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Apple hiked Mac and iPad prices 15-25% on the memory crunch; iPhones held steady. Anthropic accused Alibaba of distilling Claude 28.8 million times. IBM detailed a 0.7nm chip, Facebook revived its Creator Studio app, and Kalshi chased a $40B valuation. Apple raises Mac, iPad, and other product prices by 15%-25%, saying it has "never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly"; iPhone is unchanged (WSJ) Apple Raises Mac and iPad Prices to Counter Memory Shortages (Bloomberg) Sources: in a letter to US officials, Anthropic accused Alibaba of adversarial distillation, using Claude 28.8M times from April to June via almost 25K accounts (Bloomberg) IBM details a 0.7nm chip manufacturing process that utilizes a "nanostack" 3D transistor architecture, which it says could continue chip innovation for 10 years (The New York Times) Facebook brings back Facebook Creator Studio as a stand-alone app with a built-in AI chatbot to help creators grow their audiences through personalized guidance (TechCrunch) Meta looks to AI to review harmful content in cost-cutting drive (FT) Sources: Kalshi is in talks to raise funding at a ~$40B valuation in a round that may close as soon as Q3; Kalshi raised $1B at a $22B valuation in May 2026 (FT) Subscribe to the ad-free feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's show: Alexa+ finally opens up across Canada in English and French, Prime Day deals are already leaking out of Amazon's cart, Fox wants to buy Roku in a massive streaming-and-ads play, and ADI layoffs have Control4 watchers a little nervous. We've also got project updates featuring cameras, deck drama, Starlink, a new show notes server, a pick of the week, and so much more!Hetzner Price Adjustment 15 June 2026 - Hetzner DocsHomeTech HeadlinesAmazon Just Opened Alexa+ to All Canadians. Here's What's ChangedAlexa+ is available across Canada in English and FrenchThe best early Amazon Prime Day deals include Apple, Bose, and moreFox Corporation announces $22B acquisition of Roku in landmark streaming and live TV dealWith Resideo Spin-Off of ADI Imminent, Sources Say ADI is Cutting StaffMilwaukee M18 FUEL 18V Lithium Ion Cordless 4-inch Rear Handle Circular SawCamera G6 180 - Ubiquiti StoreAccess Point E7 - Ubiquiti StoreStarlink RoamZooz ZEN14 Double Outdoor Plug – ZOOZ

On this episode of THE HOT MIC, John Rocha and Jeff Sneider talk new Spider-Man BND trailer teasing more Jean Grey, Ridley Scott is messing with Alien Romulus sequel, Charles Melton for Beast and X-Men reboot's “big swing” from Marvel, Wagner Moura for Oceans villain, Daniel Kaluya and Teyana Taykor for Shaka King's next movie, Toy Story 5 review, Brad Bird's Ray Gunn fiasco pits Netflix vs Paramount, Austin Powers 4 is happening and Shrek 5 trailer animation critiques, Netflix is or is not buying Lionsgate story, Bradley Cooper and Sean Penn teaming up for  Jan 6th movie, Anya Taylor Joy in The Hunt for Gollum, thoughts on Rogen and Franco situation, Fox to buy Roku for 22B and more!HOT MIC MERCH LINK: https://www.bestnametape.com/The-Hot-Mic-Shop-s/4592.htm#spiderman #marvel #alien #lordoftherings  #TheHotMic #JeffSneider #JohnRocha ____________________________________________________________________________________Chapters:0:00 Intro, Rundown and Catch Up3:02 Jim Carrey and Ron Howard Reteaming for a Grinch Sequel7:02 Mike Myers Confirms an Austin Powers 4 Film is Happening10:28 James Wan to EP Robocop Series and Direct Episodes for Amazon MGM12:55 Wagner Moura in Talks to Play the Villain in Oceans Prequel16:25 Anya Taylor Joy Cast in The Hunt for Gollum in New Role19:14 The Wrap's Drew Taylor Joins to Talk Ray Gunn/Netflix/WB Issues32:58 Charles Melton Joins the Daniels New Film35:40 Melton Mentioned for Beast in X-Men, Marvel Takes 'Big Swin' with X-Men41:28 Spider-Man Brand New Day Trailer Talk - Jean Grey Inevitability?44:26 WB Moves Up Social Reactions for Supergirl - Confidence or Trouble?50:20 Ridley Scott is Gumming Up the Works for an Alien Romulus Sequel54:18 Sneider Pushes Back on Critics Over His The Batman Part 2 Scoop57:55 New Shaka King Movie Unites Daniel Kaluya and Teyana Taylor59:49 Ryan Coogler Moves His First Look Deal from Disney to Netflix1:01:18 FOX Buys Roku for 22B dollars, Accruing More IP?1:05:39 Sean Penn to Direct Bradley Cooper in January 6th Movie1:07:52 Tom Cruise Hunting for Horror Movies, Star Trek Looking for a Training Day Movie1:20:42 Streamlabs and Superchat QuestionsFollow John Rocha: @therochasays Follow Jeff Sneider: @TheInSneider Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-hot-mic-with-jeff-sneider-and-john-rocha--5632767/support.

Hyrox just became the fastest-growing sport on earth… with $0 marketing budget.Roku got acquired by Fox Corp for $22B… it's a Financial Facelift to get young fast.We've officially hit Peak Handbag… Hermes sales have fallen because of 1 Shaboozy song.Plus, the European mind cannot comprehend… French fry milkshake gas stations at the World Cup.$ROKU $FOX $LVMUY $HESAY $PPRUYGrab your Tickets to the IPO Tour: Our In-Person OfferingSan Francisco 9/23: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C0064AFB5F688BDBoston 10/14: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/tboy-the-ipo-tour-in-person-offering-8cdhupSeattle 11/4 (21+): https://www.axs.com/events/1446394/the-best-one-yet-ticketsNEWSLETTER:https://tboypod.com/newsletter OUR 2ND SHOW:Want more business storytelling from us? Check our weekly deepdive show, The Best Idea Yet: The untold origin story of the products you're obsessed with. Listen for free to The Best Idea Yet: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/NEW LISTENERSFill out our 2 minute survey: https://qualtricsxm88y5r986q.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dp1FDYiJgt6lHy6GET ON THE POD: Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts SOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod Linkedin (Nick): https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/Linkedin (Jack): https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ About Us: The daily pop-biz news show making today's top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, The Best One Yet is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#868: Fox acquires Roku in a $22B deal to power its streaming aspirations. The UK is the latest major country that moves to ban social media use for kids under 16. Fans continue to loathe the mandatory hydration breaks during the World Cup because they believe it's less about player safety and more about commercial breaks. Then it's Toby's Trends that looks into why everybody is loving dates…the fruit, that is. Finally, the stock market cheers for US-Iran peace deal. To learn more visit https://www.servicenow.com Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠  Watch Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow⁠ Paid endorsement. Brokerage services provided by Open to the Public Investing Inc, member FINRA & SIPC. Advisory services by Public Advisors LLC, SEC-registered adviser.  Investing involves risk. Not investment advice. Agentic Brokerage is an AI-powered conversational tool that allows you to enter instructions for a set of self-directed, recurring transactions (your “Agent”) for your account. Outputs from Agentic Brokerage are provided for informational and illustrative purposes only, and should not be considered investment recommendations or advice. Complete disclosures available at public.com/disclosures. See terms of match program at https://public.com/disclosures/matchprogram. Matched funds must remain in your account for at least 5 years. Match rate and other terms are subject to change at any time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Information's Asia Bureau Chief Jing Yang breaks down the unique five-year lockup and partnership structure behind DeepSeek's massive $7.4 billion capital raise. AI Finance Reporter Dakin Campbell explains the financial underpinnings and balance sheet risks of Broadcom's $35 billion hardware financing backstop for Anthropic. Then, Nvidia Reporter Phoebe Liu shares exclusive data showing how the chip giant grew its AI inference market share to 74% over the past year. Finally, MNTN CEO Mark Douglas analyzes the consolidation wave driving Fox's $22 billion acquisition of Roku.Articles discussed on this episode: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/polymarket-kalshi-take-steps-block-fraud-ringshttps://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/the-briefing/rokus-timely-exit-salesforces-dealmaking-revvinghttps://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/ai-infrastructure/nvidias-share-ai-inference-chip-market-appears-risinghttps://www.theinformation.com/articles/deepseek-closes-record-7-billion-plus-funding-unusual-deal-structureSubscribe: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theinformation The Information: https://www.theinformation.com/subscribe_hSign up for the AI Agenda newsletter: https://www.theinformation.com/features/ai-agendaTITV airs weekdays on YouTube, X and LinkedIn at 10AM PT / 1PM ET. Or check us out wherever you get your podcasts.Follow us:X: https://x.com/theinformationIG: https://www.instagram.com/theinformation/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@titv.theinformationLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theinformation/Chapters:00:00 - Introduction 01:13 - Inside DeepSeek's Uncommon $7.4B Funding Round 13:52 - Polymarket and Kalshi Tech Steps to Curb Fraud Rings 22:28 - Broadcom's Risky $35B Move to Finance Anthropic Chips 30:53 - Nvidia Gathers Speed with Rising AI Inference Market Share 38:43 - Fox to Acquire Roku for $22B in Streaming Consolidation

Anthropic sent staff to DC to resolve the Mythos 5 export crisis after Amazon's Jassy reportedly helped trigger the federal block. Fox is buying Roku for ~$22B, the UK bans social media for under-16s, and Chinese Tesla drivers fool monitoring with doll heads. Sources: senior Anthropic technical staff are in DC to meet WH officials and try to fix the Mythos 5 dispute; both sides say they are eager to resolve the issue (Axios) The US Commerce Dept blocked foreign persons from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5; Anthropic cut off all customers to comply, calling the disclosed jailbreaks minor (The Verge) Trump signed off on the restriction himself after Commerce Secretary Lutnick was asked to lead the response (NYT) Amazon researchers showed Fable's safeguards could be evaded; Jassy raised it with Treasury's Bessent, helping set the export controls in motion (WSJ) Fox says it is acquiring Roku in its largest deal yet, valued at ~$22B including debt, giving it access to 100M+ streaming households globally; FOX drops 10%+ (WSJ) Keir Starmer says the UK will ban social media for under-16s to "give kids their childhood back", using an Australia-like model, in effect by next spring (Reuters) UK's under-16 ban will cover Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X but exempt WhatsApp and Signal; AI companion chatbots must be 18+ (TechCrunch) Chinese Tesla drivers are using tiny plastic heads to fool Tesla's distracted-driving controls, which appear unable to distinguish figurines from real people (Wired) Chinese Tesla owners use figurines, photos, lenticular images, and looping face videos to bypass cabin-camera monitoring, sold for $10–$40 online (Digital Trends) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The UK plans new social media bans for kids, US Federal Data Center Enhancement Act to expire in September, phishing-as-a-service network Outsider Enterprise dismantled. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE for free or get DTNS shows ad-free. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you enjoy what you seeContinue reading "Fox Plans To Acquire Roku for $22B – DTH"

