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Good morning, business and tech friends!

Scroll to the bottom for easy AI prompts to leverage today’s news for entrepreneurs, workers, and investors!

Don’t fall behind. Get ahead.
Keith Andrade, Founder

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Royalties

Earnings paid to creators or owners of patents. For example, musicians earn royalties every time a song plays on radio.

Licensing

Permission to use ideas or products for a fee. For example, companies pay Arm to use smartphone chip designs.

Reusable Rockets

Rockets launched multiple times to save costs. For example, SpaceX Starship cuts expenses by reusing entire rocket stages.

1. Meta’s "Free" AI App Spies on You 🤷‍♂️

🔍 Vox, 7 min read

• Chatbot tracks all chats across Meta apps.
• 1 billion monthly AI users boost $3B ad mission.
• Zero privacy mode = Big Brother vibes.

2. Cruise CTO Swaps Cars for Healthtech 🚙 ➡️ 🩺

🤖 TechCrunch, 10 min read

• Former Cruise exec joins Hims & Hers to drive AI in healthcare.
• Tech talent? 40% pay boost when switching industries.
• AI skills = gold in any field these days.

3. Trump’s Trade Talk: Wild Market Ride 🚀

📊 Seeking Alpha, 5 min read

• Markets jumped 1.1–1.5% after UK deal news.
• Fed held rates at 4.25%–4.50%, for a third time.
• Treasury yields rose slightly; the 10-year hit 4.31%.

4. Arm’s Silent AI Payday: $1.24B in Q4 💰

📱 Seeking Alpha, 6 min read

• Arm's smartphone royalties grew 30% this year!
• $4B annual revenue, licensing soared 50%.
• 50% of cloud chips soon powered by Arm's designs.

5. SpaceX’s Launch GO: 5x in 2023 🚀

🌌 Digital Trends, 8 min read

• FAA green-lights more Starship launches: 25/year.
• Reusable rockets can cut space costs by 90%!
• Growing industry needs engineers, logistics & operations talent.

6. Apple App Store Loses Monopoly Grip 🍏

⚖️ Ars Technica, 9 min read

• Developers can now add outside payment links.
• Indie devs gained 27% revenue boost globally.
• The app economy is opening competition wide.

Growing tech like AI chips can lower costs and grow businesses.

Prompt:
Help me decide between AI chips for my business.
A comparison table listing 3 chips' pros and cons, price, and energy efficiency.
Avoid general data; focus on chips relevant to startups.
My business needs affordable AI hardware to analyze data faster and cheaper.

Learning AI trends and policies can help you lead confidently at work.

Prompt:

Prepare a short report for my boss about AI trends.
A 5-point summary. Include recent AI App policies and top privacy concerns.
Stick to recent updates affecting major companies like Meta.
I manage teams evaluating software privacy and customer impact.

U.K. trade optimism offers short-term and long-term opportunities.

Prompt:

Identify U.K. stocks benefiting from trade policy changes.
List top 5 companies, their trade connection, and P/E ratio.
Ignore companies with limited U.K. exposure.
Markets jumped after political promises linked to a U.K. trade deal.

This week’s line up reminded us: The future belongs to the curious. Stay learning, stay hungry, and stay ahead. 📩

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