Good Evening!
No offense to anyone who bought the iPhone Pocket, but we’re a little more excited about today’s Apple launch.
Here are the 7 things you missed today:
1. 💰 Anthropic is Commiting $50Bn to Building U.S. Data Centers
Looks like 2026 is going to be an ambitious year for AI in the United States. Claude-creator Anthropic announced it’s signed a new data center partnership with U.K.-based neocloud provider Fluidstack, committing $50 billion to building facilities across Texas and New York to meet its growing compute needs in the new year. (TechCrunch)
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3. 🪪 Apple Launched a TSA-Approved Digital ID
The iPhone Pocket isn’t the only thing Apple’s debuting this week. The tech company is launching Digital IDs, a feature that allows you to create and store an ID in Apple Wallet using your U.S. passport. According to the announcement, Digital ID acceptance will begin to “roll out first” at TSA checkpoints for domestic travel in over 250 airports across the U.S. (The Verge)
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5. 🛣️ Waymo is Hitting the Highway in SF, LA, and PHX
Whether you call it a freeway or a highway, Waymo’s robotaxis will now take passengers on them in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles markets “when a freeway route is meaningfully faster.” The expansion is the first time the Alphabet-owned company will take public riders on higher speed limits than smaller highways and side streets. (CNBC)
6. 🔮 AI Startup Code Metal Raised $36.5M in Funding
Accel Partners is known for their early bets on Facebook, Dropbox, and Atlassian… is this their next smash hit? Their latest round of fresh capital is $36.5 million towards vibe coding AI startup Code Metal, which allows software engineers to write code once, then automatically translate it into any other programming language. (CNBC)
7. 🩱 Skims Hits $5Bn Valuation With $225M Funding Round
Have you been keeping up with the Kardashians? Because Kim’s Skims brand just raised $225 million in new funding led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, valuing the shapewear and apparel company at $5 billion. The deal marks one of the largest private raises for a U.S. consumer brand this year and comes as Skims approaches $1 billion annual net sales, just six years after its 2019 launch. (CNBC)
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