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)

From The World Of Twitter