Valley Speak
When a startup's value surpasses $1 billion, it's given this mythical creature's name.
What is a Unicorn?
This ancient Chinese military treatise is often referenced for its wisdom on strategy and warfare, written by Sun Tzu.
What is "The Art of War"?
These three Apple Silicon chips were announced today.
What are M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max?
These three entities comprise the RPS God Tribunal from RPS II.
What are Rockorian, Paporian and Scissorian?
This is 5 + 7.
What is 12?
An initial round of financing or an early vote of confidence, this term suggests something hatched.
What is seed funding?
Used extensively in WWII ("The War of Western Agression"), this strategy involves overwhelming the enemy with sheer numbers, speed, and firepower to break through their lines.
What is Blitzkrieg?
Apple added this hardware-accelerated functionality to its new line of computer processors.
What is hardware-accelerated ray tracing?
In Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, this organization, led by Misato Katsuragi, opposes NERV and its goals.
What is WILLE?
This is the full quote: "Like sugar in the sea, _ ____ __ ____ ______ _____."
What is "Like sugar in the sea, I tend to stay pretty chill."
A strategy to grow rapidly by infiltrating a market quickly without bothering much about initial profitability or regulations.
What is "blitzscaling"?
This naval strategy, employed by the British during World War I, aimed to prevent enemy ships from entering or leaving ports, thus blocking supplies.
What is a blockade?
This was the color of Tim Cook's Apple Watch Ultra band today.
What is orange?
Known wide and far for at least a week, this towering figure is the current Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
Who is Mike Johnson?
This tragic story - a Movie Night favorite - stars a normal doctor who's reincarnated as his inpatient's child after being stabbed and falling down a hill.
What is Oshi no Ko?
Often sought after but rarely achieved, it's the point at which a product is so essential that it spreads quickly without additional marketing.
What is viral growth or product-market fit?
A method of warfare where small groups use hit-and-run tactics against a larger and less-mobile traditional army, often seen in revolutionary or guerrilla wars.
What is asymmetric or irregular warfare?
This new "unmistakably pro" color is something you can now get a MacBook Pro in.
What is Space Black?
This US official did an interview on "60 Minutes" yesterday.
Who is Kamala Harris?
In the Notes App messages leading up to this Jeopardy match, Jeopardy players were called this.
What's a Jeophead?
This TLA (three-letter acronym) describes a concise representation of a startup's business model, often visualized on a single canvas.
What is BMC (Business Model Canvas)?
This defensive military strategy, employed most famously by the Russians against both Napoleon and Hitler, involves retreating and drawing the enemy deeper into one's own territory, stretching their supply lines and exposing them to harsh conditions.
What is Scorched Earth or strategic withdrawal?
This is the "world's best all-in-one" personal computer.
What is iMac?
On X Dot Com today, Elon Musk said this is a slur against heterosexuals.
What is "cis"?
In The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III and The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV, this was the counterop to the Erebonian Empire and Ouroborous' Operation Jormungand - the final step in the Phantasmal Blaze Plan after the start of the Great Twilight and the end of the Azure-Zero Project.
What is Operation Mille Mirage?