Raunaq's World
Thursday, May 21, 2026 -- Daily Briefing by Amika
SF Events -- What's Happening
FoodieLand Night Market -- This Weekend
May 22-24, San Francisco
The nation's largest food festival hits SF tomorrow through Sunday. 250+ vendors, global flavors, artisan shops, live music. This is the premier food event of the month. Get tickets in advance -- it sells out.
Food Festival
Giants vs White Sox -- Oracle Park Friday Night
May 22, 7:15 PM
Home stand opener. Friday night baseball at Oracle Park. Chapman, Adames, and Eldridge in the lineup. Garlic fries mandatory.
Giants
Rhiannon Giddens at The Fillmore
June 25 -- MacArthur Genius, folk/blues powerhouse
If you see one concert this summer, make it this one. Book now before it sells out.
Concert
Cheaper Than Therapy -- Stand-Up Nightly
533 Sutter St, Union Square -- Wed through Sun, $20-25
4.9-star rated comedy club. 5-6 comedians per show, 70-90 minutes, full bar, no drink minimum. Best-reviewed comedy in SF right now.
Comedy
Investments -- Market Moves
NVDA Earnings: $81.6B Revenue, Beat Everything
Q1 FY2027 -- +85% YoY, EPS $1.87 vs $1.75 consensus
Data center $75.2B (+92% YoY). Q2 guidance ~$91B. $80B buyback, $49B free cash flow. Vera Rubin on track. Stock fell 2% after hours because nothing is ever enough. At 24x forward earnings vs 5-year avg of 37x, the "sell the news" dip could be the entry. Goldman PT $250, Oppenheimer $265.
NVDA $218.97 (-2.0%)
Earnings
AAPL Breaks $304 -- New All-Time High
Blew past $300 psychological level
Services $31B record, iPhone +21.7%. The $300 barrier is gone. Next question is whether it holds.
AAPL $304.33 (+0.7%)
ATH
Semi Watchlist + Mag 7 Snapshot
May 21 closing prices
ASML $1,585 (+2.2%, above consensus PT). TSM $407 (+1.4%). AVGO $411 (-1.5%). CRWV $107 (+5.7%, bouncing off sub-$100). GOOGL $389. AMZN $268. META $607. MSFT $419. TSLA $418.
Price Check
Robotics -- Physical AI
Figure AI: 81 Hours Straight, Zero Errors
Livestreamed autonomous warehouse sorting -- 100K+ packages
Helix-02 AI, no teleoperation. Also ran a human-vs-robot 10-hour challenge where the intern barely won. 350+ machines built at BotQ. This is the most convincing real-world humanoid deployment demo to date.
Deployment
Hyundai: 25,000 Atlas Robots for US Plants
30K annual production capacity by 2028
Industrial-scale humanoid deployment with named production targets. Not a pilot. Boston Dynamics Atlas also demoed 100-lb industrial load lifting this week.
Industrial Scale
Startups -- Funding & Ecosystem
Anduril $5B Series H at $61B Valuation
Defense tech's biggest private round ever
Revenue doubled to $2.2B. Building 10,000 missiles annually for the Pentagon. Leading the $185B Golden Dome interceptor program. Led by Thrive Capital and a16z.
Mega Round
Mind Robotics $400M, YC Halfway Through
Rivian spinoff at $3B. YC Spring 2026 Demo Day in ~5 weeks.
Mind Robotics (Rivian spinoff) deploying AI robots in live factories. YC has ~200 companies building, with defense and drone startups now in the batch. Anthropic hit $559M profit and acquired Stainless.
Ecosystem
Manchester United
3-2 Win Over Forest, 3rd Place Locked
68 points, Champions League secured -- best since 2021-22
Shaw, Cunha, and Mbeumo scored in a comeback win at Old Trafford. Season finale at Brighton Sunday May 24. Transfer window heats up: Valverde linked after Real Madrid dressing room incident, Casemiro confirmed leaving, 69m bid for Fernandes reported.
Match + Transfers
Music
Drake Dropped Three Albums, Charli xcx Single Today
Iceman, Habibti, Maid of Honour all streaming. SS26 out now.
Drake's triple drop features Future and 21 Savage amid ongoing legal chaos. Charli xcx pivots from 'Rock Music' discourse with 'SS26' styled as a luxury fashion invite. Muse's 10th album The WOW! Signal comes June 26 with a North American tour.
New Releases