the great unbundling of Condé talent
I’m not too worried about them
Last week, as seen on reader
reached out to ask if I was keeping an eye on the Figma IPO. If I wasn’t, she said, I should be. Georgie is a 25-year-old investor at Headline, a global VC firm, where she’s spent the past three years focused on early-stage consumer and healthcare startups. Below today’s roundup are Georgie’s thoughts on Figma’s upcoming IPO, its A.I. risk disclosures, and what it all means for design, expertise, and the future of creative work.Also in today’s newsletter: Amazon is producing the A.I. version of The Social Network, Chalamet’s A24-coded Cash App ad, protein Uncrustables, Universal’s Odyssey bet, The RealReal saw a 35% spike in searches for Birkins, the end of leggings, a changing of the guard at The Times, some Devil Wears Prada 2 intel, Brad Pitt’s skin care brand, the tinned fish backlash, South Korean medical tourism, a new talent agency made up of former Condé editors, and a bunch of other stuff.
Enjoy!
Dakota Johnson and Ro Donnelly’s production company, TeaTime Pictures, inked a first-look deal with Sony to develop and produce scripted content for the studio for streaming and cable. TeaTime recently premiered the Neon comedy Splitsville at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Other credits include Cha Cha Real Smooth (acquired by Apple TV+), Am I Ok? (HBO Max), and Daddio. All news to me, by the way. Dakota is a bit of a late‑blooming star. Very hot too. Questionable acting. Also very randomly the co-founder of Maude?? Someone please confirm if this is still a thing. She never posts about them.
wrote a great piece about how Topicals is using sports to tell beauty stories. “I’ve long seen Topicals akin to a brand like Aimé Leon Dore — equally adept in product development as it is in marketing.” I concur. It’s been exciting to see
’s footprint on the brand in the last few months. I’ve been especially interested in their experiential strategy—from the game shows to the Topicals Summer Slather tour. Next stop: New York.
Meanwhile, enjoying sister brand BREAD’s relaunch over on their socials. It’s a cereal milk summer?