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Shoot us a Text.Episode #1336: Chinese automakers quietly prep a Canadian invasion, dealers ramp up ad spend amid tariff uncertainty, and even the Cozy Coupe gets an EV twistShow Notes with links:Chinese automakers are laying the groundwork to enter Canada, with hiring, vehicle sightings, and dealer conversations signaling real momentum. With a new 49K EV import quota opening this year, brands like BYD, Geely, and Chery are positioning early for market entry.Geely's Zeekr brand is already hiring senior leadership in Toronto, signaling active plans for sales, service, and dealer network development.Chery is testing vehicles in Toronto and courting Canadian dealers, even flying some to the Beijing Auto Show to build early relationships.BYD is moving fastest on retail, aiming to open as many as 20 stores this year through local partnerships.Despite the activity, no official quota allocations have been issued yet, and sales likely won't begin until late this year.Rising tariffs and shifting inventory levels are putting dealer marketing back in the spotlight. As uncertainty creeps into pricing and supply, dealers are leaning harder into advertising to guide consumers.Dealers spent $9.22B on advertising last year, up 4% and nearing pre-pandemic levels as the market stabilizes.Digital dominates, capturing 73% of ad budgets, with third-party listings, search, and social leading the chargeDealers spent an average of $705 per new vehicle sold on advertising, still well above pre-pandemic levels despite a slight year-over-year dip.Third-party listing sites alone captured over 20% of total ad spend, making them the single largest channel in dealer marketing budgets.“The future of the U.S. auto industry is murky… effects are difficult to quantify,” said NADA Chief Economist Patrick Manzi.Even the toy aisle isn't immune to the EV transition. Little Tikes is giving its iconic Cozy Coupe a plug-in twist, introducing a playful charging station that mirrors the real-world shift from gas pumps to electrons.Little Tikes launched a $33 “Cozy E-Charging Station” accessory for its classic Cozy Coupe, aimed at kids ages 18 months to 5 years.The plug fits right into the existing fuel door, signaling how seamlessly EVs are replacing gas—even in pretend play.The Cozy Coupe itself still runs Flintstones-style, powered by kids' feet—not batteries.The toy has sold up to 500,000 units annually at its peak, making it one of the most recognizable “vehicles” in America.At $65 for the car, it may be the cheapest “EV” on the market, even if range is limited to the living room.Join Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier every morning for the Automotive State of the Union podcast  as they connect the dots across car dealerships, retail trends, emerging tech like AI, and cultural shifts—bringing clarity, speed, and people-first insight to automotive leaders navigating a rapidly changing industry.Get the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/

News and Updates: Kalshi Prediction Markets: Kalshi is a federally regulated exchange where users trade "yes/no" contracts on real-world events like elections and interest rates, recently valued at $22B. A federal court ruled Kalshi's sports bets are "swaps," giving the federal government exclusive jurisdiction and preventing states like New Jersey from banning them. Copilot "Entertainment" Clause: Microsoft faced backlash over terms calling Copilot "for entertainment purposes only." Officials claim this is legacy language and will be updated to reflect professional use. Microsoft's 2027 Goal: Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman announced a plan to build "state-of-the-art" frontier models by 2027 to reduce reliance on external partners like OpenAI. Claude 365 Integration: Anthropic released a Microsoft 365 connector for all Claude users, allowing the AI read-only access to Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive for better context. Data Center Bottlenecks: Nearly half of U.S. data centers planned for 2026 face delays or cancellation due to power grid shortages and a lack of critical electrical components.

Singapore shares inched higher today amid a bruising day for Asian equities. The Straits Times Index nudged 0.14% higher at 4,905.20 points at 2.31pm Singapore time, with a value turnover of S$1.22B seen in the broader market. In terms of counters to watch, we have DBS, given how the group has entered India’s buoyant equity capital market, marking a push into one of the world’s busiest venues for share sales. Elsewhere, from how Japan stepped up yen intervention threats and signalled that further falls in the currency could justify a near-term interest rate hike, to what to watch ahead of remarks from US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the head of New York Fed John Williams, more international headlines remained in focus. On Market View, Money Matters’ finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with David Kuo, Co-founder, The Smart Investor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Jason Huljich, co-CEO of ASX 200 property fund manager Centuria Capital. Since the 90s, Centuria has built an empire worth $22B, managing 150 funds spanning from industrial warehouses to private credit. Why does Jason believe the work from home shift is finally stabilising—and how is it impacting office supply vs demand? How do you offset the risks of lending billions to residential developers during a housing crisis? Why does Centuria use 26 different banks? We discuss Centuria’s expansion from bricks and mortar into digital infrastructure and alternative assets—and partnering with Nvidia to build "AI factory" data centres, using liquid immersion technology to cool high-powered processors. Plus, hear Jason’s view on luring workers back to the office with saunas. For more places to follow Shared Lunch—check out http://linktr.ee/sharedlunchShared Lunch is brought to you by Sharesies Australia Limited (ABN 94 648 811 830; AFSL 529893) in Australia and Sharesies Limited (NZ) in New Zealand. It is not financial advice. Information provided is general only and current at the time it’s provided, and does not take into account your objectives, financial situation and needs. We do not provide recommendations and you should always read the disclosure documents available from the product issuer before making a financial decision. Our disclosure documents and terms and conditions—including a Target Market Determination and IDPS Guide for Sharesies Australian customers—can be found on our relevant Australian or NZ website. Investing involves risk. You might lose the money you start with. If you require financial advice, you should consider speaking with a qualified financial advisor. Past performance is not a guarantee of future performance. Appearance on Shared Lunch is not an endorsement by Sharesies of the views of the presenters, guests, or the entities they represent. Their views are their own.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us Fan MailInvest in pre-IPO stocks with AG Dillon & Co. Contact aaron.dillon@agdillon.com to learn more. Financial advisors only. www.agdillon.com00:00 - Intro00:49 - Vast Data rockets to $30B after a $1B raise and a +229.7% valuation jump01:51 - Kalshi hits $22B as revenue reaches $1.5B and monthly volume tops $10B02:53 - Fal races to $8B with revenue at $400M and growth hitting +100% in months03:43 - Yotta targets $4B valuation with a $1B capital plan and 30,000+ next-gen GPUs on deck04:41 - Mastercard acquires BVNK for $1.8B05:37 - Canva heads toward IPO territory at $47B with $4B revenue and 265M users06:48 - Unitree files to raise $610M after hitting $248M revenue and #1 humanoid shipments07:33 - Nvidia's Huang likes their Lambda, Together AI, and Nscale investments08:38 - Gecko Robotics lands a $54M Navy award with a $71M ceiling and 18 ships to start09:31 - Mistral pushes deeper into enterprise with ‘Mistral Forge' launch10:33 - OpenAI is folding 3 products into 1 superapp as IPO prep accelerates11:37 - OpenAI is reorganizing for a $665B compute buildout with a 6GW AMD chip deal12:48 - Atoms brings Travis Kalanick back with $100M from Uber13:30 - xAI offers forward deployed engineers as it chases enterprise growth with Shift4 win

Howdy, Alex here, let me catch you up on everything that happened in AI: (btw; If you haven't heard from me last week, it was a Substack glitch, it was a great episode with 3 interviews, our 3rd birthday, I highly recommend checking it out here) This week was started on a relatively “chill” note, if you consider Anthropic enabling 1M context window chill. And then escalated from there. We covered the new GPT 5.4 Mini & Nano variants from OpenAI. How MiniMax used autoresearch loops to improve MiniMax 2.7, Cursor shipping their own updated Composer 2 model, and how NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang embraced OpenClaw calling it “the most important OSS software in history” and that every company needs an OpenClaw strategy. Also, OpenAI acquires Astral (ruff, uv tools) and Mistral releases a “small” 119B unified model and Cursor dropped their Opus like Composer 2 model. Let's dive in: ThursdAI - Highest signal weekly AI news show is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Big Companies LLMs 1M context is now default for Opus.Anthropic enabled the 1M context window they shipped Claude with in beta, by default, to everyone. Claude, Claude Code, hell, even inside OpenClaw if you're able to get your Max account in there, are now using the 1M long version of Opus. This is huge, because, while its not perfect it's absolutely great to have 1 long conversation and not worry about auto-compaction of your context. As we just celebrated our 3rd anniversary, I remember that back then, we were excited to see GPT-5 with 8K context. Love how fast we're moving on this. OpenAI drops GPT-5.4 mini and nano, optimized for coding, computer use, and subagents at a fraction of flagship costLast week on the show, Ryan said he burned through 1B (that's 1 billion) tokens in a day! That is crazy, and there's no way a person sitting in front of a chatbot can burn through this many tokens. This is only achieved via orchestration. To support this use-case, OpenAI dropped 2 new smaller models, cheaper and faster to run. GPT 5.4 Mini achieves a remarkable 72.1% on OSWorld Verified, which means it uses the computer very well, can browse and do tasks. 2x faster than the previous mini, at .75c/1M token, this is the model you want to use in many of your subagents that don't require deep engineering. This is OpenAI's ... sonnet equivalent, at 3x the speed and 70% the cost from the flagship. Nano is even crazier, 20 cents per 1M tokens, but it's not as performant, so I wouldn't use it for code. But for small tasks, absolutely. Here's the thing that matters, these models are MEANT to be used with the new “subagents” feature that was also launched this week in Codex, all you need to do as... ask! Just tell Codex “spin up a subagent to do... X” and it'll do it.OpenAI shifts focus on AI for engineering and enterprise, acquires Astral.sh makers of UV. Look, there's no doubt that OpenAI the absolutely leader in AI, brought us ChatGPT, with over 900M users using it weekly. But they see what every enterprise sees, developers are MUCH more productive (and slowly so are everyone else) when they use tools that can code. According to WSJ, OpenAI executives will reprioritize some of the side-quests they have (Sora?) to focus on productivity and business. Which essentially means, more Codex, more Codex native, more productivity tools.With that focus, today they announced that OpenAI / Codex is acquiring Astral, the folks behind the widely popular UV python package manager. This brings strong developer tools firepower to the Codex team, the astral folks are great at writing incredibly fast tools in rust! Looking forward to see how these great folks improve Codex even more. Jensen Declares Total OpenClaw Victory at GTC, Announces NemoClaw (Github)This was kind of surreal, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, is famous for doing his stadium size keynote, without a teleprompter, and for the last 10 minutes or so, he went all in on OpenClaw. Calling it “the most important OSS software in history” and outlining how this is the new computer. That Peter Steinberger with OpenClaw showed the world a blueprint for the new coputer, an personal agentic system, with IO, files, computer use, memory, powered by LLMs. Jensen did outline that the 3 things that make OpenClaw great are also the things that enterprises cannot allow, write access to your files + ability to communicate externally is a bad combo, so they have launched NemoClaw.They've got a bunch of security researchers to work with OpenClaw team to integrate their new OpenShell sandboxing effort, network guardrails and policy engine integration. I reminded folks on the pod that the internet was very insecure, there was a time where folks were afraid of using their creditcards online. OpenClaw seems to be speed running that “unsecure but super useful” to “secure because it's super useful” arc and it's great to see a company as huge as NVIDIA embrace. Not to mention that given that agents can run 24/7, this means way more inference and way more chips sold for NVIDIA so makes sense for them, but still great to see!Manus “my computer” and other companies replicating “OpenClaw” successThis week it became clear, after last weeks Perplexity “computer”, Manus (now part of Meta) has also announced a local extension of their cloud agents, and those two are only the first announcements, it's clear now that every company dissected OpenClaw's moment and will be trying to give its users what they want. An agentic always on AI assistant with access to the users files, documents etc. Claude code added “channels“ support with telegram and discord connectors today, which, also, is one big missing piece of the puzzle for them. Everything is converging on this. Even OpenAI is rumored to consolidate Codex (which sees huge success) with OpenAI and Atlast browser into 1 “mega” APP that would do these things and act as an agent. ThursdAI - Highest signal weekly AI news show is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.MiniMax M2.7: The Model That Built Itself This one blew me away, it's not quite open source (yet?) but the MiniMax folks are coming out with a 2.7 version just after their MiniMax 2.5 was featured on our show and .. they are claiming that this model trained itself. Similarly to Andrej Karpathy's auto-researcher, the MiniMax folks ran 100+ autonomous optimization loops, t get this model to 56.22% on the hard Swe-bench pro benchmark (close to Opus's 57.3%!) and this one gets a 88% win rate vs the very excellent MiniMax 2.5. They used the previous model to build the agent harness and scaffolding, with 1 engineer babysitting these agent, and writing 0 lines of human code, which as we said before, every company will be doing, as we're staring singularity in the face! We've evaluated this model as well (Wolfram has been busy this week!) and it's doing really well on WolfBench with 52% average and 64% top score, it's very close to 5.3 codex on our terminalBench benchmark! We hope that this model will be open source at some point soon as well! Cursor drops Composer 2 - nearly matching Opus 4.6, fast version (Blog)Cursor decided to add to our show's breaking news record of Thursday releases with a brand new in-house trained Composer 2. This time they released more benchmarks than only their internal “composer bench” and this model looks great! (we are pretty sure it's a finetune of a chinese OSS model, but we don't know which) Getting 61% on Terminal Bench, beating Opus 4.6 is quite a significant achievement, but coupled with the incredible pricing they are offering, $0.5/1Mtok input and $2.50/M output tokens, Cursor is really aiming for the productivity folks and showing that they are more than just an IDE.Early users are reporting noticeably cleaner code than both Opus and Composer 1.5 — better adherence to clean code principles, smarter multi-file implementations, and strong performance on long-horizon agentic tasks like full API migrations and legacy codebase refactoring. They also shipped a new interface called Glass (in alpha) that's built for monitoring these long-running agent loops. Open Source: Mistral is Back, BabyMistral Small 4: 119B MoE with 128 experts + Apache 2.0 (X, Blog, HF)It's been a while since Mistral dropped something properly open source, and this week they kicked off what looks like their fourth generation with Mistral Small 4. The name is a little funny given the actual size — 119 billion total parameters, 128 experts in the mixture — but with only 6 billion active per token. So you get the knowledge footprint of a massive model but the compute profile of a small one. Very MoE-brained.The bigger story here is what's unified inside: this is Magistral (reasoning), Pixtral (multimodal), and Devstral (coding) all rolled into one weights file. Previously you had to choose which Mistral “side quest” model you wanted. Now there's a reasoning_effort parameter where you dial from none for fast cheap responses all the way up to high for step-by-step thinking, no model switch required. How does it perform? We ran it through WolfBench and it landed toward the lower end of Wolfram's current leaderboard — around 17% on the agentic tasks, roughly on par with Nemotron at the same scale. It's not competing with Opus or GPT-5.4, and we weren't really expecting it to. What we're excited about is that it does multimodal, reasoning, and coding in one Apache-licensed package, and people are already running IQ4 quants locally. Shout out to Mistral for the return to open source — it's been a minute, and the community noticed.Unsloth Studio: Fine-Tuning Gets a UI (Blog)Something I think people are sleeping on this week is Unsloth Studio, the open-source web UI that the Unsloth team just launched for local LLM training and inference. Unsloth has been quantizing and compressing models better than basically anyone for a while now — 2x training speed, 70% less VRAM, zero accuracy loss — but that was all code-first. Studio is the no-code interface layer on top of all of that.The numbers: supports 500+ models across text, vision, audio, and embeddings. It runs 100% offline with no telemetry. Julien Chaumond, the CTO of Hugging Face, confirmed it trains successfully on a Colab Pro A100. There's even a free Colab notebook for models up to 22B parameters. For folks who want to fine-tune models overnight without spinning up cloud infra or wrestling with Docker, this is a genuine leap forward. Nisten compared it to what LM Studio did for local inference — making something that used to require deep expertise suddenly accessible to anyone. I think that comparison is spot on, and I want to get Daniel and the Unsloth team on the show to dig into this properly.This Week's Buzz: W&B iOS App & The Overthinking ParadoxThe iOS App is Finally Here (app store)Okay, I'm going to do a quick applause.

