Walmart had a tough week on the stock market after announcing it lowered its 2025 earnings expectations. Investors were clearly not happy about this, but given the company’s incredible 2024- do they have anything to worry about? Plus: Amazon now owns James Bond and OpenAI hits 400m weekly active users.

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Startup unicorns are not getting the funding they once received anymore. These billion dollar companies are struggling, but why have VC firms pulled back on them? Plus: Apple releases a new, cheaper iPhone and KFC leaves Kentucky.

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Simply Pop is a new offering from Coca-Cola that aims to compete with multi-million dollar prebiotic soda newcomers Olipop and Poppi. The ‘healthy’ soda trend is heating up in 2025, with sports arenas and more offering the soda alternative. So can Coke take some of that market share, or is it too late? Plus: Elon Musk launches Grok 3 and Southwest Airlines will cut a huge chunk of its staff.

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In a week of Superbowl ads, DeepSeek disruption and Sam Altman/Elon Musk drama we’re excited to update you on everything happening in the world of AI. So what’s the forecast for the near future and what companies are dominating the space right now? Plus: Uber sues Doordash and the coffee creamer industry is exploding.

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Chocolate prices are way up, meaning your Valentine’s Day might have a little less sweetness to it. The price of raw cocoa surged 200% in the last year, meaning that candy companies are looking for filler in their chocolate products. So why is it so expensive and how does this affect your Valentine’s Day? Plus: The Stanley water bottle era might be over and US private school pricing hits an all time high.

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Lab31 was created in 2024 with the goal of producing 31 custom AI projects. LinkedIn connections Jenny Nicholson and Allister Hercus joined together to accomplish just that. So how did they make 31 AI projects in such a short period and how can you do the same? Plus: Olipop gets a soaring valuation and Zelle payments top $1T.

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Netflix is eyeing an investment in creator content on the streaming platform. Video podcasts are hugely popular on platforms like YouTube and Spotify- now Netflix is exploring them as a cheap to produce content pillar for their collection. So what does a video podcast on Netflix look like and how much is the company looking to spend? Plus: Valentines Day chocolates are at a premium price this year and Elon Musk tries to buy OpenAI.

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Online returns are becoming quite the habit for clothing shoppers. Wearing and returning are becoming so common now that some companies are starting to crack down. So how many people are scamming the system and how are these online brands trying to fight back? Plus: Lyft announces robotaxis for 2026 and Hyatt makes a $2.6B acquisition.

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DeepSeek burst onto the scene with an edge over ChatGPT and others- it was similar in performance and cheaper to make. So a few weeks out from its launch, Martina Bretous chats with Nathan Lands from The Next Wave podcast about where DeepSeek now sits in the AI landscape and if it's really the disruptor it's cracked up to be. Plus: AI investments are set to top $300B in 2025 and milk may join eggs as the next scarce resource.

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Ecommerce sites Shein and Temu have benefitted from a nearly nonexistent tax burden for years, but that’s about to change because of a Trump administration policy that’s ending a special exemption for Chinese goods. Plus: Bankruptcy for Billabong and Starbucks’ sharpie problem.

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