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How 433 Investors Unlocked 400X Return Potential

Institutional investors back startups to unlock outsized returns. Regular investors have to wait. But not anymore. Thanks to regulatory updates, some companies are doing things differently.

Take Revolut. In 2016, 433 regular people invested an average of $2,730. Today? They got a 400X buyout offer from the company, as Revolut’s valuation increased 89,900% in the same timeframe.

No wonder 10K+ everyday people are taking the chance on Pacaso.

Founded by a former Zillow exec, Pacaso’s co-ownership tech reshapes the $1.3T vacation home market. They’ve earned $110M+ in gross profit to date, including 41% YoY growth in 2024 alone. They even reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO.

The same institutional investors behind Uber, Venmo, and eBay backed Pacaso. And you can join them. But not for long. Pacaso’s investment opportunity ends September 18.

Invest While You Still Can

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What's in this week's issue?

• ❌ The misuse of AI to find Charlie Kirk’s alleged shooter

• 📰 More AI News

• ⛅️ Easy Cloud News

• 🧰 AI Tools

Earlier today, the FBI shared two blurry photos on X of a person of interest in the shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Numerous users replied with AI-upscaled, “enhanced” versions of the pictures almost immediately, turning the pixelated surveillance shots into sharp, high-resolution images. But AI tools aren’t uncovering secret details in a fuzzy picture, they’re inferring what might be there — and they have a track record of showing things that don’t exist.

Many AI-generated photo variations were posted under the original images, some apparently created with X’s own Grok bot, others with tools like ChatGPT. They vary in plausibility, though some are obviously off, like an “AI-based textual rendering” showing a clearly different shirt and Gigachad-level chin. The images are ostensibly supposed to help people find the person of interest, although they’re also eye-grabbing ways to get likes and reposts. Read more 

AI News

• 😨 Study finds people are unsurprisingly creeped out by humanoid robots despite the industry's obsession (link)

• 🌴 A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law (link)

• ↘️ AI adoption rate is declining among large companies — US Census Bureau claims fewer businesses are using AI tools (link)

• 📈 Prediction: This AI stock will be the next household name by 2031 (link)

• 🍌 ByteDance unveils new AI image model to rival Google DeepMind’s ‘Nano Banana’ (link)

Easy Cloud News

AI Tools

• 🙅‍♂️ Avoid.so: Avoid AI detection & humanize AI content (link)

• 📽️ Vidfly: Create videos in seconds with AI to grow your business (link)

• 🏠️ Edensign: Virtual staging that elevates your real estate listings (link)

• ⚙️ Google Workspace: A suite of online productivity and collaboration tools designed for businesses and organizations (link)

• 🌎️ Snov: Sales engagement on autopilot - we reach, you seal the deal (link)