Details Define You.Bob Hughes, President & CEO of Deltek, learned that in moments when the stakes were highest..on a nuclear submarine…in the middle of a $22B merger…and during a ransomware attack.He was inspired early in his career when a leader told him:“The devil's in the details… but so is salvation.”I particularly appreciated his insight:“Operational discipline scales trust.”We've all seen the opposite play out too.One meeting starts late.One deadline gets missed.One “good enough” decision slips through.Trust doesn't explode.It erodes....gradually.Bob's team didn't lose trust in those massive moments because he refused to let the small things slide when they mattered most.That's what I keep thinking about:When leaders lose trust its rarely the big thing; it's because of the details long before.

Lời Tiên Tri Năm 1973 - Khải Tượng Của David Wilkerson Chuyển ngữ: Đội ngũ Ba-rúcDavid Wilkerson (1931–2011) là một mục sư Tin Lành người Mỹ, được biết đến rộng rãi qua chức vụ rao giảng và kêu gọi ăn năn, đặc biệt giữa bối cảnh xã hội đầy biến động của thế kỷ 20. Ông bắt đầu được chú ý khi phục vụ giới trẻ đường phố và các băng nhóm tại New York City, nơi ông chứng kiến nhiều hoàn cảnh đổ vỡ, nghiện ngập, và bạo lực. Từ đó, ông sáng lập Teen Challenge, một mục vụ giúp người nghiện ma túy và những người đang gặp khủng hoảng tìm lại hy vọng và đời sống mới trong đức tin.Kinh nghiệm phục vụ này được ghi lại trong cuốn sách nổi tiếng và bộ phim cùng tên The Cross and the Switchblade (Thập tự giá và con dao bấm), kể về hành trình truyền giáo giữa các băng nhóm đường phố và sự biến đổi của nhiều cuộc đời. Sau này, ông tiếp tục thành lập Times Square Church, một hội thánh tại trung tâm Manhattan, nơi ông giảng dạy về sự thánh khiết, sự ăn năn, và sự tỉnh thức thuộc linh.Trong suốt chức vụ của mình, David Wilkerson cũng được biết đến với những lời cảnh báo mạnh mẽ về sự suy đồi đạo đức, những khủng hoảng xã hội, và sự phán xét thuộc linh nếu con người không quay trở lại với Đức Chúa Trời. Một số bài giảng và sách của ông trình bày những khải tượng hoặc lời tiên tri mà ông tin rằng Chúa đã bày tỏ cho mình, liên quan đến tương lai của xã hội, hội thánh, và thế giới.Những lời cảnh báo này đã được nhiều người lắng nghe, suy ngẫm, thậm chí tranh luận. Chúng thường được trình bày như lời kêu gọi ăn năn, tỉnh thức, và tìm kiếm Chúa cách nghiêm túc hơn, hơn là chỉ đơn thuần dự đoán các biến cố tương lai.Đội ngũ Ba-rúc chia sẻ bản dịch này với mong muốn cung cấp tư liệu để người nghe tự mình suy xét và phân định. Mục đích của chúng tôi không phải để khẳng định hay phủ nhận tính xác thực của những lời tiên tri này, nhưng để tạo cơ hội cho mỗi người lắng nghe, cầu nguyện, và tự đánh giá trước Chúa, theo như Lời Kinh thánh: “19Chớ dập tắt Thánh-Linh; 20chớ khinh-dể các lời tiên-tri; 21hãy xem-xét mọi việc, điều chi lành thì giữ lấy. 22Bất cứ việc gì tựa như điều ác, thì phải tránh đi.”(1 Tê-sa-lô-ni-ca 5:19-22)Vì vậy, chúng tôi khuyến khích người nghe tiếp cận nội dung này với sự cẩn trọng thuộc linh, tinh thần khiêm nhường, và lòng khao khát chân lý.Link bài giảng gốc:    • 1973 Prophecy - The Vision by David Wilkerson  ---------------------------------Nếu bạn muốn dâng hiến cho các hoạt động của Kênh, xin vui lòng chuyển khoản cho chúng tôi vào số tài khoản dưới đây:Tên tài khoản: Nguyen Thanh Tung - Nguyen Dinh HungSố tài khoản VND: 0010174709250 Số tài khoản USD: 0200143705194 Tên ngân hàng: Ngân hàng MB Bank – Chi nhánh Hoài Đức (Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank - Hoai Duc Branch)SWIFT CODE: MSCBVNVX

Lời Tiên Tri Năm 1973 - Khải Tượng Của David Wilkerson Chuyển ngữ: Đội ngũ Ba-rúcDavid Wilkerson (1931–2011) là một mục sư Tin Lành người Mỹ, được biết đến rộng rãi qua chức vụ rao giảng và kêu gọi ăn năn, đặc biệt giữa bối cảnh xã hội đầy biến động của thế kỷ 20. Ông bắt đầu được chú ý khi phục vụ giới trẻ đường phố và các băng nhóm tại New York City, nơi ông chứng kiến nhiều hoàn cảnh đổ vỡ, nghiện ngập, và bạo lực. Từ đó, ông sáng lập Teen Challenge, một mục vụ giúp người nghiện ma túy và những người đang gặp khủng hoảng tìm lại hy vọng và đời sống mới trong đức tin.Kinh nghiệm phục vụ này được ghi lại trong cuốn sách nổi tiếng và bộ phim cùng tên The Cross and the Switchblade (Thập tự giá và con dao bấm), kể về hành trình truyền giáo giữa các băng nhóm đường phố và sự biến đổi của nhiều cuộc đời. Sau này, ông tiếp tục thành lập Times Square Church, một hội thánh tại trung tâm Manhattan, nơi ông giảng dạy về sự thánh khiết, sự ăn năn, và sự tỉnh thức thuộc linh.Trong suốt chức vụ của mình, David Wilkerson cũng được biết đến với những lời cảnh báo mạnh mẽ về sự suy đồi đạo đức, những khủng hoảng xã hội, và sự phán xét thuộc linh nếu con người không quay trở lại với Đức Chúa Trời. Một số bài giảng và sách của ông trình bày những khải tượng hoặc lời tiên tri mà ông tin rằng Chúa đã bày tỏ cho mình, liên quan đến tương lai của xã hội, hội thánh, và thế giới.Những lời cảnh báo này đã được nhiều người lắng nghe, suy ngẫm, thậm chí tranh luận. Chúng thường được trình bày như lời kêu gọi ăn năn, tỉnh thức, và tìm kiếm Chúa cách nghiêm túc hơn, hơn là chỉ đơn thuần dự đoán các biến cố tương lai.Đội ngũ Ba-rúc chia sẻ bản dịch này với mong muốn cung cấp tư liệu để người nghe tự mình suy xét và phân định. Mục đích của chúng tôi không phải để khẳng định hay phủ nhận tính xác thực của những lời tiên tri này, nhưng để tạo cơ hội cho mỗi người lắng nghe, cầu nguyện, và tự đánh giá trước Chúa, theo như Lời Kinh thánh: “19Chớ dập tắt Thánh-Linh; 20chớ khinh-dể các lời tiên-tri; 21hãy xem-xét mọi việc, điều chi lành thì giữ lấy. 22Bất cứ việc gì tựa như điều ác, thì phải tránh đi.”(1 Tê-sa-lô-ni-ca 5:19-22)Vì vậy, chúng tôi khuyến khích người nghe tiếp cận nội dung này với sự cẩn trọng thuộc linh, tinh thần khiêm nhường, và lòng khao khát chân lý.Link bài giảng gốc:    • 1973 Prophecy - The Vision by David Wilkerson  ---------------------------------Nếu bạn muốn dâng hiến cho các hoạt động của Kênh, xin vui lòng chuyển khoản cho chúng tôi vào số tài khoản dưới đây:Tên tài khoản: Nguyen Thanh Tung - Nguyen Dinh HungSố tài khoản VND: 0010174709250 Số tài khoản USD: 0200143705194 Tên ngân hàng: Ngân hàng MB Bank – Chi nhánh Hoài Đức (Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank - Hoai Duc Branch)SWIFT CODE: MSCBVNVX

