AI talent turns down $100M and a ping pong table.

Meanwhile, one solo founder lands an $80M exit, and 40K people join the waitlist for blockchain TikTok.

Appreciate all the love last week — a few of you said the deep read on Sam Altman’s latest blog was your favorite issue yet.

I’ll keep that format in rotation for whenever a topic deserves the spotlight.

This week, we’re back in Rich Future™ velocity mode.

Tracking underpriced momentum, new rich economics, and the $80M solo play that made the internet pay attention.

Meanwhile, the Fed’s still playing the same old song, the markets are not, and Meta is offering $100M+ to lure OpenAI’s talent.

Is Zuckerberg winning?

Let’s get into what moved this week across finance, AI, and the future of work.

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