🥞 “Less drinking, less eating” — 24-hour restaurants decline. America’s $109B Chip-vestment. Waymo’s self-driving UberEats.

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🛒 “UberCartDashBnB” — Airbnb’s new bets. Boxed Wine’s boom. Robinhood’s seed farmer. +LinkedIn Snitches

Airbnb stock had its best day ever Friday… because of car rentals, luggage storage, & Gigagedon.Robinhood is IPO-ing a VC fund with Y Combinator companies… it’s super seedy (in a good way).Boxed wine sales rose 144% in the last 12 months… Luxury labels are slapping-the-bag.Plus, ...  Show more

🌶️ “Sloppy Nachos” — Chili’s AI rejection. Tubi’s Adam Sandler strategy. Zoox’s Amazon ATH. +Sam’s Influencer Camp

Amazon is #1 in the Mag7 in 2026... And its Zoox pedal-less robocab is about to get its 1st fare.Just after Pringles embraced AI, Chili’s is spitting it out… Here’s what Chili’s bought instead.The biggest TV biz is hidden under Hollywood’s nose: Tubi… Fox Corp owns the Adam Sandl ...  Show more

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