Subj : Tesla Robotaxi ¨, Perplexity Labs ¨, habits of exceptional startups ¨ To : All From : TLDR Date : Fri May 30 2025 10:43:28 --AQeblfzS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tesla plans to launch its long-awaited robotaxi service in Austin on June= 12. 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The result: $1M in att= ributed pipeline and a 52x ROI. The case study breaks down their strat= egy, results, and example ads. Read the Delve case study. [4] = =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS TESLA TARGETS JUNE 12 LAUNCH O= F ROBOTAXI SERVICE IN AUSTIN (3 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 Tesla plans to la= unch its long-awaited robotaxi service in Austin on June 12. The date has= only been discussed internally and could still change. The company this = week operated a test vehicle on public roads in Austin with no one in the= driver's seat for the first time. Elon Musk said earlier this month that= Tesla would officially roll out a fleet of about 10 self-driving robotax= is in Austin before expanding to a thousand vehicles within a few months.= =20 PERPLEXITY'S NEW TOOL CAN GENERATE SPREADSHEETS, DASHBOARDS, AND MO= RE (2 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 Perplexity Labs, a tool now available to Pe= rplexity Pro users, can craft reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and more= .. It is available on the web, iOS, and Android and will soon be available= on Perplexity's apps for Mac and Windows. The tool is designed to help p= eople complete a variety of work and personal projects. It can take 10 mi= nutes or more to run and use tools like web search, code execution, and c= hart and image creation.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TE= CHNOLOGY CHINA TO VISIT EARTH'S =E2=80=98QUASI-MOON' AND BRING A CHUN= K OF IT BACK HOME (3 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 China's National Space Agenc= y has launched an asteroid sample mission aimed at Asteroid 2016HO3, aka = 469219 Kamo=CA=BBoalewa, which orbits the Sun. The Tianwen 2 probe rode a= Long March 3B rocket into orbit at 1:31 Thursday morning. 2016HO3 is est= imated to have a diameter of 40 to 100 meters. It is an attractive target= for exploration because it can be reached by a spacecraft traveling at a= modest 7 kilometers per second. 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