ACQUISITIONS

• Salt & Stone founder Nima Jalali on building a $165M/yr skincare brand as a solo founder — and why it never almost died
• Plaid acquires This Week in Fintech — and both founders explain why

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• Internet law professor breaks down the Meta/YouTube addiction verdict and what comes next
• Ex-Tesla president Jon McNeill reveals Elon's five-step 'algorithm' for scaling hardware companies
• Linear CEO Karri Saarinen declares 'issue tracking is dead' and reveals Linear's AI-era pivot
• Neion Bio CEO: genetically engineered chickens producing medicines inside eggs could slash drug costs
• Suno CEO Mikey Shulman: 'We're a consumer entertainment company, not an AI lab'
• Deveillance founder Aida Baradari built a jammer to protect private conversations from recording devices
• Stedi CEO Zack Kanter on building a $142M-funded healthcare clearinghouse from auto parts roots

NEWS

• ARM bets $15B on making its own chips, partnering with Meta and OpenAI
• Sanders and AOC introduce bill to halt all new data center construction
• California jury finds Meta and YouTube liable for social media addiction, awards $6M