Carnaval this weekend, Champions League Final watch party May 30, and a stacked June concert slate
The 48th annual Carnaval takes over 17 blocks of the Mission. Five main stages, 50+ performing artists, 400 vendors, international food. The Grand Parade is the centerpiece -- if you haven't been, go.
Smart hip-hop co-headline at The Warfield. Solid weeknight show if you're in the mood.
Monthly street party right in your neighborhood. Local food, pop-up vendors, art, DJs along Folsom Street (6th-12th). Walk there from your place.
UCL Final at Splash Sports Bar at Thrive City. United are back in the Champions League next season -- scouting the competition is practically mandatory.
SF's beloved free outdoor concert series returns every Sunday through summer. Gorgeous eucalyptus grove setting.
The Fillmore, Masonic, and Warfield are all stacked. Princess Bride screening at Dolores Park Jun 12 (free). Fort Mason Night Market launches Jun 19. North Beach Festival Jun 20-21.
NVDA crushed earnings but sold off, 30yr Treasury hit 5.19%, markets closed Monday
Q1 revenue $81.6B (+85% YoY), EPS $1.87 (beat by $0.11), $80B buyback. Stock ran from $165 to $230 pre-earnings and has pulled back to $215. Your entry zone thesis is alive. Markets closed Monday -- first execution window Tuesday. NVDA presents at TD Cowen Wed May 28.
Goldman flagged rising yields as increasingly dangerous for equities. Barclays says bonds "are not cheap." The semi rotation plan should account for this headwind -- it won't last forever but it's real right now.
GOOGL is the year's winner (+22.9% YTD) on Cloud strength. AAPL hit new ATH near $311. META still hasn't recovered from the April capex tantrum. CRWV at $105.49 with systematic insider selling -- stay away.
Season finale day at Brighton. Bruno one assist from all-time PL record. Ederson deal done.
Brighton away today. UCL secured, 3rd place locked. Carrick expected permanent. The only drama: can Fernandes get one more assist to break the all-time single-season record outright?
Moretto and Romano both confirmed the deal. Elliot Anderson heading to City at £125M, so United pivoted to a double deal: Ederson (done) + Sandro Tonali from Newcastle. Combined ~€150M midfield overhaul.
Figure 03 ran 200 hours non-stop, BMW deployed humanoids in Germany, EngineAI hit 10K/year capacity
Figure AI's warehouse demo starting May 13 ran continuously for 200+ hours. CEO Adcock expected something to break. Nothing did. Endurance in unstructured environments is the hardest problem -- and they just casually solved it on camera.
Medical robots and personal mobility first. Right in your backyard. The CORLEO four-legged robot got a foundation model. Japan-US hardware-AI partnership deepening.
Hark raised $700M at $6B, Mind Robotics spun out of Rivian at $2B, Anthropic topped $30B
Personalized AI paired with custom hardware. First models and devices this summer. The "universal interface between humans and machines" pitch is ambitious but the investor roster is extraordinary.
First time YC has offered stablecoin funding. Faster and cheaper than wires, especially for international founders. Also: defense startups are now a prominent YC category.
Drake dropped three albums, Bleachers returned, stacked New Music Friday
Ice-sculpture reveal in Toronto. ICEMAN is the main event -- introspective bars about the Kendrick feud. Whether three projects was warranted is debatable, but the rollout was genuinely creative.
Bleachers' "everyone for ten minutes" is the tightest thing Antonoff has made. Olivia Rodrigo premiered "The Cure." Kylie Minogue's "Light Up" is the sleeper pop single. Stormzy + Odeal's "24 Hours" worth a listen.