Sean has had some good ideas over the years, but using Canva was a really good one.

Sean designed some social posts to promote his friend's car boot sale.

They looked good, really, really good.

Next thing he knows, someone came and bought the loft, including the car.

Now Sean doesn't know how he's going to get home.

Thanks, Canva.

Here's your afternoon, TNB Tech Minute for Thursday, November 6th.

I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

Tesla shareholders have approved a record-setting pay package for CEO Elon Musk, a plan designed

to motivate the world's richest man with as much as $1 trillion in additional stock.

Musk had threatened on social media to leave Tesla if the package didn't pass. The measure was

hotly debated. Tesla's board described the package as pay for performance. It includes 12 chunks of

stock and could give Musk control over as much as 25% of Tesla if he hits a series of milestones

and expands the company's market capitalization to $8.5 trillion

over the next 10 years. Its market cap is now around $1.5 trillion.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said the company doesn't want federal guarantees for a data center

nor a bailout if it fails. Altman posted on X today to clarify comments

made by OpenAI CFO Sarah Fryer at the Journal's Tech Live conference yesterday. Friar had said that

the startup is hoping for an ecosystem of banks, private equity, and perhaps the federal government

to support its efforts. Friar later clarified on LinkedIn that OpenAI isn't seeking a guarantee for its

infrastructure commitments, but was talking about a broader framework to support an industry-wide

buildout.

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