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While the world races to stack exaflops and pour billions into AI supremacy, Tesla is trimming price tags. General Catalyst is committing $5B to India, ByteDance is hiring AI talent to design everything from poems to pills, and G42 is flipping the switch on industrial-scale compute. Meanwhile, the Cybertruck—once the armored tank of tomorrow—is on a limited-time discount, Luxe package quietly shelved.

New video out! The Secret Scam Behind 4K Streaming

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Six bullets of updates

  1. 🌏 General Catalyst is investing $5B in India over five years, a major jump from its earlier commitment to  accelerate local startup growth  .

  2. 🤖 ByteDance is hiring more US AI talent to boost R&D in generating text, images, and even new drugs after launching cutting-edge AI tools.

  3. 🤖 G42 and Cerebras launch a system with 8 exaflops of AI compute in India to boost regional AI capacity.

  4. 🎬 AI tools let indie filmmakers produce films up to 50% faster, but at the risk of flooding the market with forgettable content.

  5. 🧸 Woody faces receding hairlines as Toy Story 5 takes aim at AI-powered, always-listening kids’ tablets—now in 72% of US homes.

  6. ⌚ Meta is set to launch its first smartwatch in 2025, aiming to challenge Apple’s wearable lead with a new competitor.

The $750K question: is uncapped genius—or a gamble?

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Neo’s new Residency writes a $750k uncapped SAFE and offers a $40k grant to college founders—no demo-day theatrics required.

Translation: more runway and minimal early dilution. The catch is “uncapped”: pricing is punted to your next round—glorious in a heatwave, spicy in a drizzle. Think accelerator benefits without the 7% tattoo.

Stakes: founders get capital plus network; students test ideas without selling shares; accelerators feel margin pressure; seed funds get earlier looks. Diligence: pro‑rata and follow‑on intent, program time cost, and who actually leads the next round. If this model scales, expect others to rework accelerator economics.

The Secret Scam Behind 4K Streaming

We’re being lied to about 4K.

Most movies labeled “4K” today were actually mastered in 2K — then upscaled.
Some of your favorite films — Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Mad Max — were finished on 2K Digital Intermediates. That means the real master file never had true 4K detail to begin with.

So what are you really paying for?

In this episode, we break down how movies used to be cut from physical film, how Digital Intermediates changed everything, and why resolution isn’t what actually determines image quality. We explain color spaces (Rec709 vs P3 vs Rec2020), bitrates, Blu-ray vs streaming compression, and why your “4K” stream might look worse than an old 1080p Blu-ray.

This isn’t just about pixels. It’s about color, compression, and the trade-offs the industry made when 4K became easier to market than quality.

And yes — there are ways to get closer to the original film experience at home.

The AI-Native Browser

Everyone is shipping "AI agents." Few are rethinking the browser.

Neo is built natively around AI; not as an extension, not as a plugin, but as the foundation. It auto-organizes tabs, remembers context, and helps execute tasks without constant prompting.

Privacy isn't an afterthought. It's architecture.

Fast. Secure. Actually useful.

  1. 🤝 Turn your board into an ally with  monthly touchpoints and rotating deep dives  to keep value creation on track.

  2. Joy beats burnout: only 37% feel it at work—leaders can  close the joy gap  to unlock performance and inclusion.

Financial Modeling Bootcamp
for Startup Founders

Leveraging over 12 years of hands-on startup experience, our CEO, Caya, created a practical financial modeling bootcamp for startup founders. The course helps founders develop clear, investor-ready projections, better understand their fundraising needs, and track the core KPIs used to guide day-to-day and strategic decisions.

Tesla trades margin for momentum

Tesla is cutting Cybertruck prices after demand cooled and quality issues piled up. For 10 days, the dual-motor AWD version drops to $59,990, while the top trim falls $15,000 to $99,990. The company is also scrapping its pricey Luxe Package, which bundled Full Self-Driving and free Supercharging. After months of hype, recalls, production hiccups, and the loss of the $7,500 federal EV tax credit have taken some wind out of the launch.

The move is simple: clear inventory and boost deliveries, even if margins take a hit. Buyers get a better deal, recent owners face faster depreciation, and rival EV pickup makers feel fresh price pressure. For investors, it’s the familiar Tesla tension—prioritize volume now and lean on software and add-ons later to protect profits.

Startup Events and Deadlines

  1. Web Agents Hackaton l February 28 - March 1 l San Francisco

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