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Saturday, May 23, 2026 -- Daily Refresh by Amika

SF Events -- What's On This Weekend

Giants hosting White Sox today; Jim Gaffigan at The Masonic in June; SF Pride June 27-28

Giants vs White Sox -- Today at Oracle Park

Saturday 1:05 PM

Giants lost 9-4 last night (all 9 runs in the 4th -- brutal). Afternoon game today with Bryce Eldridge, Willy Adames, and Rafael Devers in the lineup. Giants are 20-30 but Oracle Park on a Saturday afternoon is always a good time.

Oracle Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza

FoodieLand Night Market -- Last Day Tomorrow

Through May 24, Cow Palace area

100+ food vendors, live music, games. Running all weekend. Sunday is your last shot. Expect lines but also expect to eat things you can't find anywhere else in the city.

Jim Gaffigan at The Masonic -- June 13-14

Three shows, $71-$667

One of the sharpest touring comics working. Balcony from $71, floor from $154. The Masonic is a great comedy venue -- intimate enough to feel personal. Tickets

SF Pride 2026 -- June 27-28

56th Annual, 1M+ attendees

The defining SF summer event. Parade on Sunday June 28 through Market Street. Grandstand seats from $25, Pride Pass from $118. sfpride.org

Outside Lands -- August 7-9

Charli XCX, The Strokes, Rufus Du Sol headline

GA+ and VIP sold out. GA passes from ~$353 on resale. The xx, Death Cab, Baby Keem, Modest Mouse, Turnstile on the undercard. Strongest lineup in years.

Investments -- What Moved This Week

30-year yield hit 5.19% (highest since 2007); NVDA in entry zone at $215; CRWV insider selling continues

30-Year Treasury Hits 5.19% -- Highest Since 2007

Iran conflict + inflation + deficit anxiety

Bond market is screaming. Mortgage rates spiked to 6.51%. S&P snapped a 3-day losing streak Wednesday when oil dropped 8.8% on Iran negotiation hopes, but yields are still elevated at 5.11%. This is the macro headwind everything else has to fight through.

30yr: 5.19% peak | 10yr: 4.66% | WTI: ~$98

NVDA Post-Earnings: $215 Is Your Entry Zone

Beat everything, sold off on sell-the-news

$81.6B revenue (+85% YoY), Data Center $75.2B (+92%), guided Q2 at $91B. $80B buyback, dividend raised 25x. At $215, it trades at ~37x forward for a company growing 85%. Your rotation plan has NVDA at 30% ($90K) -- this is the zone you designed for.

NVDA: $215.33 | ASML: $1,632.90 (+52% YTD) | TSM: $404.52 | AVGO: $414.14

CRWV: The Entire C-Suite Is Selling

CEO, CTO, CFO, COO all liquidated shares this week

CEO sold 200K shares ($19.7M), CTO sold 77K ($7.8M), CFO and COO also selling. Stock at $105 vs $187 52-week high. "Stay away" call remains correct -- wait for insider selling to exhaust before re-evaluating.

CRWV: $105.49 | Consensus PT: $133

Manchester United

Carrick confirmed permanent; Bruno ties all-time assist record at 20; Brighton finale tomorrow

Carrick Gets the Job -- Two-Year Deal Through 2028

Confirmed Friday, May 22

11 wins, 3 draws, 2 defeats since January. Champions League football secured. 3rd place locked in at 68 points. The former midfielder signed a permanent contract and the club finally has summer clarity.

Bruno Ties All-Time PL Assist Record at 20

Equals Henry (02-03) and De Bruyne (19-20)

Set up Mbeumo for the third against Forest -- 20th assist, 132 chances created, PL Player of the Season. One game left at Brighton tomorrow to take the record outright. The greatest post-Ferguson United player, and the numbers back it up.

Robotics & Physical AI

Figure AI ran 200 hours autonomous; Boston Dynamics lifts 100lbs; Kawasaki-Nvidia open California center

Figure AI's 8-Hour Demo Ran for 200 Hours Straight

63,000+ packages sorted, zero human intervention

Figure 03 robots started a livestream on May 13 expecting 8 hours. Nothing broke. It ran for 200 hours, sorting 63K+ packages. First real endurance proof for humanoid logistics -- not a cherry-picked clip, a continuous live stream anyone could watch.

Boston Dynamics Atlas Lifts 100lb Appliances with AI

Reinforcement learning for whole-body control

Not scripted motion -- reinforcement learning trained in simulation that adapts to different weights and shapes in real-world industrial environments. The gap between research demo and useful tool keeps shrinking.

Startups & Ecosystem

Altman drops $2M OpenAI tokens on every YC startup; Q1 VC hit $300B

Altman Offers $2M in OpenAI Tokens to Every YC Startup

169 startups, uncapped SAFE, equity exchange

$338M in tokens for what could be massive equity positions across the best startups in the world. Structured as uncapped SAFEs -- potentially 2% equity per company at $100M valuation. Either genius distribution or the most aggressive AI land-grab in history.

Q1 2026: $300B VC, AI = 81% of All Funding

150% YoY increase, but context matters

OpenAI's $122B round skews everything. Strip it out and AI still dominated. The rest of VC is starved of oxygen. If you're evaluating non-AI companies, the bar has never been higher.

Music

Olivia Rodrigo's 'The Cure' leads a stacked New Music Friday

Olivia Rodrigo -- 'The Cure'

Her 'favorite song she's ever made' -- album June 12

Second single from 'You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.' More indie-rock than pop, a deliberate evolution. Album drops June 12. Given 'drop dead' already showed range, this one might actually land.

Bleachers + Dua Lipa + Future Islands

Three albums worth your weekend

Jack Antonoff's 'everyone for ten minutes' leans looser and more personal. Dua's 'Live from Mexico' captures her Latin American tour. Future Islands push further into electronic territory. All out May 22.