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📈 Robinhood and AppLovin
Both join the S&P 500
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What we’ll cover today:
📈 Robinhood and AppLovin join the S&P 500
🤖 Snap’s AI chatbot faces heat in DC
📢 SaaS leaders calling on AI
AppLovin (ads tech) and Robinhood (stock app) are officially joining the S&P 500 club, replacing MarketAxess and Caesars. Big upgrade.
🚨 Breaking News:
S&P Global just added AppLovin and Robinhood to the S&P 500 index. Both stocks popped 7% right after.
⚡Wire Simplified –
Funds must buy their shares now to match the index.
Robinhood’s meme stock fans finally get bragging rights.
AppLovin grew 700% in 2024 (yep, no typo).
Caesars and MarketAxess are out, sorry casinos and bonds.
Joining the S&P 500 = automatic “serious company” badge.
✔️ Straight to the Point:
AppLovin and Robinhood just leveled up. Being in the S&P 500 means bigger investors and more spotlight, pressure is on now.
🎤 Do you think Robinhood deserves a spot in the S&P 500? |
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FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter says the DOJ still has not updated the public on Snap’s My AI chatbot complaint. Suspense continues.
🚨 Breaking News:
Snap’s AI chatbot is under federal scrutiny for child safety risks, but no one knows what the DOJ is doing.
⚡Wire Simplified –
Complaint filed in January, handed to DOJ.
Snap’s “My AI” chatbot powered by OpenAI and Google.
Critics say it is risky for kids.
Trump tried and failed to remove Commissioner Slaughter.
White House is still dining with tech CEOs meanwhile.
✔️ Straight to the Point:
Snap’s AI is under fire for child risks. With silence from the DOJ, parents and regulators are left guessing. Not cool.
Whether you like it or not; the best companies I meet today in the US are in office 6 days per week.
I do not know one single company in the UK that is 6 days per week. 🤷♂️
We need to up our game. We need more intensity.
— Harry Stebbings (@HarryStebbings)
12:26 PM • Sep 6, 2025
AIs aren’t minds and robots aren’t bodies.
They’re better at some things - usually the things we hate to do.
They’re worse at other things - usually the things we like to do.
Automation more than competition.
— Naval (@naval)
6:28 AM • Sep 6, 2025
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