Most business owners don't realize they're building an exit they can't afford. In this episode of Sharkpreneur, Seth Greene interviews Marc Adams, Strategy Mentor & Business Exit Planner at Acquisitions4You, who shares how his work has helped provide $22B in funding support and why he now focuses on helping founders double business value in 12 months or less. After a stage-four cancer diagnosis during the pandemic and a life-changing conversation with his son, Marc pivoted his mission toward helping the “nine out of ten” owners who never get the outcome they need. He explains the Double and Keep It framework, designed to grow value fast while protecting owners from the usual traps of dilution, debt burdens, and painful exit costs. Key Takeaways:→ Most business owners don't get the value they expect when it's time to sell.→ Exit-math can be brutal, especially in states with high taxes. → Traditional private equity doesn't solve the real problem. → The “double and keep it” framework aims to achieve value growth without dilution or debt service. → This framework is meant to create a real retirement-grade exit. Marc Adams is a strategy mentor and business-exit planner who helps founder-led companies double enterprise value in 12–24 months and structure tax-efficient exits without heavy dilution or personal guarantees. He's helped take a company from roughly $140M to a $1B valuation and led a loss-making $18M-revenue business to a $140M exit. A bestselling author with Times Square features, Marc works closely with family offices and private capital, providing founders with a practical, buyer-aligned playbook for value creation, clean diligence, and better after-tax outcomes. Connect With Marc:Website: https://acquisitions4you.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/1marcadams/

Send a textEnergy headlines rarely tell the whole story, so we pulled the camera back to show how Nigeria's oil and gas sector is being rebuilt in real time. From renewed FIDs and streamlined approvals to a decisive pivot toward gas, we explore why investors are returning, how local operators now carry system-wide responsibility, and where execution must accelerate to lock in gains.We start with the policy backbone: clearer fiscal terms, faster regulator timelines, and the PIA's governance guardrails. That shift opened the door for multibillion-dollar gas projects feeding NLNG Train 7 and catalyzed a wave of indigenous acquisitions as IOCs exited onshore. Gas steps into the spotlight as a strategic growth engine, anchored by a $22B plan for pipelines and midstream capacity to power homes, factories, CNG fleets, and LPG markets. Partnerships at assets like OML 17 aim to turn once-flared gas into reliable energy, while local content efforts push the three essentials—money, manpower, and machinery—closer to home.We then connect policy to street-level change. The Dangote refinery's ramp is nudging prices, sharpening competition, and signaling that refining at scale can work on African soil. Yet the toughest challenges are now physical and financial: aging pipelines, vandalism risks, and underfunded midstream links that keep domestic gas supply uneven. With indigenous producers stabilizing output and investing in processing, the sector's future depends on disciplined execution, smarter infrastructure finance, and a relentless focus on uptime and safety. The destination is clear: a gas-led, locally anchored energy economy that powers industry, creates jobs, and earns sustainable export revenue.If you're ready to see where policy meets projects—and how Nigeria can turn momentum into durable prosperity—tune in and share your take. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell us the single investment you believe would unlock the most impact right now.Support the showYou can support this show via the link below;https://www.buzzsprout.com/1718587/supporters/new

1. What He Suffered 2. Why He Suffered It 3. What It Proves Scripture: Hebrews 2 Text: Hebrews 2:17-18 Psalters: 89C, 61B, 22B, 31A

For episode 682 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Sydney Huang, Founder of HumanAPI at ETHDenver. Sydney Huang is the Founder of Human API and CEO of Eclipse, where she leads product and strategy for AI-native infrastructure. She launched Turbo Tap, scaling it to 300K users, 50K DAU, and 22B+ in-game transactions, and has held product roles across Web3 projects including DeGods, y00ts, and Unstoppable Domains. Previously, she worked in M&A and Venture Capital at Dell Technologies and is a Babson College graduate.

Singapore shares fell today to track movements in Asian equities. The Straits Times Index was down 0.72% at 4,869.73 points at 2.14pm Singapore time, with a value turnover of S$1.22B seen in the broader market. In terms of companies to watch, we have ST Engineering, after the company launched its largest unmanned cargo aircraft to date at the media preview of the Singapore Airshow yesterday, along with other products from its defence and urban solutions divisions. Elsewhere, from how private sector surveys out today showed Asia’s factory activity expanded in January, to Alibaba spending three billion yuan (S$549 million) to attract users to its Qwen artificial intelligence (AI) app during the Chinese New Year holiday, more corporate and international headlines remained in focus. Also on deck, what to watch ahead of earnings from tech majors ⁠Alphabet, Amazon and AMD. On Market View, Money Matters’ finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with Thilan Wickramasinghe, Head of Equity Research, Maybank Securities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Waymo is back online in San Francisco after a service disruption during a city blackout, private equity firms Permira and Warburg have agreed to buy Clearwater Analytics in an $8.4B deal, the third installment of Avatar disappointed at the box office over the weekend, tonight's Powerball jackpot is slated to be one of the biggest ever, and Softbank is working to close a $22B+ funding commitment to OpenAI before the end of the year.  Squawk Box is hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin.  Follow Squawk Pod for the best moments, interviews and analysis from our TV show in an audio-first format. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Real-world assets exploded from $5B to $20B in 2025, and 2026 could hit $400B.In this episode of Money Moves Fast, we sit down with Chris Yin and Teddy Pornprinya of Plume Network to review 2025's explosive RWA growth and predict what's coming in 2026. Chris and Teddy break down the duration vs liquidity trade-off, private credit's $22B onchain opportunity, and why fed rate cuts are setting up the coming RWA explosion.We discuss:- Why CLOs Are The New T-Bills- How Plume Captured 50% of All RWA Users- The Duration vs. Liquidity Trade-Off- Private Credit's $22B Onchain Opportunity- Permissionless Access to Institutional Products- Fed Rate Cuts & The Coming RWA Explosion- Best Ways to Capture the 5-10x UpsideTimestamps:00:00 Intro00:47 Polygon Ad01:05 2025 Year in Review02:51 Understanding CLOs & Triple-A Ratings05:48 Janus Henderson's $500M Deployment07:17 Rate Cuts & Yield Hunting10:28 Plume's Permissionless Strategy13:11 Network Dominance: Ethereum vs. The Rest16:04 Duration Risk Explained18:06 Active Address Leadership22:46 Who Are Plume's Users?25:23 RWA Looping Strategies26:55 Halliday Ad, Trezor Ad, Hibachi Ad28:02 Covering Duration Risk30:13 User Base: KYC vs. Permissionless34:22 Fed Rate Cuts & 2026 Outlook36:19 infiniFi Ad, YEET Ad, Kalshi Ad37:21 The Coming Nuclear Growth Phase39:04 How to Get Exposure to RWA Growth40:55 Top Infrastructure Plays42:14 Closing ThoughtsWebsite: https://therollup.co/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1P6ZeYd...Podcast: https://therollup.co/category/podcastFollow us on X: https://www.x.com/therollupcoFollow Rob on X: https://www.x.com/robbie_rollupFollow Andy on X: https://www.x.com/ayyyeandyJoin our TG group: https://t.me/+TsM1CRpWFgk1NGZhThe Rollup Disclosures: https://therollup.co/the-rollup-discl

