😬 Meta: Your Closed AI Is My Opportunity
Plus: Bomb Chemicals in American Bodies, Banning Telegram?, and More
This week’s market, investing, and business insights from insiders and experts outside the mainstream media:
Meta's open-source AI (Llama 3) push is HUGE.
Most Americans have “forever chemicals” in their bodies.
TikTok ban passed…Telegram next?
Wall Street rapidly acquiring U.S. single-family homes.
Investments are pouring into de-extinction.
And more…Let’s get to it!
Top 5 Insights of the Week
1. 😬 Meta: Your Closed AI Is My Opportunity
Meta's open-source AI (Llama 3) push is HUGE. Meta Horizons OS also open-source. AI assistants now on all their apps.
Closed-source AI investments could lose billions—potential strategy shift for other tech giants.
Critics doubt Meta's AI, saying it relies too heavily on Nvidia for inference, as Nvidia is better at training AI models than performing inference tasks.
2. 🧬 Bomb Chemicals in American Bodies
Dupont invented Teflon for atomic bomb seals. Later sold it for non-stick pans. Unknowingly introducing harmful PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) a.k.a “forever chemicals” now found in many everyday products. Linked to serious health issues like cancer and birth defects.
Most Americans have PFAS chemicals in their bodies.
EPA banned Dupont and 3M from introducing PFAS into water systems.
As PFAS awareness rises, demand for PFAS-free options may surge. A few companies ahead of the curve on this;
3. 🚫 TikTok Ban Passed, Telegram Next?
Senate passed bill: TikTok must sell its U.S. operations or face a ban.
Bill raises free speech and privacy concerns by letting the government label foreign enemies broadly.
Could Telegram be next? Its unique encryption could lead to its removal from U.S. markets due to terrorist and extremist use.
Telegram; valued at $30B, 700M monthly active users.
4. 🏡 Wall Street Home-Buying Spree
BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard, own 89% of the S&P 500—rapidly acquiring U.S. single-family homes, possibly owning 60% by 2030.
Lawmakers from both parties aim to rein this in. Accusing them of driving up property prices and limiting home-buying opportunities.
Ohio Republican Louis Blessing III pushes bill to heavily tax big landlords.
Q1 2020: median sales price of new U.S. houses was $329,000. By Q1 2023, surged to $429,000, up over 30%.
5. 🤯 Real Life Jurassic Park
Investments are pouring into de-extinction, the process of using biotechnologies to recreate extinct species.
Biotech startups working on this;
CRISPR Gene Editing Market projected growth: $1.89B in 2022 to USD 15.80B by 2031.
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Top 3 Charts of the Week
1. 🧐 Countless Stocks Have Vanished
U.S. publicly traded companies halved from 8K in 1996 to 4.6K in 2022.
Regulations, like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, were blamed for making going public too costly, but the decline began before their implementation.
Rise of private equity and venture capital, providing 5 times more funding than public markets.
2. ☢️ America’s Nuclear Output Plateau
Plant Vogtle’s Unit 4 starts operation 7 years later, costing $30-35B.
Vogtle becomes largest U.S. carbon-free electricity source.
Nuclear energy's comeback is questioned due to high costs and time delays.
3. 💎 Sparkle for Less with Lab Diamonds
Lab-grown diamonds made in 2.5 hours vs. natural ones in 1-3 billion years.
Synthetic diamonds disrupt the diamond industry, driving prices down.
Industry giant De Beers faces challenges as lab-grown alternatives gain popularity.
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