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šŸ„¹ ā€œAdorrrrrableā€ ā€” AI agentā€™s cute-washing. Arcteryx vs. Patagonia. Skydanceā€™s megastudio. +Publicly traded poetry

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 5, 202622 min
  • Business & money

Why is every tech brand launching a cute AI mascot?ā€¦ Itā€™s the Labubufication of AI. Arcteryx has become an accidental luxury brandā€¦ just like Patagonia before it. Paramount + Warner Bros closes tomorrowā€¦ introducing David Ellisonā€™s ā€œSkydance.ā€ Plus, we wrote poem (a publicly-traded poem)... about Nike $AS $NFLX $META Grab your Tickets to the IPO Tour: Our In-Person Offering Boston 10/14: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/tboy-the-ipo-tour-in-person-offering-8cdhup Seattle 11/4 (21+): https://www.axs.com/events/1446394/the-best-one-yet-tickets NEWSLETTER: https://tboypod.com/newsletter OUR 2ND S...

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This is Nick. This is Jack. Welcome back. It is Monday, October 5th. And today's pod is the best one. Yeah, this is a T-Boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Besties, check a bag because we're flying to New York City for New York Ad Week this week.

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We have a surprise event on Wednesday morning. I can't wait to announce. And then on Thursday, we're doing a live show at Seed Tag for Ad Week. And we're basically going full Don Draper on the city. But in the meantime, Mad Men Jack, what do we got on today's fantastic T-Boy?

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For our first story, it's Arterix. The outdoor gear brand loved by Fashionista is beating Patagonia. Even though no one knows how to pronounce it. We'll tell you how reluctantly Arterix became a financial fashion flex.

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