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Wednesday, May 21, 2026 -- Daily Briefing

Investments

NVDA Crushed Q1: $81.6B Revenue, Beat Everything Earnings

EPS $1.87 vs $1.76 consensus | Data Center $75.2B (+92% YoY)

Jensen delivered again. Revenue beat by $2.6B, up 85% YoY. Q2 guidance $89-93B (midpoint $91B vs $87B street). $80B new buyback, dividend raised 25x. Free cash flow $49B. But the stock reaction was a "knife fight" per Jefferies -- jumped AH then gave back gains on China revenue at zero and rising costs. Settled at $223.47 (+1.3%) today. The beat validates demand; the market wants more.

Reported May 20 after hours
NVDA
$223.47
+1.30%
ASML
$1,550.13
+6.21%
TSM
$401.62
+2.29%
AVGO
$417.76
+1.63%
CRWV
$101.28
+1.47%
AAPL
$302.25
+1.10%
MSFT
$421.06
+0.87%
GOOGL
$388.91
+0.32%
AMZN
$265.01
+2.19%
META
$605.06
+0.41%
TSLA
$417.26
+3.25%

AAPL Breaks $300 Mag 7

New all-time high territory

Apple pushed through the $300 psychological barrier. TSLA surging +3.25% on AI tailwinds. ASML leading the semi supply chain with a massive +6.21% move on NVDA demand read-through. CRWV still struggling around $101 -- stay away stance remains correct.

SpaceX Files for IPO IPO

The other bombshell from May 20

Dropped alongside NVDA earnings. Would be the most anticipated tech IPO in years. Starlink revenue alone could justify massive valuation. Watch for S-1 details.

SF Events -- Next 2-3 Weeks

FoodieLand Food Festival This Weekend

250+ vendors, global food, live music

Cow Palace, Friday-Sunday. Cajun oxtail, dungeness crab mac & cheese, artisan shops, games. Fri 3-10pm, Sat-Sun 1-10pm. Kids 5 and under free. Tickets online only.

May 22-24 | Cow Palace, Daly City | foodielandnm.com

SFMOMA Free Community Day Saturday

Free admission + Matisse opening

Free entry to celebrate "Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal." Drag performances, collector talks, family studios. Also: Kara Walker's automatons, Olafur Eliasson, reimagined Fisher Collection.

May 24 | sfmoma.org

Giants vs White Sox -- Home Stand Sports

Oracle Park, starting Friday night

Back from an Arizona sweep. White Sox should be more winnable. Adames, Chapman, Eldridge anchor the lineup. Friday 7:15 PM first pitch.

May 22-24 | Oracle Park

Union Street Festival Free

Two-day street fair in Cow Hollow

Live music, food trucks, craft cocktails, local artists, the legendary Waiters Race. Union Street between Gough and Steiner. Free admission. Unofficial start of SF summer.

June 6-7 | Cow Hollow

North Beach Festival Free

SF's largest summer street fair

Three music stages, 200+ vendors, four beer gardens, interactive art, Italian food everywhere. Grant Ave and Columbus shut down for two days.

June 20-21 | North Beach

A$AP Rocky at Chase Center Concert

Don't Be Dumb World Tour

Tickets from $118 on secondary. Biggest hip-hop show of the summer. 7:30 PM. chasecenter.com

June 25, 7:30 PM | Chase Center

SF Pride Festival Festival

The city's signature event

One of the world's largest pride parades, Civic Center festival, citywide energy all weekend.

June 27-28 | Civic Center + Citywide

Manchester United

Carrick Goes Permanent Manager

Two-year deal after turning the season around

10 wins from 15 since replacing Amorim in January. Clinched 3rd and Champions League qualification. Bruno called it a "needed change." INEOS tried for Luis Enrique first, but Carrick earned it. Transfer plans underway: Rafael Leao from AC Milan (player + 50M euro swap), rumored 100M West Ham double raid if they get relegated.

Season finale: Brighton (A), Sun May 24 at 3:00 PM

Arsenal Are Champions PL Table

82 points, clinched May 18 with a game to spare

Beat Burnley 1-0 while City drew at Bournemouth. Arsenal face PSG in the Champions League final May 30. United finished 3rd -- 15 positions better than anyone expected in January.

Robotics & Physical AI

Hyundai Commits to 25,000 Atlas Robots Deployment

Biggest humanoid deployment commitment in history

Announced at JPMorgan session. US actuator factory producing 350K units/year. Unit cost target $30K at scale. First fleets shipping to Hyundai's Metaplant and Google DeepMind offices. Production units committed for 2026. Deployment starts 2028.

Atlas Lifts a 100-Pound Fridge Demo

Proprioception-first approach, not just vision

May 18 demo: Atlas rotates torso 180 degrees, squats, picks up a mini-fridge, carries it while adjusting to shifting weight. Developed within weeks of CES debut. The sim-to-real gap is collapsing.

China Controls 90% of Humanoid Market Market

Quantity over quality is winning the data race

295K robots installed in 2024, 595K produced in 2025. Only 25% of required monthly training data being generated globally -- China producing most of it. Unitree and DEEP Robotics accelerating IPO plans.

Startups & VC

Anduril: $5B at $61B Valuation Defense Tech

Largest defense tech round ever

Thrive Capital + a16z led. Revenue doubled to $2.2B in 2025. Pentagon's $185B Golden Dome interceptor + $20B Lattice AI deal. Defense meets Silicon Valley execution speed.

Mind Robotics: Rivian Spinout Crosses $1B Robotics

$400M round led by Kleiner Perkins, $3B valuation

RJ Scaringe's factory robotics play using Rivian manufacturing data to train AI-powered industrial robots. Solving specific tasks, not chasing general-purpose demos.

Music

Charli xcx Drops 'SS26' Today New Release

Fashion-coded dystopia critique

Announced with a luxury fashion invitation. Lyrics read like an end-of-the-world fashion show: "Spring Summer 26 / When the world is gonna end no hope for any of it." Sharp pivot from Rock Music discourse. Available everywhere now.

Drake's Triple Album Divides Everyone Album Drop

142M Spotify streams in 24hrs, but Iceman got a 4.8 from Pitchfork

Maid of Honour (dance) is the surprise winner -- Rolling Stone 4/5, "crown jewel." Iceman (hip-hop/beef) got destroyed. Habibti (R&B) is forgettable. 48 tracks across 3 albums. Streaming records shattered regardless of quality.

Muse: The WOW! Signal Rock

10th album June 26 + North American tour with Bloc Party

"Hexagons" is full Black Holes and Revelations energy. Summer tour with Bloc Party and Portugal. The Man. Bay Area date TBA.