🥹 “Adorrrrrable” — AI agent’s cute-washing. Arcteryx vs. Patagonia. Skydance’s megastudio. +Publicly traded poetry
The Best One YetShow Notes
Why is every tech brand launching a cute AI mascot?… It’s the Labubufication of AI. Arcteryx has become an accidental luxury brand… just like Patagonia before it. Paramount + Warner Bros closes tomorrow… introducing David Ellison’s “Skydance.” Plus, we wrote poem (a publicly-traded poem)... about Nike $AS $NFLX $META Grab your Tickets to the IPO Tour: Our In-Person Offering Boston 10/14: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/tboy-the-ipo-tour-in-person-offering-8cdhup Seattle 11/4 (21+): https://www.axs.com/events/1446394/the-best-one-yet-tickets
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