Raunaq's World

Sunday, May 24, 2026 -- Compiled by Amika

SF Events

Giants vs White Sox -- Today, 1:05 PM

Oracle Park | Series finale

Giants crushed the White Sox 10-3 yesterday behind 14 hits. Today's the series finale before Arizona comes to town tomorrow for Memorial Day baseball. A nice Sunday afternoon at the ballpark.

Sun May 24, 1:05 PM | Oracle Park
Baseball

Diljit Dosanjh -- Aura World Tour

Chase Center | Biggest Punjabi pop show of the year

Diljit at Chase Center is going to be electric. Floor seats are $1,600+, upper level starts around $123. 6-ticket limit per buyer because demand is insane.

Sat Jun 20, 8pm | Chase Center | Tickets
Concert

Festa Italiana -- North Beach

Free Italian street fair with pizza tosses and wine

The 105th Statuto Race, live music, vendor fair, and enough Italian food to put you in a coma. Free admission on Columbus Ave between Stockton and Mason.

Jun 6-7 | North Beach | Free
Festival

Investments

30-Year Treasury: 5.13% -- Highest Since 2007

The macro headwind nobody can ignore

The 30-year hit 5.19% intraday before closing at 5.13% on Friday. Driven by fiscal concerns, oil prices (Iran), and a global rate selloff. Every growth stock multiple compresses when the risk-free rate is here. Markets closed Monday for Memorial Day -- first execution window is Tuesday.

30yr: 5.13% | 10yr: 4.57% | Next trading day: Tue May 27
Macro

Semi Watchlist Snapshot (May 22 close)

NVDA $215.33 in your entry zone

NVDA -1.9% to $215.33 (in range). ASML +2.6% to $1,632.90 (+52.6% YTD). TSM -0.6% to $404.52. AVGO flat at $414.14 (+19.7% YTD). CRWV -1.9% to $105.49 -- CEO/CTO/CFO/COO all sold this week. Stay away.

AAPL $309 (new ATH intraday) | META $610 (-10% in a month) | GOOGL $383 | TSLA $426
Watchlist

Manchester United

Bruno Fernandes: PL Player of the Season

20 assists -- one from the all-time record

Named Player of the Season on Saturday. Tied Henry and De Bruyne at 20 assists. One more at Brighton today and it's his record outright. Season finale kicks off 3pm BST (8am PT) -- nothing at stake except history.

Record: 20 assists tied with Henry 02-03, KDB 19-20
Season Finale

Transfer: Ederson Deal Almost Done

~45M euros for the Atalanta midfielder

Verbal agreement reached, contract terms agreed with the player. Direct Casemiro replacement. United also targeting West Ham's Mateus Fernandes for a potential ~116M pound midfield double signing. Carrick gets his new engine room.

Window opens Jun 15 | 5 signings planned
Transfer

Startups

Hark: $700M Series A at $6B

NVIDIA, ARK, Intel Capital, Qualcomm all in one cap table

Building "advanced personalized intelligence" -- pairing foundation models with hardware. When every major chip company invests in your Series A, the signal is worth reading. San Jose-based, announced May 21.

Led by Parkway Venture Capital | Oversubscribed
Mega Round

Mind Robotics: $1B+ in Under a Year

Rivian spinout now at $3.4B valuation

RJ Scaringe's robotics company raised another $400M (Kleiner Perkins led). Using Rivian's factories as live training environments. 38% throughput improvement and 22% lower labor costs in early deployments.

Total: $1B+ raised | Meritech, Redpoint, SV Angel
Robotics

Robotics

BMW Deploys AEON Humanoid in Leipzig

Material delivery and obstacle navigation in production

Not a demo, not a concept video -- a real pilot in a real BMW factory. AEON handles the boring logistics work while humans focus on complex processes. Exactly the deployment pattern that will scale.

May 2026 | BMW Leipzig, Germany
Factory Deployment

Kawasaki x NVIDIA: Physical AI Partnership

Joint development center in California

Kawasaki Heavy Industries and NVIDIA are building a joint center focused on medical and mobility robotics. NVIDIA Isaac continues its march toward becoming the de facto robotics OS.

Medical + mobility focus | California
Partnership

Music

New Music Friday: May 22 Was Stacked

Bleachers, Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, Drake (surprise double)

Bleachers dropped "Everyone for Ten Minutes" (reviews split -- ambitious but maybe hollow). Drake surprised everyone with two albums on May 15. Kylie Minogue's "Light Up" and Lukas Graham's "Second Chance" are the standout singles. Paul McCartney also has a new album because he's 83 and still shipping.

Bleachers standout: "The Van" | Rodrigo 99% for 2026 album on Polymarket
Releases