YouTube Just Dethroned Disney 🎬📱

Biz Analyst Club Newsletter

by The Business Model Analyst

Hello, Biz Enthusiasts!
YouTube is about to be crowned king of media, OpenAI just pulled off the largest VC round in history, and Tinder wants you to flirt with AI (because, why not?). Meanwhile, Amazon is throwing a Hail Mary to snatch up TikTok, and Elon’s Memphis supercomputer project is literally short-circuiting the grid.

Let’s break it all down — fast, fun, and full of the biz gossip you didn’t know you needed. 😎

Hot Takes 🚀

1. YouTube Might Beat Disney This Year… In Revenue. 🎥📊
Turns out watching cat videos does pay off. YouTube raked in $54.2B last year and is on track to overtake Disney in 2025 as the world’s biggest media company. Google paid just $1.65B for it in 2006. That’s what we call a power flip.
👉 See how YouTube became the media monster

2. OpenAI Hits $300B Valuation — SoftBank Just Went ALL In 🤯💸
OpenAI just secured a $40B raise (led by SoftBank), giving it a jaw-dropping $300B valuation. It’s the biggest VC deal ever. Reminder: They also melted GPUs this week thanks to their new image generator.
👉 Why everyone wants a piece of OpenAI

3. Tinder Now Lets You Practice Pick-Up Lines With AI 💘🤖
Tinder's new "Game Game" lets users flirt with AI-powered rom-com characters before embarrassing themselves on real dates. Practice makes perfect, right? Or at least...less cringey.
👉 Flirt with AI before your next real convo

4. Amazon Is Trying to Buy TikTok (Yes, Really) 🛒📲
With just days before TikTok could get banned in the US, Amazon lobbed a last-minute bid to acquire the app. The catch? Almost no one’s taking it seriously. But never underestimate Bezos energy.
👉 Why Amazon wants to own your dance videos

5. Elon’s $400M Supercomputer is Too Powerful for Memphis ⚡🧠
xAI is spending at least $400M to build a mega-supercomputer in Memphis. There’s just one issue: Memphis doesn’t have enough electricity to power 1 million GPUs. Solution? Musk might build his own power plant. Because of course.
👉 Why Elon’s AI hub might need its own grid

Quick Hits 📰

• Visa Offers Apple $100M to Ditch Mastercard 💳
  The Apple Card is up for grabs—and Visa really wants it.
  👉 The battle of the payment giants

• BYD Outsells Tesla Again. And It’s Going Global. 🇨🇳⚡
  Tesla’s deliveries dipped while BYD’s surged. Trouble in EV paradise?
  👉 China's EV giant is coming for Tesla

• 23andMe Is Auctioning Off 15M DNA Profiles 🧬🧾
  After bankruptcy, 23andMe is selling off your genome.
  👉 The largest DNA data sale in history

• SpaceX & Apple Are Beefing Over Satellites 🛰️📵
  Starlink vs. Apple satellite services = tech drama in orbit.
  👉 How their spat could affect your iPhone

• a16z Speedrun Is Back With $1M Per Startup 🚀💼
  Top startups can pitch for $1M and a spot in LA’s speediest incubator.
  👉 Apply now for Speedrun 005

• Apple's Siri Can Now Command Your Vacuum 🧹📱
  Just say “Hey Siri, clean the kitchen” — and it might actually work now.
  👉 Smart home just got smarter

• Alexa+ “Launch” Was... Basically Imaginary 🗣️❌
  Amazon’s hyped Alexa+ features? Good luck finding someone who got them.
  👉 Why no one actually has Alexa+ yet

• OpenAI Plans to Release an “Open Weight” Model 🧠💾
  Sam Altman says an open-weight AI model is coming this summer.
  👉 Why OpenAI is finally opening up

• Rocket Buys $11B Worth of Mortgage Companies 🏠💸
  Rocket Companies is scooping up Mr. Cooper. Hello, $2.1T in loans.
  👉 Inside Rocket’s mega housing move

• Quantum Dot TV Conspiracies Are Wild. But Not Totally Wrong? 📺😬
  QLED makers are under fire for exaggerated marketing.
  👉 Do your QLEDs even have real quantum dots?

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