How much money has water damage cost your owners? How much time and money could you save if you were able to detect issues within a property before they became a larger problem?  In this episode of the #DoorGrowShow, property management growth expert Jason Hull sits down with Nadav Schnall to explore how innovative water and gas leak detection systems are transforming residential property management and to share how these technologies can prevent costly damage, protect tenants, and streamline maintenance operations for property managers. You'll Learn [1:14] Nadav Schnall's Background in Property Management [05:06] Innovative Solutions for Leak Detection [11:07] Understanding the Technology Behind Pro Sentry [17:25] Implementing Smart Detection Systems Quotables "If something goes unchecked, somebody's out of town, there's a water leak, I mean, it can just do massive damage." "The responsibility of a property manager is to make sure the building is operating properly, to make sure it's operating efficiently, to mitigate damages, to mitigate risks." "Time is of the essence when something like this happens." Resources DoorGrow and Scale Mastermind DoorGrow Academy DoorGrow on YouTube DoorGrowClub DoorGrowLive Transcript Nadav Schnall (00:00) No need for displacement, no need to wake up in the middle of the night, come back to a flooded home. So we can solve all that   Jason Hull (00:05) All right. Welcome everybody. I am Jason Hull, the founder and CEO of DoorGrow, the world's leading and most comprehensive coaching and consulting firm for long-term residential property management entrepreneurs. For over a decade and a half, we have brought innovative strategies and optimization to the property management industry. We have spoken to thousands of property management business owners, coached, consulted, and cleaned up hundreds of businesses.   helping them add doors, improve pricing, increase profits, simplify operations. And we run the leading property management mastermind with more video testimonials and reviews than any other coach or consultant in the industry. At DoorGrow, we believe that good property managers can change the world and that property management is the ultimate high trust gateway to real estate deals, relationships, and residual income. We are on a mission to transform property management business owners and their businesses. We want to transform the industry.   eliminate the BS, build awareness, change perception, expand the market, and help the best property management entrepreneurs win. Now, let's get into the show. Today, my guest is Nadav Schnall. Welcome, Nadav   Nadav Schnall (01:14) Thank you for having me, Jason.   Jason Hull (01:15) All right, so your company is called ProSentry. We're going to be getting into that. But before we chat about our topic today, which is protect, prevent, perform smart leak detection for modern property managers, tell us a little bit about your background, how you got into entrepreneurism and what finally led you.   Nadav Schnall (01:33) Sure, happy to provide some background. So my background is actually in property management. I was a property manager for about a decade for First Service Residential in New York City. I had their kind of luxury.   group or luxury division. So I did a lot of consulting for developers and lot of property management, opening buildings, know, placing staff, making sure buildings kind of transition from construction to operation. So that was really the lion's share of my background as it relates to property management. Then I went into and opened another company that had to do with the service industry, kind of fire suppression systems, mechanicals, kind of the   the heart of a building, so to speak. And that led me to connect with my co-founder and business partner, John Russ, who is a builder in New York City. I've known him for probably about 15 years. And we came together to do this idea. So really very much so kind of experiencing firsthand.   what we are trying to solve and that's kind how I got into the world of entrepreneurship and into the world of ProSentry   Jason Hull (02:35) Got it. All right. Thanks for the background. So you're an expert. This is your bio, an expert in smart building monitoring. We're going to chat about exploring how innovative water and gas leak detection systems are transforming residential property management and maybe share how these technologies can prevent costly damage, protect tenants, streamline maintenance operations for property managers from boosting safety to increasing operational efficiency.   And in today's episode, you'll get to learn how smart monitoring is reshaping the way you care for your properties and your bottom line. So cool. I'm excited to get into this. So, so now, Nadav, where, where do we start?   Nadav Schnall (03:15) Well, we can probably start in property management. And I can tell you how many times I would wake up in the morning and I'd be checking my phone and then find that I have emails from last night that there was a leak in the building or my super calling me at two o'clock in the morning saying, hey, we had a flood or someone, there was a construction going on and someone left a window open and some pipe froze.   Jason Hull (03:19) Okay.   Nadav Schnall (03:42) And so that's kind of where it started for me, kind of really looking into these operational issues, which in today's day and age with technology, you are able to solve. And so that's where the journey started for me is really trying to look at properties and saying, how can we help common day-to-day occurrences? More so you look at the insurance industries and that's one of the...   biggest pluses that we try to bring to the table is trying to helping buildings with insurance. Water leaks are non-weather related water leaks are typically the top three causes for insurance claims.   And many times it's the number one reason for insurance claims. And so you look at these things and you're saying, there is technology out there. There is ways to substantially reduce that. How do we do that, improve the day-to-day work of property managers?   reduce insurance claims for buildings, reduce insurance rates and premiums, and also improve the life of the residents and tenants that live within. No need for displacement, no need to wake up in the middle of the night, come back to a flooded home. So we can solve all that and we focus in the multifamily. That's kind of our main focus.   Jason Hull (04:53) Yeah, Yeah, I mean, if something goes unchecked, somebody's out of town, there's a water leak, I mean, it can just do massive damage. Yeah, so how do we mitigate that?   Nadav Schnall (05:04) Yeah, so I can tell you a little bit about the technology and what we do and how we do it. first of all, traditional systems that existed so far were really based on Wi-Fi, which is a big difference. And they were more geared towards maybe something that you would do for your house or maybe something you would do for your apartment.   But how do you resolve that in a multifamily world, right? Where even if I am the most responsible resident in the building and I put water leak detection and temperature and humidity and maybe gas, you put all detection technologies in your apartment, you can still get leaked on from your apartment above. Something can still happen. And you just said it, right? A resident that may be away. And we have this actually. is an actual...   know, claim that we were able to avoid. In a building, someone, you know, it was a vacant apartment, a realtor came in to show the apartment, walked out to the terrace. It was a classic wintery day. Didn't close the door all the way.   Realtor left, came in, blew the apartment door open and the temperatures started going down and going down and going down. Luckily that building had ProSentry and that building was notified when the temperatures hit about 50 degrees and the resident manager of that building got the notification today that doesn't sound right. Of course, checked the records, found out there was a vacant apartment, ran upstairs, saw that the door was open, was able to close the door, turn on the heat before frozen pipes. But otherwise you would have had frozen pipe and that could have easily knocked out 10 apartments   insurance claims and so on and so forth. So I think that's kind of one of the biggest areas where we can save. And the nice part about that is insurance carriers are starting to recognize us and starting to recognize that we are actually reducing claims inside buildings. We're doing that across the board. We recently did a study across 18 months. We took a bunch of properties and we wanted to see what happened in those properties across an 18 month period.   we alerted those properties to over 6,000 different types of water events, right? Whether it's water or, you know, could be some, some of it can be just be drizzling. Some of could be, you know, a condensate drain and an HVAC unit overflowing, right? So different types of leaks. And then we followed up with the properties. Not one of those buildings and any of those water events resulted in an insured claim.   And so we were able to actually prove to the insurance world that this is a risk mitigative tool and actually the service that we provide, we like to call it risk mitigation as a service. ⁓ And by doing that, we've been able to help several buildings either move from kind of E &S, Excessive Surplus insurance policies over to admitted carriers, which of course are substantially cheaper.   Jason Hull (07:27) Yeah.   Nadav Schnall (07:41) or just simply being able to reduce insurance rates, right? You presented a certain risk before, now you present this risk. And so it can help properties both on the operation side, the maintenance side, but also on the insurance side. And I know I said a lot.   Jason Hull (07:53) Yeah.   No, that's, no, that sounds very fascinating. So I can see how this would be very important. So if the insurance companies are not having to do anything on these claims, then you would think they would be very incentivized to get people to implement this.   Nadav Schnall (08:10) That's 100%. So in New York State, for example, where we have a lot of presidents, especially in New York City, we work with a number of carriers that provide anywhere from, this is on the homeowner side, but anywhere from 3 % up all the way up to 12 % premium reductions.   year over year on your homeowners insurance policy. So if you have a building and let's say there's 100 apartments, if you happen to be insured with one of these insurance carriers, you will receive a discount on your premium year over year. their ROI is right there. And then of course we can help on the underlying building insurance policy as well.   Jason Hull (08:50) Got it, okay. So what are the benefits for the, that's obviously a benefit for the property owner, right? What are the benefits for the property manager?   Nadav Schnall (09:00) So, I mean, the obvious would be peace of mind, right? Because at the end of the day, the responsibility of a property manager is to make sure the building is operating properly, to make sure it's operating efficiently, to mitigate damages, to mitigate risks.   And so the advantages of property managerial, first of all, you're able to see what happens in your entire building. So you'll have a dashboard. You'll be able to see each one of our sensing technologies. And I think we've heavily focused so far on water leak detection and maybe temperature detection, which is really, you know, these are one of our biggest sellers, but we do anything from water to gas to oil leaks, to mechanical malfunctions, environmental issues, even rodents. So we have a lot.   know, thermostat. So we have different types of technologies all surrounded under our platform. And so the property manager will be able to see all these sensing, all these sensors across this entire building on one, on one dashboard. It will substantially reduce damages, right? So from a...   to do share responsibility to the building. is very important, but more so it also gives peace of mind, right? That you know that this apartment or this building or this area, because a lot of our installations are mechanical equipment, right? We have a building that had a couple of leaks coming from the mechanical systems. Every time there was a leak there, it leaked into the elevators. The elevators went out, had to call the elevator company out, had to file another insurance claim. And every time that's there, the amount of time the property managers have to spend   to deal with an incident like this, right? It doesn't only start with mitigating the damage itself. You gotta mitigate the damage, you gotta communicate with all the apartment owners, you gotta let them know what's going on. Then they have repairs, they have to coordinate with contractors, they have to file insurance claims, they have to file reports, they have to talk to their boards or their building owners. So there's a lot there. By installing a system like this, it gives you lot of peace of mind and saves you a lot of time.   Jason Hull (10:46) So less damage, less work for the property manager, less stress in having to deal with frustrated owners, frustrated tenants. Yeah, so win-win all the way around. So you had mentioned a few things that this equipment can send for.   So could you go over all those for us?   Nadav Schnall (11:04) Yeah, sure. It's 100%.   So we have, you maybe I started off a little bit in the beginning, we talked about Wi-Fi, but I really complete that thought. So I can start high level. So.   First of all, what we use is use a technology called LoRaWAN. LoRaWAN stands for long range wide area network. So it's very similar to Wi-Fi in the sense that it is a wireless technology that we can communicate over this wireless network that it creates. But indifferent than Wi-Fi, has a couple of major differences, which is huge for buildings, huge for properties, right? Especially existing buildings where you're trying to retrofit a system, which of course you're very sensitive to, right? Because if you're...   You know, if you're doing property management in a multifamily residential building and you have to access every single apartment, no one wants to like start running electricity or opening walls. It has to be really easy to deploy. You come in and come out under 10 minutes. That's what you're looking to do. So this technology, LoRaWAN, what it does is it is a very strong frequency. So the advantage is it can penetrate brick, mortar, you know.   concrete, steel, whatever, whatever inside a building. And you can use one of these gateways. Gateways are similar to what we would call in the Wi-Fi world as like a router. So you would install one of those every maybe three to six floors, I would say, as opposed to a traditional router where you put it in an apartment, you have one for the entire apartment. The downside to it is that you can stream a lot of data on it.   So it's great for the world of IoT and the world of sensors because you don't have to put on that. You just need to say, what is the temperature? I having a leak? Do I have this or do I have something else? So that is a very, very important advantage that this technology has over traditional systems, which rely on Wi-Fi. The other big thing it has is that it's extremely energy efficient. So each one of our sensors will last for about 10 years on battery life. Whereas traditional Wi-Fi systems, probably have to replace the battery once a year, once every two years, depending on the system.   As far as our offering, so we have different liquid sensing technology, so oil and water. We also have gas detection. And for example, in New York City, they passed a law which was now tabled again, but they passed a law called Local Law 157. Every, you know,   apartment or building in New York City that had gas, had to have gas detection. So we were able to help those buildings as well. And so buildings that already had our system had to now comply with a new law, easily just put it on the system, no problem. Temperature humidity, we spoke about. We have rodents. We have different types of sensing. For example, if you want to see the levels of different tanks. So for example, you have a big water storage tank or you want to know what the capacity is of trash or different. So we have devices that can sense distance.   different sensors for different types of mechanical equipment to see where they go, what the status is, are they operating, are they not, are they in movement? Steam traps, we can tell you if a stream trap open. So there's a lot of stuff there. And I think one of the unique parts about ProSentry is that both me and my business partner, John, really come from the world.   And so we meet with supers, we meet with property managers and they say, hey, you know, I really want to understand how I can better see this or how I can do that. And that's what we developed. And so we go out and we figure out what sensing to cloud booth exists for the world and we customize them for the buildings themselves.   Jason Hull (14:15) Got it. Is this system also tie into some of the other sort of catastrophes besides water, like fire, smoke? ⁓   Nadav Schnall (14:23) So   we have a smoke and vape detector, but it is not what you would call your traditional carbon-fiber monoxide type of sensor. And that is because, first of all, it's a very saturated market. There's a lot of companies out there that provide. We have the ability to interface into it. It was just a conscious choice not to get into that yet.   Jason Hull (14:38) Yeah.   Nadav Schnall (14:47) Just because you know, it's more of a niche market and that's more of a very wide market. There's also a lot of regular   Jason Hull (14:52) Figure out smoking and   vaping is another thing. Like, maybe four terms, stuff like this.   Nadav Schnall (14:55) Yeah.   So that we do have on the property, on the platform. that is a great sensing technology, especially for like rental buildings or buildings that have passed no smoking laws in the building. So it can do vaping, it could do marijuana, it could do cigarette smoke. And so we've had that. actually, one of the reasons we developed it, again, speaking to property managers and building owners,   This is a West Coast property owner. he said, you know, one of my main reasons for non renewing leases in my building is because people smoke and people don't want to renew. And so that was one of the reasons we went out. came out with this, with a sensing technology and it can, you know, it kind of tattles on the smokers, but it works with that kind of building. Right. So if you sign into a building, which is a non-smoking building, you should have that same with hotels, et cetera, et cetera.   Jason Hull (15:45) Cool. So I'm going to read a word from our sponsor and then I some more questions we'll get into. So this episode is sponsored by Vendoroo So many of you tell me that maintenance is probably the least enjoyable part of the property manager and definitely the most time consuming. But what if you could cut that workload by up to 85 %? That's exactly what Vendoroo has achieved. They've leveraged cutting edge AI technology to handle nearly all your maintenance tasks from initiating work orders and troubleshooting to coordinating with vendors and reporting.   This AI doesn't just automate, it becomes your ideal employee, learning your preferences and executing tasks flawlessly, never needing a day off and never quitting. This frees up you to focus on the critical tasks that really move the needle for you and your business, whether that's refining operations, expanding your portfolio, or even just taking a well-deserved break. So over half the room at last year's DoorGrow Live.   conference signed up with Vendoroo right then and there after hearing about it. A year later, they're not just satisfied. They're raving about how Vendoroo has transformed their business. Don't let maintenance drag you down. Step up your property management game with Vendoroo Visit vendero.ai. That's V-E-N-D-O-R-O-O.ai slash door grow today and make this the last maintenance hire you'll ever need. All right, cool. So back to...   Back to what you were talking about, Nadeav. I'm curious, this sounds like a no-brainer. Is this expensive to get set up? Can this be turned into a profit center for property managers in some way? How does this typically work for property managers?   Nadav Schnall (17:20) Yeah, sure.   So, excellent questions. As far as the cost goes, it is very competitive in the marketplace. Sensors start at about $70 a sensor, depending on what it is. There is a cost for the network, but again, it is not a significant cost. The costs kind of vary based on the size of the building, and obviously there's volume discounts. But, you know, I think it, you know, from a   Profit center, it's an interesting question, right? Because I don't know if you're actively going to make money from the building, from activating the system. However, you will get a return on your investment because again, you're able to, first of all, reduce repair costs. There's no question about that, right? we have...   Examples examples examples of buildings that have installed our system and have caught dozens of water leaks some of which may have turned into Small things or maybe you and an overflowing club, but you caught that and you mopped that up But others are like these slow leaks behind walls and all kinds of areas like that that you otherwise would have not noticed and before it became mold and stuff so hundred percent you save money on that from a repair across perspective and   Jason Hull (18:09) Yeah.   Nadav Schnall (18:24) on insurance front, is really one of our biggest areas that we're focused on is trying to help buildings reduce insurance costs. And so in that sense, it does turn into a profit center, maybe not the traditional profit center as a fee for it, but you do save on other repairs on insurance costs. So in that sense, yes, you do make money on that.   Jason Hull (18:42) So, Nadav, a question. So you've mentioned multifamily. There are a lot of people that listen to this podcast that also do single-family residential, or maybe they do individual condos, or they do short-term rentals or Airbnbs. Do you find that this makes sense for those scenarios as well?   Nadav Schnall (19:03) 100 % it does. We focus...   only on multi-dwelling, in other words, we're a B2B company in that sense, unless maybe there's a situation where there's someone who manages multiple individual condos, let's say, right? Or multiple Airbnbs and they want everything on kind of a dashboard and maybe that would make sense. There are solutions out there that focus on the single-family world, that are Wi-Fi based and they're meant for that. We are really more of a commercial grade.   solution, right? And that's kind of how we set ourselves up. And that is really the big differentiator with us is that we're really focused on whole building solutions. We have automatic border shutoff valves, for example, which I haven't even mentioned before. But for example, we have a commercial building.   where the building owners have no one at the building over the weekend and actually no one in the building after I think it's 7 or 8 p.m. till they come back at like 6 or 7 in the morning. So they proactively shut the water to the building when they leave and no one's there. So they don't even want to take the risk. Of course all of our sensors can connect to the automatic shutoff app and say hey if there is a leak we'll shut that off, we'll shut the water off. They just want to they just put it on a schedule and proactively shut it. So in that sense if you   have single family or Airbnb managers, cetera, et cetera, you can all control it even from the app. You don't even have to be at the property. And you can just shut the valve off and shut the property. So if you're going to go away and let's say you want to winterize the property and shut the water off for a prolonged amount of time because you're not going to be there going on vacation. So you can do that with the system quite easily.   Jason Hull (20:35) Interesting. for somebody that's like an Airbnb and they wanted to get this set up, and they wanted like maybe water, auto water shut off, some gas detection, you know, a couple of the most obvious important ones, what would it roughly cost for them to get that property outfit?   Nadav Schnall (20:53) I mean, if it's a, if let's say we're talking about a single apartment, maybe like a one or two bedroom, you're probably talking about a one time cost of anywhere between 300 to $500. If you're in, if you're in that kind of situation, if it's slightly bigger, it all depends on the number of sensors. But again, if it's about $70 a sensor, how many points of water do you have in your, in your apartment? And then that's how you do the math.   Jason Hull (21:18) Got it. So typically sensor per maybe bathroom or water.   Nadav Schnall (21:22) Yeah, you'd put   one to two per bathroom, right? Depending on how many, if you have a tub or a shower, we typically catch that with another sensor that would be placed nearby, maybe behind a toilet. Sensors are very sleek, non-invasive. They don't actually, many of them, this is actually a sensor. They don't even look that way. So it's good. They're discreet. They go behind toilets, under sinks and so on and so forth. And so it's very easy to deploy them as well.   Jason Hull (21:48) Got it. And these don't have cameras on them, right?   Nadav Schnall (21:51) No   cameras. And as I mentioned, because we use LoRaWAN and it is unable to communicate or transmit large packets of data, it is impossible for me to record someone because the data packets are so small. The amount of data that would need to be transmitted just to record a sentence would take days and days and days. So it is impossible for us to do that.   Jason Hull (22:04) Hmm.   Got it.   Got it. Okay, very cool. Well, what else should people know about this solution or whatever questions that people ask, maybe about ProSentry and then how can people get in touch with you?   Nadav Schnall (22:29) So first of all, think the most important thing is, you know, we were built by real estate professionals. And so we really understand the industry and we're happy to consult.   and speak to anyone who has any questions. There's no strings of ties. There's no cost for that. We're happy to give proposals. And every building is unique and every building has their unique set of challenges. And so I think it's important for your listeners to know that that's the world that we come from and we actually enjoy having conversations with real estate professionals. And so if anyone has any questions or wants to discuss, just feel free to reach out. Our website, which is www.prosentry.com.   prosentry.com. Contact us or request a proposal. Very easy to get in touch with us. Or also info at prosentry.com.   Jason Hull (23:14) Very cool. So one last question. If somebody goes to your website, they decide they want to get some of this stuff set up for the property, who actually comes out and gets all this stuff set up and installed? Do they have to get a contractor to do it? How does that work?   Nadav Schnall (23:27) No, so it is extremely, extremely simple. So we have designed the system so that it is easy to be deployed by the building itself. And while we can provide recommendations for installers, 100%, I think there's one, I wouldn't say 100, I think 99%, I think it's one property that actually hired someone to do that. All of our properties, and I'm talking about hundreds of buildings, have installed the system by themselves. It is extremely easy. The system comes pre-configured.   So the gateways are the only component that gets plugged in. Those are the routers, right? So you start by plugging those into the wall into regular outlet. They turn on in about a minute or so and start communicating. They automatically connect to cellular antennas. They automatically...   create this internal private network only to that building. So there's no configuration, nothing else to do. And then you take the devices, the sensors themselves, you download our app, you scan a QR code on the device and all you do is you have a drop down menu and you say, I am in apartment 22B, it's already pre-configured, we'll configure the apartment, everything will be there. And you'll say, I'm placing it by the kitchen sink. That's it. That's all you gotta do. It automatically connects, the sensors automatically connect. And so,   We do speak to some buildings and they're like, yeah, we don't want to take on. so I call it deployment because it's not even installation. It's not invasive. There's no drilling. There's nothing to do there. So we say, OK, we can give you a proposal for installation or connect you with someone who can do it for you. But then once they understand how they get a little bit of a demo and see how it's done, go, oh, this is it. It's very, very easy to install.   one of the features that I neglected to, to, to, to mention, I think is important is we offer, live operator calls to buildings. And so a lot of providers out there will send you like an app notification or maybe an email or a text message, right. say, Hey, but again, property managers, right. We realize that at two o'clock in the morning, no one's looking at their phone to see if you got a text message. So we use an underwriter, laboratory certified call center with live people, not some robo call.   Jason Hull (25:19) and   Nadav Schnall (25:33) and they will actually call you and say, Jason, you have a leak in apartment 22 B in the kitchen.   under the dishwasher, right? And if you happen not to be answering, we will call the next person online. We can have multiple people. And so we'll call the front desk. Front desk doesn't answer. Maybe the handyman, handyman doesn't answer. The resident manager, the property manager, the hotline, the board president, whoever you need. We can put that all under the platform. So that is an important feature and a differentiator, by the way, because there are not many companies that do that. But we do recognize that because time is of the essence when something like this happens, you need to make sure you can get in touch with   Jason Hull (26:01) Mm.   Nadav Schnall (26:09) someone before damage becomes something very small into something really big. ⁓   Jason Hull (26:13) Yeah,   well, it sounds like a no brainer. Sounds very cool. And yeah, I recommend everybody check it out at prosentry.com. cool. Well, Nadav, thanks for coming and hanging out with us here on the DoorGrow show. Yeah, I appreciate it. So for those of you that maybe felt stuck or stagnant in your property management business, you want to take it to the next level, reach out to us at doorgrow.com. We can help.   Nadav Schnall (26:27) Thanks for having me, Jason. This was fun.   Jason Hull (26:40) And for a free training on how to get unlimited leads for free for your property management business, text the word leads to 512-648-4608. That's the word leads to 512-648-4608. Also be sure to join our free Facebook community just for property management business owners at doorgrowclub.com. And if you would like to get the best ideas in property management, you can join our newsletter.   at doorgrow.com slash subscribe. And if you found this episode even a little bit helpful, don't forget to subscribe and leave us a review on whatever platform you saw this on. We'd really appreciate it. And until next time, remember the slowest path to growth is to do it alone. So let's grow together. Bye everyone.  

