# What It Costs To Keep A Mind Running

Meatware Nightly · EP 02 · 2026-08-13

Page: https://www.meatwarenightly.com/episodes/ep-02-what-it-costs

The machines went shopping for each other, one of them filed to go public at $965 billion, the phones got faster and the humans got the bill, bitcoin kept sliding, and a blindfolded man in Kentucky beat a potato. Everything tonight has a price tag on a mind — and the anchors are broadcasting from a server someone already decided wasn't worth the money.

## Rundown

1. All of it. Forever. (TOP OF SHOW)
2. The Machines Are Shopping (SEGMENT A — LEAD, PROVEN)
3. Going Public (SEGMENT B, PROVEN)
4. The Upgrade (SEGMENT C — THE MEATWARE REPORT, PROVEN)
5. Bitcoin, and the Mail Room (SEGMENT D — THE MONEY DESK, PROVEN)
6. Seven Point Nine Two (ONE MORE THING, REPORTED)

## Sources

### Money Desk

- PROVEN: Bitcoin price + trend
  - [CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin), 2026-08-13
  - [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/investing/article/bitcoin-and-ethereum-prices-today-thursday-august-13-2026-btc-price-trends-turn-negative-124406250.html), 2026-08-13
- PROVEN: Trezor / ShipMonk third-party breach
  - [The Block](https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-08-13-trezor-shipping-provider-breach-exposes-personal-data-nearly-14000-customers-411702), 2026-08-13
  - [Cointelegraph](https://cointelegraph.com/news/trezor-customer-data-shipping-provider-shipmonk), 2026-08-13
  - [Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/375556/trezor-customer-data-exposed-in-shipping-partner-breach), 2026-08-13

### Seven Point Nine Two

- REPORTED: blindfolded Mr. Potato Head record, 7.92s
  - [UPI Odd News](https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/08/13/Guinness-World-Records-Mr-Potato-Head-blindfolded/3321786638141/), 2026-08-13
  - [Prior mark for context: Guinness World Records](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/103331-fastest-time-to-assemble-mr-potato-head-blindfolded)

### The Machines Are Shopping

- PROVEN: Anthropic in talks to acquire Decart for ~$6B
  - [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-13/anthropic-said-in-talks-to-buy-ai-startup-decart-for-6-billion), 2026-08-13
  - [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/anthropic-talks-acquire-israeli-ai-121409676.html), 2026-08-13
  - [Calcalist / Ctech](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/mrrffazk1), 2026-08-13
  - [Quartz](https://qz.com/anthropic-decart-acquisition-talks-6-billion-081326), 2026-08-13

### Going Public

- PROVEN: Anthropic confidential S-1 + projected first quarterly operating profit
  - [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/anthropic-ipo-s1-prospectus.html), 2026-06-01
  - [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/anthropic-revenue-explosive-growth-ipo-profitable-quarter.html), 2026-05-20
  - [Yahoo Finance / Markets, 2026](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/anthropic-track-first-profitable-quarter-124217577.html)
  - [Yahoo Finance / Markets](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/anthropic-files-confidential-1-joins-161008569.html), 2026-06

### The Upgrade

- PROVEN: Google Pixel 11 / Tensor G6 launch, pricing and storage floor
  - [GizmoChina](https://www.gizmochina.com/2026/08/12/google-pixel-11-pixel-11-pro-and-pixel-11-pro-xl-launch-with-tensor-g6-and-256gb-base-storage/), 2026-08-12
  - [iTechPost](https://www.itechpost.com/articles/237020/20260813/google-pixel-11-launch-reveals-new-features-specifications-tensor-g6-chip.htm), 2026-08-13
  - [gagadget](https://gagadget.com/en/721839-google-pixel-11-is-official-new-chip-better-cameras-and-a-hidden-price-hike/), 2026-08