🥯 “Shmear Me” — PopUp Bagel’s boom. Zuck’s Smart Oakleys. Stargate’s $500B Hollywood name.
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.7 • 9.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Zuck’s reportedly launching smart Oakleys this year… and a smart watch and airpods next year.
PopUp Bagels is the fastest-growing bagel chain in America… and they prioritize inconvenience.
“Stargate” is Sam Altman’s new $500B AI project… it would be the most expensive thing we’d ever build.
Plus, the medals handed out at the Paris Olympics? They’re losing their gold.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Thursday the new Friday, January 23rd. And today's party is the best one yet. This is a T-boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. I mean, Jack, I want to brag, but the birthday stock bump continued. Yeah. Foxxor it record eyes again. Some say it's Trump's presidency. |
| 0:21.2 | Others say it's my birthday week. |
| 0:23.2 | We don't really know the reason why. |
| 0:25.0 | We'll leave that to you to decide. |
| 0:26.6 | We'll leave that to CNBC. |
| 0:28.1 | In the meantime, Jack, three stories for today's. |
| 0:30.6 | Teaboy, what do we got? |
| 0:31.6 | For our first story, OpenAI just announced an AI |
| 0:34.6 | mega project that is more expensive than the Moonland. |
| 0:38.3 | It's called Stargate, and it shows the power of Hollywood branding. |
| 0:42.8 | For our second story, it's Pop Up Bagels. |
| 0:45.5 | This is the fastest growing bagel chain in America, and Michael Phelps is an investor. |
| 0:49.8 | But yet it is, if you want to buy their bagels, first, you must follow their rules. |
| 0:55.0 | And our third and final story, Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly launching smart |
| 0:59.2 | Oakley's this year. |
| 1:00.5 | Folklies. |
| 1:01.0 | And AirPods rivals next year. |
| 1:02.9 | No, not Folkles. |
| 1:04.6 | AI smart Oakleys. |
| 1:06.2 | Zoklis. |
| 1:06.9 | Because Zuck is Dragon Apple. |
| 1:09.3 | That's why Zuck is launching Zocles. |
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