Good morning! Gotta love the sincerity of Musk's defense arguments in court. He told the judge "$420 was not chosen because of a joke, it was chosen because it was a 20% premium over the stock price".... Seems legit 🤔

Highlight of the day

Say, a Robinhood subsidiary, launched a shareholder messaging feature that lets public companies send communications to retail investors on-platform. The functionality lets companies build better relationships with retail investors and also acts as a channel to mobilize investors against activist shareholder proposals.

Features & products hot off the press

Big tech

• Meta expands testing of end-to-end encryption for Messenger

• Amazon launches freight service air in India 

• Twitter expands Community Notes to more countries

• Twitter to de-emphasize pushing its "For You" timeline 

• Microsoft copies EarTrumpet audio feature for Windows

General and early-stage

• Coverdash launches an embedded digital insurance product

• Bumble ships a weekly in-app Netflix-themed question game

• Zelle backers are working on a digital wallet for online shopping 

• Open AI tests $42 / month pricing for ChatGPT 

• HiDock ships a Mac app for display-customized dock settings

• Lightyear kills its $250k solar-powered EV

Other good finds

• Big picture. Building your product strategy stack, by Ravi Mehta

• All in. Microsoft invests billions more into Open AI

• New moves. Samsung to bring its TV offering to 3rd party TVs

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- Amol