Fluid is rapidly becoming one of the most important DeFi protocols on Ethereum — combining a money market, DEX, smart collateral, smart debt, and an industry-leading liquidation engine into one unified financial layer. In this episode of Web3 Native, we explore: • How Fluid reached $5B TVL and $22B in trading volume in 30 days • The architecture behind its capital-efficient liquidity layer • Smart collateral and smart debt and why traders love them • A liquidation system that's 100× more efficient than competitors • Upcoming releases: DEX V2, perps, fixed-rate lending, permissionless pools • Revenue, sustainability, token buybacks, and long-term roadmap Whether you're a DeFi user, investor, or simply curious about where on-chain finance is heading, this episode breaks down everything you need to know about Fluid's rise and what it means for the future of Web3. *Episode is recorded on 17 November 2025

Fluid is rapidly becoming one of the most important DeFi protocols on Ethereum — combining a money market, DEX, smart collateral, smart debt, and an industry-leading liquidation engine into one unified financial layer. In this episode of Web3 Native, we explore: • How Fluid reached $5B TVL and $22B in trading volume in 30 days • The architecture behind its capital-efficient liquidity layer • Smart collateral and smart debt and why traders love them • A liquidation system that's 100× more efficient than competitors • Upcoming releases: DEX V2, perps, fixed-rate lending, permissionless pools • Revenue, sustainability, token buybacks, and long-term roadmap Whether you're a DeFi user, investor, or simply curious about where on-chain finance is heading, this episode breaks down everything you need to know about Fluid's rise and what it means for the future of Web3. *Episode is recorded on 17 November 2025

