Good evening!
If you own Tesla stock… I’m so sorry 😭
Here are the 7 things you missed today:
1. 💰 Anduril Raised $2.5Bn at a $30.5Bn Valuation
Defense tech startup Anduril has raised $2.5 billion in a funding round led by Founders Fund, boosting its valuation to $30.5 billion. The latest funding round doubles Anduril’s valuation from August and is the largest check Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund has ever written. (CNBC)
2. 🤫 Steal Nike's Marketing Secret!
Did you know Nike's 'Just Do It' campaign, which catapulted their business to massive growth, was put together by an amazing agency?
That's right, countless iconic billion-dollar driving marketing campaigns came from an amazing agency partner that could do things their internal eam couldn't!
So, be like Nike and:
3. 😳 Tesla Lost $152Bn in Market Cap
Tesla shares fell 14% today, erasing $152 billion in value, the biggest hit to the automaker’s market cap ever. The move came after threats of pulling government contracts for Elon Musk’s companies and now puts Tesla below the $1 trillion benchmark. (CNBC)
4. 👀 The biggest hidden cost on your P&L?
Being out of stock. It’s a silent profit killer most brands ignore—until it’s too late:
Lost sales (obvious)
Higher costs per unit (hidden)
Operational chaos (painful)
Customers shop at competitor instead (long-term damage)
Portless fixes this.
Your inventory is available for sale the moment it’s made—shipping direct from China. No guesswork. Always in stock.
5. 🇺🇸 Anthropic Launched ‘Claude Gov’ for U.S. National Security Customers
AI company Anthropic has introduced Claude Gov, a version of its AI model tailored for U.S. defense and intelligence agencies. Claude Gov features reduced guardrails to handle classified information and perform tasks like threat assessment and intelligence analysis, while maintaining ethical boundaries against misuse. (TechCrunch)
6. 🔓 Collibra Acquired Data Access Startup Raito
Data intelligence company Collibra has acquired Raito, a startup specializing in data access governance, to strengthen its capabilities in managing data governance in the AI era. While the terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, Raito previously raised $4 million in venture funding. (TechCrunch)
7. 🦾 Amazon Has a New Agentic AI and Robotics R&D Group
Amazon is planning to launch a new research and development group focused on agentic AI and robotics, aiming to develop an agentic AI framework to use in the company’s robotics efforts and to give the company’s warehouse robots more skills. (TechCrunch)
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