pro-Israel hacking group just vaporized $90 million from Iran's top crypto exchange, accusing it of funding terror, then torching the evidence on the blockchain.Featured Guests: Bob Van Luijt, co-founder and CEO, Weaviate | Brian Rothenberg, general partner, defy vcDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.
OpenAI just scored a $200 million deal with the Pentagon to bring cutting-edge AI into U.S. defense, signaling its deepening role in national security. And at the same time, OpenAI is pushing to rewrite its partnership with Microsoft, risking a high-stakes rupture as it tries to reclaim more control over its future... and its profits.Featured Guests: Jackson Moses, founder and managing partner, Silent Ventures | Will McKelvey, investor, Lerer-HippeauDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.
The Trump family is launching a gold, U.S.-built smartphone that blends MAGA branding, a $47 wireless plan, and a direct challenge to Apple and Samsung. And a former Navy airstrip in Silicon Valley could become the launchpad for America's fastest-moving robotics hub, aiming to beat China in the physical AI race.Featured Guests: Josh Gerbin, founder, Gerben IP | Aidan Gold, investor, Ensemble VCDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.
The U.S. Army is enlisting Silicon Valley's top tech execs into a new elite Reserve unit, tapping their brains to modernize battlefield technology. Kevin Weil (CPO, OpenAI), Shyam Sankar (CTO, Palantir), Bob McGrew (former CRO, OpenAI and engineering director, Palantir), and Andrew “Boz” Bosworth (CTO, Meta) are trading their hoodies for fatigues to help drag Pentagon systems out of the digital dark ages.Featured Guest: Ramsey Brame, co-owner, partner, and head of growth, Quadrant AdvisoryDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.
Microsoft is gearing up to unleash its AI Copilot inside the Pentagon, marking what could be the largest deployment of generative AI in U.S. government history. And in a stunning escalation, Israel has bombed Iran's nuclear and military elite without U.S. backing, killing top generals and scientists and igniting what could be a high-stakes regional war.Featured Guests: Christine Yen, CEO and co-founder, Honeycomb.ioDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.
Hollywood heavyweights Disney and Universal are suing AI darling Midjourney for allegedly mass-producing bootleg versions of their iconic characters, from Yoda to the Minions, in what they call a billion-dollar AI-powered copyright heist. And Trump claims he's sealed a “great deal” with China restoring trade peace, locking in rare earth mineral access and student visas, while slapping a fixed 55% tariff on Chinese imports that he says is here to stay.Featured Guests: Jeff Smith, CEO and co-founder, 2nd Set AIDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.
Mark Zuckerberg, frustrated by Meta's lagging AI models, is hand-picking a secretive “superintelligence” dream team. He's courting researchers at his homes and betting billions to outbuild OpenAI in the race to AGI. And Snap announces its first ever consumer AR glasses will be available in 2026: sleek, AI-powered Specs that promise games, gesture control, and a digital life beyond your phone.Featured Guests: Jeff Becker, general partner, Antler | Jake O'Shea, principal, AntlerDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.
Los Angeles continues to erupt in fiery protests over ICE raids, with Waymo cars torched, streets blocked, and 4,000 National Guard troops deployed, igniting a political firestorm between Trump and California leaders. And a suspected cyberattack has forced Whole Foods' main distributor offline, threatening grocery deliveries nationwide and exposing fresh cracks in America's supply chain.Featured Guests: Tom Sauer, co-founder and CEO, The MacArthur Group | Alberto Yépez, co-founder and managing director, Forgepoint CapitalDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 25 begins today, but expectations are low, and the company may have much bigger things to worry about than a disappointing keynote. And we give you a recap of the messy breakup heard round the internet, and how we predict Trump's expected retaliation will affect Musk's companies.Featured Guest: Jaymes Davis, chief technical evangelist, Kasm TechnologiesDOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.CORRECTION: The generated io image was from @bengeskin on X, not "bengerman."
Featured Guests: Andrew Bud, founder and CEO, iProov | Tyler Ganim, investor, Powerhouse CapitalRyan Reynolds's Wrexham, the Welsh football club he bought three years ago for only £2 million, is now eyeing a staggering $475 million valuation. A shadowy cybercrime group called "Grey Nickel" is bypassing banks' identity checks with deepfakes and AI, exposing massive gaps in global digital security. And Anduril just pulled in a $2.5 billion raise, doubling its previous value to now over $30 billion.DOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.
Featured Guests: Marc Freed-Finnegan, co-founder and CEO, Chalk | Abe Murray, general partner, Alleycorp | Jack Kennedy, co-founder and CTO, Whippy AIAmazon is pouring $10 billion into North Carolina to supercharge its AI ambitions with massive new data centers. Utah is teaming up with nuclear startup Valar Atomics to not only test a new reactor, but potentially manufacture next-gen TRISO fuel. And Meta just cut a multibillion-dollar deal to keep an Illinois nuclear plant alive and cleanly power its growing AI empire.DOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.
Colossal says it'll release recordings of its so-called dire wolves howling later this year. Deel is countersuing Rippling, claiming it was the real victim of corporate espionage. And the Venture Daily team tries something new--unscripted.DOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.