Kevin O’Leary is organizing a syndicate to bid $20-30B for TikTok. 

Chipotle will do its first-ever 50-to-1 stock split.

Sam Altman is back in charge at OpenAI, not just as CEO but also as a board director. 

Truth Social could make Trump $3.5B if it goes public.

The average Wall Street bonus dipped 2% last year, to $176K.

The White House proposed up to $8.5B to fund Intel’s domestic chip manufacturing.

Goldman bumped pay for its top three execs by 24%.

Uber has agreed to pay $178M to over 8K Australian taxi drivers who filed a lawsuit regarding the ride-ordering giant’s “aggressive” move into the country.

World’s first genetically-edited pig kidney was transplanted into a living recipient.

DoorDash is offering drone delivery in VA in collaboration with Wendy’s and Wing. 

Musk’s xAI will open-source Grok, its ChatGPT competitor. 

Coinbase is teaching people how to invest in meme coins.

AI will probably be smarter than any single human next year, and smarter than all humans combined by 2029, according to Musk. 

New experimental therapies labeled ‘in-vivo’ gene editing aim to treat genetic disorders by editing cells directly inside a patient’s body.

Nvidia introduced a foundational AI model for humanoid robots.

Meta's new neural interface tracks signals from the brain that pass through the wrist.

SpaceX is building a spy satellite network for U.S. intelligence agencies.

Saudi Arabia plans to create a $40B fund to invest in AI.

Wonder, the 'fast fine' food business, announced a $700M funding round.

Tesla’s next Roadster will be a flying car, according to Musk.

Telegram raised $330M in fresh capital through bond sales.

Copilot, the budgeting app, is booming now that Mint is dead, leading to $6M Series A.

McDonald's will acquire Apprente, a "sound-to-meaning" AI voice assistant, to speed up its drive-through.

YC's Michael Seibel is stepping down as Managing Partner, becoming a Partner.

Helion Energy is building the world’s first fusion power plant offering unlimited clean electricity.

Interlune is harvesting natural resources from the moon to meet their high demand across multiple large industries back on Earth. 

Rove is a credit card that gives you points toward complementary flights/hotels with every purchase. 

Ultrahuman is building a smart ring that accurately measures your sleep, HRV, movement, and temperature.

CemVision created a CO2-friendly cement alternative that also doesn’t require the extraction of raw materials.

Rain is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system (founded by a Theil Fellow).

Orchard Robotics is using advanced computer vision to gather precision data on visible fruit on any tree (founded by a Theil Fellow).

Wave is an app that turns lectures, doctor’s appointments, and phone calls into concise notes using AI.

Antares Industries is developing micro-sized nuclear reactors that can be mass-manufactured to provide power to remote and off-grid locations.

Radia is making large-scale onshore wind power a reality with the world’s largest plane designed to transport turbine blades. 

Talley is the simplest way to create forms, doing to forms what Notion did to docs/sheets.

Find more companies on this week’s watchlist here.

• Sam Altman on OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, and Elon. LEX FRIDMAN PODCAST

• Optimizing fund structure and GP market fit with Screendoor’s Jamie Rhode. THIS WEEK IN STARTUPS PODCAST

• The top 100 generative AI consumer apps. a16z

8-hour time-intermediate restricted eating is linked to a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death.

Uber & Lyft are halting ride-hailing services in Minneapolis.

The best podcast episode I’ve heard on nuclear war and the CIA.

Firsty provides free data roaming while abroad.

Haiti’s destabilization might be linked to U.S. “foreign aid.”

ADHD in children might be caused by excessive screen time.

The hunt for long COVID answers zeroes in on its causes. 

Camp Spice is an everything seasoning for cooking outdoors.

LinkedIn is working on in-app games that will let companies compete and be ranked against each other.

NYC’s pedestrians in 2023 were the safest they’ve been, with a recorded 101 deaths, down from over 700 in 1990.

U.S. dropped out of the top 20 happiest countries list.

MrBeast announced a $5M prize game show on Amazon Prime.

More U.S. couples are getting married and fewer are getting divorced. 

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