Could Elon Musk really end up owning TikTok too?

Plus why 2025 will be a breakout year for Kiwi startups, economic outlook improves and UK unveils AI 'superpower' ambitions.

Welcome to Wednesday!

Good morning Caffeinators, I am back from holiday, ready for 2025 to kick off with a bang and what better way to do it than with a feature from Serge on why 2025 will be a breakout year for Kiwi startups. Well, I say ‘Serge’ but maybe ‘inspired by Serge’ is more accurate. Read on to see what I mean …👀

I am very happy to be back and hoping 2025 will improve on 2024 across the board though I am already writing about Elon Musk so things haven’t changed too much yet.

Here’s your Daily Shot news you won’t want to miss.

• China exploring possible sale of US TikTok to Musk

• Inland Revenue going ‘full throttle’ on January liquidation applications

• Business confidence improves with more expectant economic upturn

• Joe Biden Opens up Federal Land to data centres

• Prime Minister Starmer plans to make Britain AI 'superpower

Thanks for joining us again in 2025 and I hope everyone is settling back into the swing of work without too much post holiday blues. If you’re one of the lucky few who isn’t back on deck till later in January, have an extra sleep in for those of us who can’t.

Finn & the Caffeine team

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Our resident scribbler columnist Serge Van Dam is clearly still on holiday and asked AI [Google Gemini] to write his column in full this month. We take no responsibility for the content! Still no chance we’ll stop using the close-up of his mug either. This column was all written from a single prompt: “Based on my previous blogs, write another one in the same style describing why 2025 will be a good year for startups.”