Episode #175: 01 October 2025

Twelve posts chart the day across work, tech, markets, and policy. Career advice from Sahil Bloom centers on resourcefulness, with research tying problem solving to better outcomes. Vercel secures a $300 million Series F at a $9.3 billion valuation for its AI Cloud, while an image with Israel’s PM draws backlash. OpenAI’s Sora 2 is framed as a social network for personal video memes, with teen safeguards noted. Crypto moves include Tether buying 8,888 BTC in Q3 and Michael Saylor’s Strategy lifting STRC’s dividend to 10.25% amid large Bitcoin holdings. Chamath Palihapitiya argues the UK’s IPO slump is the US’s gain. Nvidia becomes the first company to reach a $4.5 trillion market cap as gold outperforms Bitcoin this year. Mark Cuban gives the TrumpRx discount push a B, says patients win when they pick the lowest price, and notes PBM stocks barely moved. Ford’s Jim Farley says Chinese automakers dominate EVs, citing feature depth and pricing pressure. Leaks drive headlines too, with talk of Google’s Nano Banana 2 based on Gemini 3 Pro and an early M5 iPad Pro unboxing that shows incremental gains. CZ says he hires the best, claims his team ends up roughly half women.