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Kara and Scott discuss the backlash to Trump's Iran deal, SpaceX's recent achievements, and Snap's new smart glasses.

Kara and Scott unpack the backlash to Trump’s Iran deal, and the symbolism of the algae bloom in the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool. Plus, SpaceX passes Amazon in its first week as a public company, acquires Cursor, and kicks off an AI IPO frenzy. Then, Snap’s pricey new smart glasses. Watch this episode on the ⁠⁠Pivot YouTube channel⁠⁠.Follow us on Instagram and Threads at ⁠⁠@pivotpodcastofficial⁠⁠.Follow us on Bluesky at ⁠⁠@pivotpod.bsky.social⁠⁠Follow us on TikTok at ⁠⁠@pivotpodcast⁠⁠.Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email pivot@voxmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Kara, Scott

Topics covered

• Trump's Iran deal
• SpaceX
• AI IPO frenzy
• Snap's smart glasses
• algae bloom
• public companies
• technology news

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran deal
• SpaceX
• Snap
• smart glasses
• AI IPO
• technology
• news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trump, SpaceX, Amazon, Cursor, Snap

Places: Lincoln Memorial, Reflecting Pool

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