The Group Chat is back, and this one's a masterclass in how the internet actually works now. The guys sit down with Max Peterson, the 23 year old who built a seven figure clipping empire, paying out over $3 million to 38,000 clippers. Max breaks down how brands like Taco Bell turn podcasts and events into millions of views. Then the crew gets into Meta's surprise new business, Elon's rumored iPhone killer, and why Nike might be the most fixable company in America.

This week's Group Chat covers:

• From posting memes at 12 to running clipping campaigns for Taco Bell and major brands
• Max Peterson's come up: bootstrapping a seven-figure business on $2,500
• The new American dream making $30K a month just posting clips
• How clipping works and why every brand will soon have to pay for it
• Meta's surprise pivot selling its excess AI compute like AWS, and why the stock popped
• The investing lesson hiding in plain sight: when Zuckerberg tells you the plan, believe him
• SpaceX's rumored phone Starlink connected, slimmer than the iPhone, and coming for Apple
• Why Elon might be the only one who can actually dethrone the iPhone
• Bending Spoons' IPO and the business of buying dying brands (AOL, Vimeo, Evernote)
• Nike's big miss the US Men's Soccer merch fumble and how to fix the brand
• Michael Burry shorting Nvidia and Tesla, and the Substack doom grift
• The $40M Sam Altman movie Amazon shelved because no one wants to upset OpenAI

Plus World Cup fever, team USA mania, and why history keeps repeating itself in marketing.

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Group Chat News is back with the hottest stories of the week including

America is running out of places to gather

President Trump, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, and White House task force head Andrew Giuliani put together a team of elite lawyers from outside the government to challenge the Flo Balogun red card,
Biohacker Bryan Johnson reveals he has incurable disease: 'My stomach is eating itself,
US Car Payments Hit a Record $777 a Month as Down Payments Drop,
3-hour flights from LA to NYC move step closer to reality after major restriction lifted,
Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce Gave Cartier Watches to Guests at Wedding and much more!

Group Chat News is back with the hottest stories of the week. Team USA is out of the World Cup and the guys are done with soccer but not before breaking down why American sports franchises are worth more than every soccer team on Earth. Then they get into the wealth-building conversation nobody wants to hear, why nearly half of Americans under 30 live with their parents, and the $12 water that broke the internet.

This week's Group Chat covers:

• Team USA is out — the World Cup fallout, the Argentina conspiracy, and soccer's broken rules
• Vinod Khosla's group buys the Seattle Seahawks for $9.65 billion
• Why one NFL team is worth more than almost every soccer club in the world
• Thousands of hourly Costco workers now have over $1 million in their 401(k)s
• The boomer math nobody talks about — save 5-10% since 1990 and you'd have $6 million today
• Why the S&P 500 is the "Premier League" of investing and still available to everyone
• Is the system actually broken, or are we just wired for instant gratification?
• Nearly half of Americans under 30 now live with their parents — coddling or smart money?
• The participation trophy generation and how parenting changed the game
• Sleepaway camp, self-sufficiency, and raising kids who can take care of themselves
• Erewhon's $12 water sells out — genius marketing or peak status symbol?

And much more!