Thank You, Brad Pitt

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Happy Friday, Future Party. We have now reached the timeline where the Internet has been around for so long that video clips are being showcased in museums. In this case, it’s the first-ever video uploaded to YouTube, “Me at the zoo,” posted by YouTube co-founder Jawed Kareem in 2006. It’s been acquired by London’s prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum, famous for being one of the largest art museums in the world.

In related news, millennials have never felt so old.

Apple TV has announced that five races from its 2026 Grands Prix season will be livestreamed in IMAX theaters across the country.

The Biggest Picture: As competition for sports rights reaches a fever pitch, offering new and exciting ways to exhibit them is quickly becoming the name of the game. By showing races via streaming and in theaters, Apple — the new official US broadcaster of F1 — is signaling that it can eventize the sport on any screen.

Behind The Screenings: F1 the movie walked so that F1 the sport could run.

Last Lap: Raking in $654 million at the global box office, the Brad Pitt–starring F1 was a major win for Apple, IMAX, and F1 alike. Apple had been teetering on theatrical distribution prior to the film’s success (and its Best Picture Oscar nomination). For IMAX, it marked the company’s biggest Hollywood release of the year, with ticket sales reaching $97.6 million. And for F1, it proved to be exactly the kind of major American entry point to the sport the organization had long hoped for.

No wonder they re-teamed.

Next Race: IMAX is just the beginning of big-screen sports exhibition. Prepare for broadcasters to lock down partnerships with 4DX, Cosm, and Sphere screens to further excite fans.

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Options-trading giant Susquehanna International Group is looking to hire dedicated prediction-market traders.

The Big Bet: Prediction markets have been inescapable over the past couple of years, with Polymarket, Kalshi, and many others dominating headlines with the promise of making money on anything — often, and controversially so. While they were initially dismissed as dangerously speculative, they are now finding mainstream appeal among the financial elite.

Behind The Roles: Time to add “fortune telling” to your resume.

Final Guess: This isn’t Susquehanna’s first brush with institutionalized betting. In 2024, it opened a Dublin office with a team focused on sports betting. And it appears the broader industry is catching up to those experiments. The owner of the New York Stock Exchange invested $2 billion in Polymarket, the Federal Reserve praised Kalshi as a useful tool for “forecasting economic events,” and Goldman Sachs is reportedly “exploring opportunities.”

The Future: Considering that AI is fundamentally about pattern recognition, expect an unprecedented workforce overlap between Wall Street and Silicon Valley in the coming years.

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46.4% of you voted I don’t ski in yesterday’s poll: How would you describe your skiing experience level?

“In the lodge with a hot toddy by the fire.”

“I lived in Aspen for several years and never tried it, even though employers offered ski passes. I’ve broken enough bones in everyday pursuits to know that a sport with an ambulance parked at the bottom of the slope isn’t for me.”

“I tried downhill skiing a couple of times when I was younger but didn’t enjoy it. It felt very unnatural, and I hated the feeling of being out of control. However, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to really enjoy cross-country skiing. It’s much more beginner-friendly, great cardio, and gives you the chance to take in beautiful winter scenery at your own pace.”

“Been skiing since I could walk, and some of the best times of my life have been tied to the sport. It’s a shame it’s gotten more expensive in recent years, but any day I get to spend on the mountain (any mountain) is a good day.”

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🎧 Sony Music has created a new system that can identify how many original songs and how much of them are used in an AI-generated track.

🎮 Speaking of Sony, its gaming division shut down PlayStation subsidiary Bluepoint Games, which was responsible for remaking games.

🎥 Antigravity Academy, the production company of Oscar-nominated filmmaker Carlos López Estrada, is launching a three-month online filmmaking program.

👨‍⚖️ Starbase, the Texas town incorporated by SpaceX, is forming its own court and police department.

🚗 New York City has pumped the brakes on its plan to allow Waymos to operate in the city.

🤖 Perplexity is backtracking on its ad plans after fearing it would erode user “trust.”

🛒 Amazon has surpassed Walmart in retail sales for the first time.

🛍️ Etsy sold its online clothing resale marketplace, Depop, to eBay at a loss.

📱 Reddit is testing an AI-shopping tool that recommends products from ad partners that users also recommended.