Stripe Wants To Buy Everything
Summary
Host Brian McCullough covers Stripe’s potential $10 billion acquisition of OpenRouter and its pursuit of PayPal. MidJourney buys astrology app CoStar, while Meta launches Facebook Verified and a standalone Seller app. NVIDIA and Microsoft defend open-weight AI, and the episode concludes with long reads on AI wellness influencers and struggling pizza chains.
Topics discussed
Sponsor: Accenture and Spotify ad operations
Intro and Vanguard Investor Choice sponsor
Stripe talks to buy OpenRouter and pursue PayPal
MidJourney buys astrology app CoStar
Meta launches Facebook Verified and immersive video
Sponsors: StreetEasy and Scribe
Meta launches standalone Seller app for Marketplace
Tech leaders defend open-weight AI models
Long Read: AI-generated wellness influencers
Long Read: Pizza chains struggle against delivery apps
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