Will's Weekly Roundup

June 24th - June 30th

"Comfort kills dreams."

— Robert Kiyosaki, American Author

Headlines

  • Chipotle portion debate was settled by a Wells Fargo analyst (CNN).

  • Barcelona will ban all short-term rentals like Airbnb for tourists by 2029 (BBG).

  • Goldman deployed its first GenAI tool across the firm (WSJ). 

  • Delta's new lounge at NY's JFK looks like a 5-star hotel (DELTA).

  • PGA golf tech is more advanced than you might think (YOUTUBE).

  • Waymo opened its robotaxis to everyone in SanFran (VERGE).

  • Rivian is getting a $5B investment from Volkswagen (CNBC).

  • Amex acquired Tock, a dining reservations platform, for $400M (BBG).

  • Figma released a PowerPoint competitor powered by AI (FIGMA).

  • Verizon & T-Mobile’s international cellular outage: what caused it (CNN).

  • a16z isn’t exactly raising its first PE fund as was initially reported (FORTUNE).

  • Average VC fund size this year is up to $153M from $149M in 2023 (FORTUNE).

Visuals

Startup Watchlist

Digital personal assistants for busy families.

100+ lab tests and insights from top doctors for just $499/year.

Creating wood products without trees.

High protein, low carb bread.

Portable chargers for electric vehicles. 

Bed frame legs that prevent bed bugs.

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Newsletter researched/written by Will Sullivan

and edited by Andrew Coath.