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🏠 It's a car! It's a plane! It's...Cybertruck!

At long last

Stephen Flanders
December 01, 2023

Gm. Spotify and Apple Music wrapped came out this week. I clocked 73,865 minutes this year, and Lana Del Rey was my #1 artist for the 3rd year in a row. Now, spill the beans on yours.

How many minutes did you log this year?

— Stephen Flanders

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🏠 TECH

Cybertruck Is Finally Here

Something happened today that many thought never would.

Tesla’s Cybertruck, teased and delayed for so long, finally became a reality.

And damn does it look pretty sweet.

Here’s what we know about the mother of all trucks:

It’ll be available in three variations.
The cheapest will be $60,990, have 250 miles of range, go 0 to 60 in 6.9 seconds, and will be available in 2025.
The middle child will have 341 miles of range, a top speed of 112MPH, and will run you $79,990.
The high-end Cyberbeast comes with 320 miles of range, can go 0 to 60 in 2.6MPH, hit 130MPH, and will cost $99,990. It’s basically a truck race car.
For you car geeks out there, all the models will have a drag coefficient of 0.355 (which TechCrunch says is good, we’ll take their word for it), 67 cubic feet of lockable storage, and a 48-volt electric system (which is apparently more efficient than the old 12-volt system).

Obviously, the car is very expensive and is difficult to make. There’s a reason it was delayed for so long.

But who cares about any of that today? Let’s just show some appreciation for the official Tech Bro Truck.

Celebrate, but: Elon himself said it will take a while before Cybertruck is cash flow positive.

Under 1-Second SDXL Image Generation With LCM-LoRAs

Huge news! 2 major advances in image GenAI models have vastly improved the speed and cost of generating high-quality images: SSD-1B and LCM-LoRAs.

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LCM-LoRAs, an even newer and more impressive innovation, enables you to get high-quality image output in less than one second and the lowest SDXL image prices today.

Both are now available on OctoAI, where their Asset Orchestrator technology, smart caching, and fast asset loading make these SDXL innovations genuinely shine.

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🤝 THE LATEST IN…

TECH

Netflix has landed GTA.
Threads and TikTok are both eyeing European expansions.
Microsoft is preparing to launch a mobile gaming store.
Say hello to the apps of the year.

AI

Understandably, Sam Altman was not happy with being fired.
But even though he’s now back, OpenAI employees are feeling uneasy about their job security.
It’s now been a year since the masses started caring about AI.
Perplexity AI has unveiled an LLM that could dethrone Google Search.

SCIENCE

Google's DeepMind has found millions of new materials with AI.
Somehow, this solar system is perfectly in sync.
Another day, another quantum technologies breakthrough.
Could this solar cell be the future of green energy?

CRYPTO

Grayscale is gearing up for a spot bitcoin ETF.
It’s a very interesting time in the markets.
Ronaldo is getting sued for a very stupid reason.
GameFi…just doesn’t hit very often.

🏃‍♀️ QUICKIES

Raise: PhysicsX, a startup bringing the power of generative AI to enable breakthrough engineering in advanced industries including automotive, aerospace, renewables, and materials production, raised $32M in a Series A round.

Stat: 10 million miles: NASA has received a signal from a spacecraft 10 million miles away, a potentially transformative achievement (and no, it wasn’t from an alien).

Rabbit hole: The Five Pillars Of Startup Impact (Rex Woodbury)