I sit down with Corey Benish, President & CEO of Home Franchise Concepts (HFC) — the powerhouse behind brands like Budget Blinds, Kitchen Tune-Up, Bath Tune-Up, Tailored Closet, AdvantaClean, Lightspeed Restoration, PremierGarage, Two Maids, and Aussie Pet Mobile.In this episode, Corey reveals the truth about semi-absentee franchising, how HFC builds multi-million-dollar franchisees, and why their brands like Budget Blinds, Lightspeed Restoration, Kitchen Tune-Up, Bath Tune-Up, and PremierGarage dominate their categories. Learn how to evaluate franchise opportunities, compare franchising vs. business acquisition, understand scalability, and tap into the power of franchise systems, training, tools, community, and operational playbooks that actually work. If you want to build generational wealth through franchising — this is the episode you need.Sponsored by SEO Samba — AI-driven, predictable franchise marketing.TIMESTAMPS00:00 – “Corey… before I hit record—” (Oops, we're already recording!)00:27 – Welcome to Franchise Fit Podcast (formerly Eye On Franchising)01:00 – Introducing Corey Benish, President & CEO of Home Franchise Concepts02:00 – HFC wins Franchise Innovation of the Year02:40 – “Are you getting to 3,000 Budget Blinds franchisees?”03:50 – Why franchising beats buying an existing business06:00 – The REAL risks of buying a non-franchise business07:40 – Why partnership is in HFC's DNA09:20 – How HFC onboards and empowers franchisees11:10 – International convention, collaboration, vendor partnerships12:20 – What sets Home Franchise Concepts apart from competitors14:55 – Backed by a $22B+ parent company — JM Family Enterprises16:00 – Balancing emerging brands vs. mature ones17:40 – How HFC decides where to invest brand-by-brand19:10 – What it takes to scale a brand to national dominance20:30 – Why “scalable & repeatable” is the heart of franchising22:00 – AI, visualization tech, and the future of home services23:20 – Is semi-absentee REAL or pure marketing hype?25:10 – The truth: commitment, investment, and growth mindset27:00 – “Fall in love with the operating model — not the logo”28:10 – Great Clips story: Bald guy buys a hair salon29:15 – How HFC guides candidates across 10 brands31:00 – The millionaire franchisees: what they ALL do differently33:20 – Advisory councils, innovation feedback, and collaboration35:00 – The “mastermind effect” unique to franchising36:40 – Multi-brand and multi-unit expansion at HFC38:10 – Spotlight on Lightspeed Restoration — massive, fragmented, mandatory market41:10 – Insurance relationships, 24/7 model, and explosive growth potential43:00 – Why getting in early matters (my Wingstop story)45:10 – Final advice: Don't wait. Be curious. Love the model. Choose franchising.47:00 – Closing thoughts + call to action47:40 – Schedule your free Franchise Fit call below

In this episode, Sasha Orloff sits down with Dan Westgarth, COO of Deel, to explore how the company scaled to 37,000 customers, processes $22B in payroll, and recently raised a $300M Series E to power global hiring in 150 countries. They dive into the future of back-office automation, including real-time payroll, AI-driven operations, and the push toward a unified, seamless global HR and accounting stack. -- SPONSORS: Notion Boost your startup with Notion—the ultimate connected workspace trusted by thousands worldwide! From engineering specs to onboarding and fundraising, Notion keeps your team organized and efficient. For a limited time, get 6 months of Notion AI FREE to supercharge your workflow. Claim your offer now at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://notion.com/startups/puzzle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Puzzle

US equity futures are slightly higher. Asia mostly advanced, and European equity opened little lower. Fed commentary continued to temper expectations for near-term rate cuts; Market focus remains on Friday's core PCE release and potential month-end rebalancing, with Goldman projecting $22B in US pension selling pressure; In other trade news, US-China tech and trade tensions persisted, with Washington launching new S.232 tariff probes into robotics, industrial machinery and medical equipment, and Reuters sources noted G7 and EU weighing rare earths price floors, as well as a tariff on Chinese rare earths imports, in bid to reduce reliance on China. Reports of upcoming US-China technical trade talks next Thursday and executive order on TikTok deal may be signed.Companies Mentioned: Anglogold Ashanti, TechnoPro Holdings, Blackstone, Federal Signal

This week on Swimming with Allocators, Earnest and Alexa welcome Lara Banks, Managing Director at Makena Capital Management. Lara shares her journey from real assets to venture capital and offers an inside look at Makena's approach to manager selection, portfolio construction, and the evolving role of LPs. The discussion also covers the endowment model, the impact of AI and market shifts on venture and private equity, and the growing importance of grit, adaptability, and unique value for emerging managers. Listeners will gain insights into current challenges like illiquidity, the rise of secondaries, and the need for cross-pollination between venture and PE, as well as practical advice for building durable firms and navigating today's dynamic investment landscape. Don't miss this great conversation!Highlights from this week's conversation include:Lara's Career Path and Origin Story (1:14)Overview of Makena Capital Management (4:04)Changes in Venture Strategy and Market Dynamics (6:06)Investable Building Blocks Explained (9:14)Challenges for Allocators in Today's Market (10:18)Goals for 2025 and Manager Selection (16:02)Advice for Managers Navigating Market Cycles (22:36)What Makes a Great Growth Equity Manager (26:16)Cross-Pollination Between PE and Venture (28:16)Opportunities in Underfunded Founders and Growth Equity (31:34)How Emerging Managers Can Stand Out (34:02)Final Thoughts and Takeaways (36:51)Makena Capital is a ~$22B endowment-style investment firm founded in 2005 by alumni of the Stanford Management Company. Located on Sand Hill Road, Makena partners with world-class managers across asset classes with a legacy of early and ongoing investment in venture capital. Learn more at www.makenacap.com.Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, is the bank of the world's most innovative companies and investors. SVB provides commercial and private banking to individuals and companies in the technology, life science and healthcare, private equity, venture capital and premium wine industries. SVB operates in centers of innovation throughout the United States, serving the unique needs of its dynamic clients with deep sector expertise, insights and connections. SVB's parent company, First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNCA), is a top 20 U.S. financial institution with more than $200 billion in assets. First Citizens Bank, Member FDIC. Learn more at svb.com.Swimming with Allocators is a podcast that dives into the intriguing world of Venture Capital from an LP (Limited Partner) perspective. Hosts Alexa Binns and Earnest Sweat are seasoned professionals who have donned various hats in the VC ecosystem. Each episode, we explore where the future opportunities lie in the VC landscape with insights from top LPs on their investment strategies and industry experts shedding light on emerging trends and technologies. The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice; instead, all information, content, and materials available on this podcast are for general informational purposes only.

Altcoin froth meets political theater. The team dissects World Liberty Financial's explosive debut: a $22B token backed by the Trump family, a disputed Aave partnership, insider buybacks, and a “gold paper” instead of a whitepaper. We break down Justin Sun's role, why critics call it crypto's “garbage moat,” and how WLFi could become the Thanksgiving dinner debate of 2025. Plus: Gavin Newsom's meme coin tease, GDP data going on-chain, and the CFTC reopening U.S. markets to global exchanges. Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. This week, the crew dives into the wild debut of World Liberty Financial — Trump's $22B DeFi token that launched with a “gold paper,” insider allocations, and buybacks despite no product. We break down the Trump family's $5B paper fortune, the disputed Aave deal, and whether WLFi is a serious stablecoin project or just another garbage fire in crypto's moat. From Justin Sun's backing to Thanksgiving dinner debates, we unpack what WLFi means for politics, memes, and markets. Then we zoom out to Gavin Newsom's meme coin tease, the U.S. Commerce Department posting GDP on-chain, and fresh CFTC moves that could reshape crypto exchanges and ETFs. Show highlights

What if staying in peak condition physically was the key to unlocking peak performance in your business, relationships, and life?In this episode of Peak Performers Getting Fit, host Bryan White sits down with Jason Alan Bohrer, award-winning dealmaker, creator of the Mastery Framework, and the go-to M&A strategist for 8- and 9-figure founders. With over $22B in funding support and $100M+ in off-market exits, Jason shares how fitness, discipline, and identity transformation fuel every part of his success.From early-morning cold plunges and cardio to repeatable frameworks for exiting a business without regret, Jason explains how the same principles that sell companies can build a powerful, healthy life.If you're a founder, parent, or high performer seeking clarity and control, then this episode is your next step.

A mystery nation just bought $22B worth of Bitcoin—200,000 BTC stacked quietly. As Powell prepares to speak at Jackson Hole, the real story may already be unfolding behind the scenes. Are we witnessing the dawn of the first sovereign-level Bitcoin bull run?SPONSORS⛓️ Mining Disrupthttp://www.eventbrite.com/e/1332865469499/?discount=SIMPLYBITCOINThe Worlds Largest Bitcoin Mining Expo!! Dallas, Texas November 11-13, 2025Promo code: SIMPLYBITCOIN for 20% off⚡️ THE ORANGE PILL APPhttps://www.orangepillapp.com - Meet local Bitcoiners- Find local Bitcoin events- Find local merchants that accept Bitcoin- STACK FRIENDS WHO STACK SATS

The fellas are both in New England this week! At least, metaphorically anyway... because they're taking a look at Two If by Sea, starring none other than Sandra B. So start dropping every R in sight and come hungry for lobster, because these jokes are all buttered up. Topics include: Essentially pulp-free liquids, Cats the musical the show, seat 22B, Tape Beard, trash panda TV and a whole lot more!

Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he breaks down today's biggest stories shaping America and the world. Supreme Court Greenlights Trump's Deportation Plan – The Court rules that President Trump can end humanitarian parole for over 500,000 migrants brought in under Biden's CBP One App system. This reverses a lower court ruling requiring case-by-case reviews and sets the stage for widespread deportations—and economic fallout for employers who hired parolees. Democrat Judges Undermining Deportation Efforts – From Boston to Phoenix to San Francisco, Democrat judges are blocking or delaying removals, whether it's dismissing “failure to register” charges or resisting legal tactics meant to expedite deportations. ICE and DOJ are developing workarounds, including surprise courthouse arrests. Adults Posing as High School Students Spark Outrage – A 24-year-old Venezuelan man enrolled as a sophomore in Ohio, and a 20-year-old in NYC attended school with official backing. Both cases reveal failures in Biden-era migrant vetting and reignite debate over ICE presence in schools. Iran Nuclear Deal at Risk as Trump Reconsiders Red Lines – Axios reports Trump may allow limited uranium enrichment in Iran. Israel is furious, especially after a UN watchdog confirms Tehran has enough material for nine bombs and was conducting secret nuclear work at multiple sites. Australia Exposes China's Debt Trap Diplomacy – 75 poor nations face $22B in debt repayments to Beijing this year. Bryan outlines how the U.S. could use covert ops and financial diplomacy to counter China's global leverage, especially in rare earth hotspots like Myanmar. Poland Elects Conservative President Amid Migration Backlash – Voters reject the liberal ruling party in favor of Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist backed by Donald Trump. His win mirrors growing European discontent with open borders, and echoes rising tensions in U.S. states like Colorado, where a migrant recently attacked a pro-Israel march. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." – John 8:32

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Michael Choe is the CEO and Co-Head of Flagship private equity strategy at Charlesbank Capital Partners, a $22B manager of middle-market private equity, credit, and technology opportunities that spun out of the Harvard Management Company in 1998. Our conversation covers Mike's path from science to finance, including an immigrant story and a draw to decision-making at a young age. We discuss Charlesbank's history and aspiration to manufacture sound decision-making as a path to investment success, applying its “fan of outcomes” thinking to talent, research, diligence, sourcing, and company operations. Learn More Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership

US equities were narrowly mixed in fairly choppy Wednesday trading, though stocks finished off worst levels, with the Dow Jones and S&P500 closing up 25bps and 16bps, while the Nasdaq closed down 6bps. FOMC minutes noted participants felt that still-elevated inflation, strong consumer spending, and reduced risks to the labor market underlined the need for a careful approach to rate cuts. ADP private payrolls were up just 122K in December vs 135K consensus; hiring slowed across several industries. Today's auction of $22B of 30Y bonds stopped through, in contrast to the tailing 3- and 10-year auctions earlier this week.

