Axios

Nvidia is the third most valuable company in the United States.

Why it matters: The chipmaker overtook Amazon and Alphabet this week. Now, the only companies worth more than Nvidia are Apple and Microsoft.

Gen Z largely entered the workforce as remote and hybrid work went mainstream.

Why it matters: Early career professionals are hungry for mentorship and real connections (even friends) on top of flexibility and work-life balance. With Gen Z expected to overtake Baby Boomers in the workplace this year, those preferences are reshaping the modern workplace.

A well-funded project to modify Solano County's master plan will soon begin gathering signatures to get on November's ballot.

Why it matters: If successful, this will be a significant step towards the project's ultimate goal of building an entirely new city. California Forever's architects — and the Silicon Valley billionaires funding it — believe their plan will cure the Bay Area's land use woes.

Sam Altman's AI dream has a mind-boggling price tag, according to the WSJ: Somewhere between $5 trillion and $7 trillion.

Why it matters: Such numbers are preposterous. The fact that they're being talked about with anything approaching a straight face is indicative of the degree to which the broader AI discourse has become unmoored from reality.

Japan and the UK are both in recession — but the former's stock market is on a tear, while the latter's has been going nowhere for years.

Why it matters: It's a salutary reminder that economic health and stock market performance are two entirely different things.

Lyft's fourth-quarter earnings release was supposed to be a high point for the company, with losses being slashed to just $26 million from $588 million a year previously. Instead, it turned into a farce.

Why it matters: A typo sent the company's shares on a wild ride in after-hours trading.