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Nick Martell

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The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

So Yetis, looks like Google is zucking Zuck's playbook here.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

They're partnering with an existing proven cooler glasses brand.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

But there's one big difference.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

Google is developing AI glasses with three different eyewear companies at the same time.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

Get this.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

In just the last year, Google has partnered with Warby Parker, the $95 accessible glasses company.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

And they're also developing smart glasses with the startup Gentle Monster.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

Which sells $300 fashion forward frames.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

And now Google's got a smart glasses deal with Gucci.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

Probably $700 if we had to guess.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

This is top of the line.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

I mean, Jack, that's the whole consumer spectrum.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

Google now owns the entire smart glasses price ladder.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

Because they're following the same strategy they did with Android.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

Yes.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

Android powers high-end Samsung phones, Pixel phones, Motorola phones, and low-end Chinese phones as well.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

Besties, it's just like they did with Android.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

Google is trying to be the operating system of everyone's eyeballs, no matter the size of your wallet.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

For our second story, America's most famous venture capitalist just funded MTS, a 24-hour livestream news-ish show on X. And the key bet Andreessen is making is that banks will watch CNBC, tech companies will watch this.

The Best One Yet
šŸ˜Ž ā€œHot Smartglassesā€ — Gucci’s Google deal. A16z’s CNN dupe. $40 Half-Chicken economy. +In-Car Toilet

Yetis, remember just a few weeks ago, Jack and I told you the story of how OpenAI acquired a tech podcast for a reported 200 million bucks.