SpaceX valued at $137B, Starlink's massive market, Shopify purges meetings | E1649

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(2:25) Thoughts on the potential year ahead
(7:14) SpaceX is raising $750M at a $137B valuation, led by a16z
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(14:24) Producer Sam (powered by ChatGPT), Starlink's bottom-up TAM, SpaceX's genius infrastructure play
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(37:38) Shopify is attempting to fill the ad targeting void left by Apple's App Tracking Transparency
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(46:32) Second Shopify story: CEO Tobi Lutke has asked employees to purge meetings to increase productivity
(55:01) Apple shuts down the Dark Sky weather app

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