Many young consumers are spending big on blind boxes. Among the most popular brands is Labubu, a line of ugly-cute monsters whose sales have skyrocketed over the past year.⁠⁠Labubu is made by Chinese collectible-toy company Pop Mart International Group. Their other top-selling blind boxes include Molly, Crybaby and Hirono. The company reported roughly $318 million in revenue in the Americas i...

Nike and the LEGO Group just announced a new multiyear partnership to promote sport and creative play for all kids worldwide.Starting in Summer 2025, look for co-branded products, content and experiences combining the imaginative power of LEGO bricks with Nike’s “Just Do It” spirit.Shop Nike x LEGO CollectionPlay should be a building block of childhood. Unfortunately, for a third of children...

The stablecoin market grew from $28 billion in 2020 to $282 billion in 2025, a tenfold increase in just five years.By 2030, Citi’s base case projects $1.9 trillion in stablecoins, with $648 billion from banknote reallocation, $518 billion from liquidity substitution, and $702 billion from crypto adoption.Stablecoins have rapidly shifted from niche crypto assets to one of the fastest-growing se...

The enduring appeal of analog photography lies not just in the aesthetic of film grain or vintage colors, but in the tactile rituals that made capturing and sharing memories feel special. Loading film, advancing frames, and waiting for prints created anticipation and intention that digital photography often lacks. Even in our smartphone-dominated world, many people crave the physical satisfacti...

1. 오픈 AI, 세계에서 가장 가치 있는 스타트업으로 등극투자 생태계의 중심: 오픈AI가 5,000억 달러의 가치를 인정받으며 세계에서 가장 가치 있는 스타트업으로 등극했으며, 마이크로소프트, 오라클, 엔비디아, 아마존, 메타 등 주요 기술 기업들이 데이터 센터, GPU 공급 등을 통해 오픈AI와 복잡하게 얽힌 AI 투자 생태계를 형성.AI 버블 우려: 일부 분석가들은 AI 부문의 급격한 성장과 과도한 낙관론에 대해 버블 가능성...

OpenAI has emerged as the epicenter of a massive AI investment ecosystem, valued at $500 billion, with intricate relationships spanning the tech industry.New visuals from the Financial Times and Bloomberg map this network, showing Microsoft, Oracle, Nvidia, Amazon, Meta, Google, SoftBank, and CoreWeave all connected to OpenAI through data centers, GPU supply, and cloud investments. A trillion-d...

The rapid advancement of large language models (LLMs), combined with data from wearable devices, presents a transformative opportunity to empower people on their personal health journeys. However, health needs vary from individual to individual. Answering a specific query, such as, "On average, how many hours have I been sleeping this last month?" requires different skills than an open-ended qu...

Investing in the Picks and Shovels of AI AI isn’t just about chatbots and cool demos. Behind the scenes, a massive buildout is underway:Data: Hyperscalers are set to invest $2T in infrastructure over the next 5 years.Power: AI’s electricity demand could rise 40% in the next decade, pushing investment into renewables and grid upgrades.Compute: The cost of AI compute has dropped 99% since 2023,...

Companies are moving toward a new paradigm of humans working together with virtual and physical AI agents to create value. We share lessons from early adopters—and what you can do next.AI is bringing the largest organizational paradigm shift since the industrial and digital revolutions. This new paradigm unites humans and AI agents—both virtual and physical—to work side by side at scale at n...