Outset Ventures celebrates completion of Future House, eyes next venture

Plus what went down at Sunrise, a massive seed round for agentic AI startup, Google Search going down, and a note of caution over economic optimism

Happy Friday.

We made it another week and its somehow less than the month until Christmas. As an early present to you all, why not check out our Friday feature where we chat to Outset Ventures co-founder Mat Rowe in a week where he has a lot to celebrate. It’s a story of New Zealand’s own factory of dreams.

Here’s what’s else is waiting for you in your Friday Daily Shot:

• From Rockets to Real Talk: What Went Down at Sunrise Aotearoa and who said being a founder is “like being at the end of a firehose of sh*t”

• Politicians grasp at positive news but cash rate cut signals tough times still ahead

• BlackRock insists it’s committed to NZ

• Crawford Media: Google Search is going down

• Former Google leaders agentic AI startup takes massive $56M seed round at a $500M valuation

• Plus your weekend fuel list of what to read, listen to and watch as the mercury rises

As always, a huge thank you to everyone who has already upgraded to a paid subscription. Stay tuned for more subscriber only content to come in the weeks ahead.

Finn & the Caffeine Team