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This week on Equity, the crew rounded up several weird things from the week and at least one cool thing.\n\nKirsten Korosec, Devin Coldewey, and Rebecca Bellan first talked about the least weird thing of the week, how nice it is that Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst has a band that people really like.\n\nThen we get weird. First the good weird: a helmet that squeezes your head, but for a really good reason. It prevents hair loss from chemotherapy. Devin covered Luminate\u2019s latest fundraise and news, and everyone was pleased that money was going to a startup that may really be helping people feel better about themselves during a difficult time. The company is hoping to improve at-home care as well.\n\nNext, Kirsten explained the weird phenomenon of Flink, the \u201cquick commerce\u201d startup that just recently was rumored to be on the block for about $106 million, instead raising $115 million. Quite a turnaround! But as the team discusses, it may be that investors see the possibility that the \u201ctumultuous time\u201d for this sector is ending and Flink may have a good grip on the German market. Still\u2026\n\nThen the weirdness begins in earnest. Rebecca is at the \u201cPrincipled Business Summit,\u201d aimed at \u201creclaiming capitalism\u201d from, apparently, itself. She is getting mixed messages from the crowd and the content, which seems to combine enthusiasm for doing the right thing with some fringe tendencies to do\u2026 other things.\n\nAnd weirdest of all, autonomous trucking startup TuSimple\u2019s pivot to\u2026 AI-generated animation and video games. What?! Though there is some overlap between simulation and animation/gaming, it\u2019s a wild and unexpected change for the company, and a lot of shareholders are not going for it. Apparently the new division is working on another adaptation of \u201cThe Three-Body Problem,\u201d so that\u2019s good\u2026 but what about the $450 million they were going to spend on trucks? That conflict is playing out before our eyes. \n\nPress play, and catch up!