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Friday, May 22, 2026 -- Daily Briefing

SF Events -- What's Worth Leaving the House For

Wale at Warfield May 26. Human League Jun 5. Giants home stands. SF Design Week Jun 1-12. Pride month incoming.

Wale @ The Warfield -- Mon May 26

Memorial Day hip-hop at one of SF's best mid-size rooms

Conscious hip-hop with actual bars. The Warfield's sound system makes hip-hop hit different. Great long-weekend move.

The Human League + Soft Cell + Alison Moyet -- Fri Jun 5

Three 80s synth-pop legends on one Warfield stage

Don't You Want Me, Tainted Love, and Yazoo -- all in one night. Crowd will be slightly older and absolutely electric.

SF Design Week -- Jun 1-12

12 days of design, AI, robotics, and creative process

Theme is "Multitudes." Open studios, talks, workshops, startup showcases. Good networking for the AI/physical AI space. Free and paid events citywide.

Rhiannon Giddens @ The Fillmore -- Jun 25

Grammy + Pulitzer winner in an intimate room

Folk, blues, classical -- she plays banjo and viola da braccio. Fillmore is the perfect venue. Will sell out.

Giants vs. Nationals -- Wed Jun 10 at Oracle Park

Day game, garlic fries, McCovey Cove sun

12:45 PM first pitch. Weekday afternoon baseball at Oracle Park when the sun's out is peak SF. Tickets from ~$36.

Investments -- Market Snapshot

NVDA sells off post-earnings to ~$216. AAPL breaks $309 new ATH. ASML rallies +3%. CRWV below $108.

NVDA
$216.05
-1.58%
ASML
$1,639
+2.96%
TSM
$405.21
-0.48%
AVGO
$413.32
-0.30%
AAPL
$309.50
+1.48%
META
$610.70
+0.55%
GOOGL
$384.67
-0.77%
MSFT
$418.96
-0.03%
AMZN
$267.70
-0.29%
TSLA
$429.47
+2.78%
CRWV
~$107.58
Stay Away

NVDA Post-Earnings: Sell-the-News in Full Effect

$81.6B revenue, $91B Q2 guide, $80B buyback -- and it sold off

At $216, it's trading at the lower end of its post-earnings range. For the semi rotation plan (30% = $90K), these levels are a decent entry but patience could pay if the pattern extends.

AAPL Breaks $309 -- New ATH Territory

First-ever close above $300 was May 20. Now $309.50.

Cook's "demand off the charts" + MacBook Neo sellout + $100B buyback driving momentum. TSMC 3nm constraints creating scarcity value.

META at $610 -- Semi Rotation Exit Window

Well below $796 high, trading under both moving averages

~$300K exit means ~491 shares. 50-day MA $621, 200-day MA $639 -- selling below both is a fair technical exit for the semi redeployment plan.

Robotics -- Real Deployments, Not Vaporware

Hyundai commits 25K Atlas robots. Tesla Optimus Gen 3 enters production. Gatsby launches $150 robot home cleaning.

Hyundai: 25,000 Atlas Robots in US Plants by 2028

Biggest single humanoid deployment commitment ever

Announced at a JPMorgan session. US actuator factory producing 350K units/year. Target cost: $30K/unit at scale -- below two years of US manufacturing payroll. The math works.

Atlas Lifts Fridges, Ships to Google DeepMind

From CES showpiece to factory floor in five months

May 18 demo: 100-pound appliance lifting via AI-driven whole-body control. Production units committed for rest of 2026. First fleets shipping to Hyundai Metaplant + Google DeepMind.

Gatsby: First US Humanoid Robot Home Cleaning

$150/clean, book via iOS app -- launched May 14

First US company to deploy a humanoid for residential cleaning. The "Roomba for everything" future just got a lot more real.

Manchester United

Carrick confirmed permanent manager. Third place locked. Brighton away Sunday.

Carrick Signs Two-Year Deal -- Official

11 wins in 16 games, UCL secured, Amorim's mess cleaned up

Contract until 2028 with option. INEOS considered Tuchel and Emery before Carrick proved himself. Steve Holland signed on as assistant. The coaching staff is set.

Man Utd 3-2 Forest -- Fernandes Hits 20 Assists

Shaw, Cunha, Mbeumo scored. Third place cemented.

74,015 at Old Trafford for the home farewell. Fernandes equalled the club assist record setting up Mbeumo. Arsenal champions at 82 pts, City 2nd, United 3rd. Season finale at Brighton, Sun May 24.

100m West Ham Raid Planned for Summer

Carrick's first signings reportedly a double swoop

TEAMtalk reports United are plotting a major raid on West Ham. With Champions League money and INEOS backing, the summer window will be busy. Specific targets TBC.

Startups -- Where the Money Is Going

Anduril raises $5B at $61B. Anthropic eyeing $30B at $900B. Q1 2026 VC hit $300B globally.

Anduril: $5B Series H, $61B Valuation

Defense tech unicorn doubled valuation in a year

Led by Thrive Capital and a16z. Revenue $2.2B in 2025 (doubled). Anchored by $20B Army contract and $185B Golden Dome program. IPO "definitely" coming per Palmer Luckey.

Anthropic Raising $30B at $900B Valuation

Largest AI fundraise ever. IPO potentially October 2026.

Total funding would exceed $197B. Alphabet and Amazon in the mix. The AI capital arms race has no ceiling. Worth watching for the IPO -- timing matters for your portfolio.

Q1 2026: $300B in VC, AI Claims 81%

150% YoY increase. OpenAI's $122B round distorts, but even ex-OpenAI it's staggering.

The shift is from foundation models to industrial deployment: infrastructure, energy, physical layers. YC S26 now funding defense/drone startups. China robotics hit $5.6B in 176 deals YTD.

Music -- This Week's Drops

Charli xcx drops SS26. Bleachers, Future Islands, MGK x Wiz drop albums. Strong singles week.

Charli xcx -- SS26 (May 21)

Luxury fashion invite aesthetic. Another sharp pivot.

Dropped right after the Rock Music discourse. She reinvents herself faster than most artists drop a deluxe edition.

New Albums Today: Bleachers, Future Islands, MGK x Wiz

Jack Antonoff solo, synth-pop legends return, nostalgia mixtape

Bleachers' "everyone for ten minutes" is the weekend listen. Future Islands are swinging big. MGK x Wiz Khalifa's "Blog Era Boyz" is trying to bottle 2012.

Drake Surprise-Dropped Two Albums Last Week

May 15. Reception mixed, streams don't care.

Love him or hate him, the man still commands the conversation whenever he shows up.