Aug. 1, 2025
Fri. 08/01 – Tech IPO’s Are Back On The Menu, Boys…
Well, it looks like Tech IPO’s might be back on the menu because Figma’s first day pop was like the good old days. Anthropic seems to be getting traction, OpenAI raises again. Earnings from Apple and Amazon, and of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Chapters:
00:33 Figma IPO
04:57 Anthropic And Open AI Numbers
08:45 New Deep Think Model
11:08 Tech Earnings Omnibus
14:35 Longreads
Links:
- Figma more than triples in NYSE debut after selling shares at $33 (CNBC)
- Anthropic Revenue Pace Nears $5 Billion in Run-Up to Mega Round (The Information)
- Exclusive: OpenAI Secures Another Giant Funding Deal (NYTimes)
- Google rolls out Gemini Deep Think AI, a reasoning model that tests multiple ideas in parallel (TechCrunch)
- Reddit wants to be a search engine now (The Verge)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- The first commercial space station is nearly here. And it could change space forever (BBC Science Focus)
- A Deadly Fungus Killed 10 Scientists Working in a Tomb. It Could Be a Breakthrough in Curing Cancer. (Popular Mechanics)
- What happens once we spot the asteroid that will hit Earth? (FT)
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