p.s. round up #1: on hiatus
pumpkin szn, nvidia earnings, kids makeup, censorship, and college football
Starbucks launched their pumpkin spice latte earlier than ever this year, and the season had no say in the matter. Then, Charli XCX said “goodbye forever brat summer” today. Fine, I’ll follow orders. Where should I start? I scanned my floors and noticed a mess. So, I bought a vacuum. A Dyson cordless v8; it’s a beast. It swooshed up everything from hidden dust bunnies and scattered specs of food to forgotten bobby pins and lingering beads from a snapped bracelet. I worked my way up the staircase, cleared out under the bed, and dealt with the lost space behind the couch. The more I cleaned up the more spots I found. I thought about how they say the male brain fully develops after 25 — maybe this is what they meant.
thoughts and links
Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, is trying his best: Earnings were great, but not good enough for investors. Their caution signals some worry as they begin to understand all the build-up required to continue AI advancements. I think Apple’s introduction of Apple Intelligence this month will be our first look at the use of these models in the hands of everyday consumers. You can’t have a market without demand, and if people don’t know how to use these tools, there’s nothing to sell.
How Tweens Took Over the Beauty Aisle: Podcast episode of the Debrief that explores how beauty brands have been catering to gen alpha, born between 2010-2024. All these new brands will need a retailer and Warren Buffet just bought over $200M in Ulta stock.
Brazil is blocking X: While I can respect the fight, I wonder how much longer Elon can run X before they run out of money. My bet is he’ll swing it into xAI as part of a living data set that trains the Grok model. Also, fix the search.
Finally, we’re so back:
Disclaimer: These views are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization with which I am affiliated with. This article is written with AI assistance.