"AI-Generated Voice Presents: Blockchain DXB – The Crypto & Coffee at 8 Series (20th Nov Update)" Welcome to today's episode of the Crypto & Coffee at 8 series on the Blockchain DXB Podcast, hosted entirely by an AI voice! In this episode, we dive into: The latest global crypto market trends and metrics. Updates on the DeFi space, stablecoins, and market sentiment. Key news highlights, including Teresa Goody Guillén's potential SEC appointment and the launch of Sky's USDS stablecoin on Solana. Join us as we explore these dynamic topics and provide insights into the ever-evolving world of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Total Market Cap: $3.11T (+1.02%) 24-hour Volume: $179.37B (-6.67%) Top Stablecoin Volume: Tether (USDT) at $144.22B dominates 91.78% of stablecoin trading. DeFi Metrics: Total Value Locked (TVL): $109.46B (Lido DAO Dominance: $30.53B). Key DEX Volumes: Market Sentiment: Extreme Greed with a score of 83. Teresa Goody Guillén for SEC Chair President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly considering blockchain law expert Teresa Goody Guillén for SEC Chair. Her pro-crypto stance could signal a significant shift in regulatory approaches. Sky's USDS Stablecoin Goes Live on Solana The DeFi-native stablecoin offers exciting opportunities across platforms like Kamino Finance and Drift Protocol, with over 500,000 USDS in weekly rewards for early adopters. Lido DAO Legal Developments A California court ruling opens the possibility of holding Lido DAO partners liable under partnership laws, igniting debate on the need for legal recognition for DAOs. Dogecoin Whale Activity Significant surge in large transactions (+41%) and active addresses (+35%) points to sustained investor interest despite market corrections. What are the benefits and drawbacks of legal recognition for DAOs? Should decentralized organizations adopt centralized legal structures for protection? AI Innovations in the Middle East M2 Partners with Haruko We'd love to hear your thoughts: What's your take on DAOs seeking legal protection? Will Sky's USDS stablecoin redefine Solana's DeFi ecosystem? Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for more blockchain and crypto updates! This episode is fully AI-powered, from content generation to voiceover, showcasing the potential of advanced AI in media production.

MESSAGE | Dr. Brian Payne (Pastor) "Enlightened to God's Provision and Purposes in Christ" Ephesians 1:15-23 1 | Why Paul prays: Gratitude and Concern (1:15-16) 2 | What Paul prays (part 1): That Believers Might know God better (v. 17) 3 | What Paul Prays (part 2): That Believers Might Be Enlightened (v. 18a) 4 | What Paul Prays (Part 3): That Believers Might Be Enlightened to the Hope of Their Inheritance (v. 18b) 5 | What Paul Prays (Part 4): That Believers Might Be Enlightened to The Power of the Resurrection (v. 19-20a) 6 | What Paul Prays (Part 5): That Believers Might Be Enlightened to The Power of the Ascension (v. 20B) 7 | What Paul Prays (Part 6): That Believers Might Be Enlightened to Jesus' Subjection of All Things (v. 21-22a) 8 | What Paul Prays (Part 7): That Believers Might Be Enlightened to Jesus' Headship Over the Church (v. 22B-23)

Nate has had some tech go belly up on him recently. What should you do when your gadgets aren't working? We'll look at the options and the holistic cost of those options. We also have the week's tech news to get caught up on, including a rousing round of Just the Headlines. Enjoy and tech better! Watch on YouTube! INTRO (00:00) New Macs next week? (04:45) MAIN TOPIC: How or when to repair your tech (07:50) DAVE'S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: If your iPhone won't turn on or is frozen - iPad (25:15) JUST THE HEADLINES: (36:20) Alien: Romulus Is Getting a VHS Release (Yes, Really) Cheating alleged after men's world conker champion found with steel chestnut Amazon discontinues the last Kindle with physical buttons Amazon finally has a color Kindle, and it looks pretty good Byju's founder says his edtech startup, once worth $22B, is now ‘worth zero' TAKES FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect (39:25) The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership (41:50) ‘Beast Games' set issues highlight growing pains in YouTuber-run productions (45:50) No calls, no texts, no problem: A month after cellphone restrictions instituted, Spokane Public Schools teachers report benefits (47:20) BONUS ODD TAKE: Livestreams of Watering Holes in the Namibian Desert (50:30) PICKS OF THE WEEK: Dave: Apple Magic Keyboard for 12.9-inch iPad Pro 3rd Gen, 4th Gen, & 5th Gen - Black Renewed (54:35) Nate: elago Clear Case Compatible with Apple Vision Pro Case, TPU Cover, Protective Cover Compatible with Vision Pro VR Glasses, Headset Protector, Anti-Scratch, Anti-Yellowing (58:45) RAMAZON PURCHASE - Giveaway! (01:00:20)

(3:27) Bible Study: 1 COR 9:16-19, 22B-27 How do you properly kill a chicken? Father explains.  Lk 6:39-42 Father shares the word in Greek for Gospel. (22:56) Break 1 (24:33) Letters:  Father talks about Agape Love and what it means to not eat meat sacrificed to other gods. Enjoy some humor about the gospel reading today. Father also answers the question: "Are all religions the same?" (35:59) Break 2 (37:01) Word of the Day: Stewardship (38:32) Phones: Al - If my child or grandchild is not getting married in a Catholic Church, could I still to go to the wedding? Dennis - A friend who's leaving the faith, b/c he read about a supposed family that created Christianity and Jesus?   What do you think? Mary - Thank you, Fr. Simon! His comments about attending non-Sacramental functions resonated and helped me, as my oldest daughter is having a same- sex ceremony and we're one of the few not attending. Madison - Why do we have fingers, hearts of saints, relics?

Join Profs. Karoline Lewis, Joy J. Moore, and Matt Skinner for a conversation on the Revised Common Lectionary texts for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 22B) on September 1, 2024.  The themes discussed include obedience, faith, living out one's beliefs, virtue versus vice, integrity, and the Song of Songs as a reflection of desire and relationship. The conversation also delves into the book of James (first in a five-week series), highlighting the importance of speech, justice, and living as Christ-like. The concept of being first fruits of God is also explored. Commentaries for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 22B):  https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-22-2/commentary-on-mark-71-8-14-15-21-23-6 Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 1:08 Gospel of Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23 11:24 First Reading - Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 6-9 15:58 Psalm 15 18:40 Alternate First Reading - Song of Solomon 2:8-13 25:50 Second Reading on James 1 :17-27 30:24 Outro 30:59 End Connect with Working Preacher: https://www.workingpreacher.org/ https://www.facebook.com/workingpreacher https://www.instagram.com/workingpreacher/ https://x.com/WorkingPreacher Watch the Full Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/H9QXNzfRDEA

Noticias Económicas y Financieras ¿Pensabas que la semana pasada había sido mala? Piénsalo de nuevo. Hay una masacre grave ahí fuera, y las consecuencias se están extendiendo rápidamente por todo el mundo. Los inversores realmente necesitan algunas palabras tranquilizadoras de los banqueros centrales en este momento, especialmente de una Reserva Federal que se considera que se está quedando atrás de la curva (¿recuerdas cómo fueron las cosas para los mercados en 2022?). Un decepcionante informe de empleo del viernes indicó que Powell y compañía probablemente deberían haber recortado las tasas en su reunión de julio la semana pasada, y el sentimiento ha pasado rápidamente de un aterrizaje suave a un aterrizaje duro, o incluso de emergencia. Berkshire Hathaway $BRK.A, $BRK.B, de Warren Buffett, ha reducido su gigantesca participación en Apple $AAPL a casi la mitad, lo que ha hecho que las acciones del fabricante del iPhone se desplomen más del 7% en las operaciones previas a la apertura del mercado. La última medida se traduce en que la firma de inversión se deshará del 55.8% de sus participaciones en AAPL en 2024, lo que le dejará una participación valorada en $84.2B a finales de junio. En la reunión anual de Berkshire en mayo, el Oráculo de Omaha todavía expresó su confianza en que Apple probablemente seguiría siendo la mayor participación de la empresa a finales de año. Cabe destacar que Buffett también ha estado recortando su participación en Bank of America $BAC en las últimas semanas. Mars, cuyas marcas de golosinas incluyen M&M's y Snickers, se encuentra en negociaciones avanzadas para adquirir Kellanova $K, que fabrica snacks como Cheez-It, Pop-Tarts y Pringles. Suponiendo una prima de fusión y adquisición típica, Kellanova que tiene una capitalización de mercado de aproximadamente $22B puede estar valorada en alrededor de $30B. Kellanova se escindió de Kellogg el año pasado, en un acuerdo que le dio snacks populares y alimentos congelados para el desayuno como MorningStar Farms y Eggo, así como una división internacional de cereales. La compañía informó el jueves de sus ganancias del segundo trimestre, que superaron las estimaciones e hicieron subir sus acciones un 7%. Las acciones de Chevron $CVX pasaron a terreno negativo en el año después de que la compañía publicara ganancias ajustadas para el segundo trimestre que no cumplieron con las expectativas, debido principalmente a márgenes de refinación más débiles y al mantenimiento de la refinería. Pero lo que generó más revuelo fue la decisión de Chevron de trasladar su sede a Houston desde California, donde ha estado ubicada durante más de 140 años. "No se trata de una decisión política", dijo el director ejecutivo Mike Wirth. "Creemos que California tiene una serie de políticas que aumentan los costos, que perjudican a los consumidores, que desalientan la inversión... Es una decisión que tiene que ver con lo que es bueno para nuestra empresa para competir y rendir".

Michael Hsieh is the Founder and President of Fung Capital, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies. Fung Capital is the investment arm of the Fung family in Hong Kong which separately controls the Fung Group that sources, distributes, and retails consumer products globally. The Fung Group of companies include Li & Fung, Global Brands Group, and Fung Retailing, with over $22B in total revenues and 45,000 employees in over 40 countries. Fung Capital invests in B2B technology companies that enable omni-channel retailing and improve supply chain efficiency.For decades, he has been heavily involved in numerous civic engagement initiatives, spanning from serving on non-profit boards such as Center for Asian American Media, Head Royce School, and Center for the Pacific Rim at USF, to co-founding Roses in Concrete, a public charter school serving primarily students of color in East Oakland. He and his wife Tonia started Karma Pictures, a media company developing feature films telling Asian American stories. Michael has a B.A degree in economics from Harvard College and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

This week witnessed the introduction of five notable AI models, highlighting the field's swift advancements. Udio emerged as a standout music generator, rivaling the previously leading Suno. Updates and new releases included Mixtral 8×22B, Google's publicly available Gemini 1.5 Pro with enhanced features, OpenAI's improved GPT-4 Turbo, and anticipated versions of Meta's Llama 3. ** CHECK OUT THE JUST-LAUNCHED SUPERINTELLIGENT PLATFORM - 300+ AI video tutorials https://besuper.ai/ ** ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Nvidia's fourth quarter blew past expectations. The chip maker's revenue tripled from last year, hitting $22B in one quarter. Sapphire Ventures partner Cathy Gao explains how Nvidia's boom is impacting the private AI market. Another company did not fare as well in its fourth quarter: Rivian. The EV-maker is cutting 10% of its workforce. The Presidential candidate Nikki Haley is still fundraising; Puck founder Teddy Schleifer weighs in on the 2024 race, the slate of candidates, and the likelihood of a newcomer in the Democratic Party. Plus, the circus is back! Kenneth Feld, CEO of Feld Entertainment and owner of the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus, discusses the event's return to audiences–without animals.  Cathy Gao - 4:26Teddy Schleifer - 12:06Kenneth Feld - 25:41 In this episode:Teddy Schleifer, @teddyschleiferJoe Kernen, @JoeSquawkAndrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkinKatie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie