What I Read This Week…
Uber will now let parents check on their traveling kids via a live feed from their driver's smartphone. (The Verge)
Kalshi released a study that found its markets are highly accurate and well-calibrated probability forecasts, with accuracy climbing from 88.3% three months out to 97.2% at market close, across a sample of 2.2 million markets. (Kalshi)
A recent survey found that Americans would rather have a nuclear power plant built in their community than a data center. This may be the worst corporate public relations fumble of all time. (Twitter)
Anthropic sized its total addressable market (TAM) at over $30 trillion for IPO investors, beating SpaceX's $28.5 trillion May filing figure and roughly matching the US GDP ($32.4 trillion). (WSJ)
OpenAI has ended its partnership with Cursor following Cursor's acquisition by SpaceX. OpenAI models will stop being available in Cursor on November 12. (OpenAI)
SpaceX has chosen Vermilion Parish in Louisiana as the site of its second Starbase launchport. (Louisiana.gov)
Kalshi will use verified weather observations to settle contracts as trading volume in the category surges, with a new partnership also bringing its real-time probabilities to The Weather Company's consumer platforms. (Kalshi)
Coffee chain Blank Street raised $75M to continue its US expansion. (Refreshment Mag)
Tesla has discontinued its solar roof tile business. (Electrek)






