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- Hey, do you have a sec?
- Mm-hmm.

Uh, so we were talking
about something

in my management
class last night.

Did you guys know we're behind

most of the other auto
companies in green tech?

We got a slow start on EVs,
thanks to a previous CEO.

Yeah, my grandfather
always said,

"Electric cars are
for European sissies."

And I know that sounds bad,

but he didn't mean
people from Europe.

He meant effeminate men.

I'm pretty sure that's worse.

Well, this analyst was
talking to our class about it,

and she says that every time
a auto company announces

a green initiative, the
stock price shoots up.

- Well...
- Yeah.

We do need to boost
our stock price.

Have I told you about
the sacrifice that I made

- to save your jobs?
- You did.

Oh, no, I just didn't
know if you were there

- when I told everyone, so...
- We were all there.

It was pretty selfless, so okay.

Well, yeah. Let's announce it.

What exactly am I announcing?

Say we're investing
2 billion into EV

with plans to go
completely green by,

I don't know, 2040?

And are we actually going green

or just announcing it?

Um, both. We'll put
the press release out

now for the stock bump,
and you take all the time

that you need designing
your solar wheels

or an engine that
runs on hot-dog water

or whatever gets you hard.

- Everyone's happy.
- Does $2 billion...

Does that sound a
little fake, though,

like Dr. Evil or something?

- Do not.
- Well, you could say

like $1.7 billion.

Oh, yeah. No, that's good.

It'll look like we
tried to reach 2 billion

but couldn't.

Oh, my God, fine. Do it.

$2 million.

- Billion.
- $2 billion.

Zip it.

♪ Bom bom
bom-bom-bom-bom-bom ♪

♪ Buh buh bom-bom-bom
buh bom-bom-bom-bom ♪

Did you see this?

Our stock's already
up four points.

- It totally worked.
- I saw.

We should do a
second announcement

and see if the price
goes up even more.

I'm not sure that's a good idea.

The stock price
is up four points.

- I saw.
- Let's do a second

announcement. It'll
boost the price

- even more.
- I said the same thing.

How do we justify a
second press release

on the same day
about the same thing?

Uh, it's green stuff
so, uh, climate change?

Oh, yeah. That's perfect.

- Hmm.
- "As the situation

"with climate change evolves,

so must our plans," et cetera.

Uh, make sure that you use
the word "unprecedented."

- Ooh, that's nice.
- Sure.

And say we're
investing 3.27 billion.

- Oh.
- And we'll be green

- by the year...
- Uh, 2030.

- Love it.
- Okay, anything earlier

than 2035 is gonna sound crazy.

Can we at least say 2034?

- Okay, 2034.
- 2033?

Fine, 2034.

Sounds like you're learning
a lot in that program.

You know, I was never
into academics as a kid,

but this stuff is... Is
actually really interesting.

Well, I'm very happy for you.

Like in my last class, there
was an example of a company,

- Merlin Enterprises.
- Uh-huh.

And Merlin makes widgets.

But one day they decided

that they also wanna
make scrunchems, right?

Right, yeah. Well,
I gotta go...

It's all made-up.

There is no Merlin Enterprises.

But for the sake of
the example, I...

John!

Sorry, I gotta
go deal with this.

John!

We gotta go over some stuff.

He really wanted to
get away from you.

Thank you, Dale.

You click Refresh. You've
got the magic touch.

Okay.

- Oh! Up six cents.
- Whoa, hey, hey! Yes.

We're up another
point and a half.

Hey, we gotta do a
third announcement.

We have to. The stock
market is obsessed

with us right now,
like so horny.

Right, um, I just got a call

from "The Wall Street Journal."

Good news is, they think

that everything we're
saying is super exciting.

Uh, no doy, "Wall
Street Journal."

I was just about to say
that. I was just about to say

- "No doy."
- But they're also curious

to know specifically what
we're doing in terms of,

- you know, going green.
- Already?

We just announced this thing.

Well, if we don't give
them any specifics,

it'll seem like we're all talk,

and our stock price'll go
back down to where it was,

probably lower, actually.

Cyrus! Get in here!

You know, they wouldn't be
doing this if I was a man.

- Holding you accountable?
- Mm-hmm.

You know my office
has a phone, right?

We need to give "The
Wall Street Journal"

some specifics on the
new green initiative.

- What do you got so far?
- The initiative you asked me

to start thinking about
roughly three hours ago?

- Not a whole lot.
- What have you been doing

- this whole time?
- Sorry.

It might take me a whole week

to solve the global
energy crisis.

What if we invest
in some green tech,

like the other companies
we're developing?

Yeah, that'd show "Wall Street"

that we're serious at least.

We have an untapped
acquisition fund.

- Mm.
- And I know about some

promising start-ups
in Silicon Valley.

- Great. Make us a list.
- Okay.

Looks like we're going shopping!

Cha-ching, a little
retail therapy.

Mama likes
to swipe that plastic.

- Mm.
- Just give Mama the cash

and Mama will spend it.

Mama buy
something for baby?

Toy for baby?

Um, let's maybe all just
sit quietly in our offices

for the rest of the day.

This feels good, guys.
We're literally on our way

to help save the planet.

He said while flying
on a private plane,

drinking from
single-use plastic.

So we have meetings set
up with nine start-ups

that are all working on
EV-related technology.

First there's Loband...

I don't need all the details.

This is lottery
ticket investing.

You buy ten. You hope
you get a winner.

Perfect. Great business model.

We should meet with
my buddy Chase.

He's a huge tech guy.

Oh, I... I doubt
we'll have time.

No, seriously.
He's a disruptor.

Like imagine a version of
me, but in Silicon Valley.

Hmm.

Um, I should probably
get into these.

Everyone, please be
seated for landing.

Well, I hope you all
brought your umbrellas,

'cause we're about to make
it rain on some nerds.

♪ It's coming up,
it's coming up ♪

♪ It's dare, uh ♪

We anticipate that
our solar cells

will be able to charge
up to 200% faster

than conventional solar arrays.

So-lar, so good.
It's exciting.

How 'bout, uh, 5 million for 5%?

I know what you're
thinking: this looks like

an ordinary electrical resolver.

This one is coil-free.

Just kidding, I have no
idea what any of this means.

I want you to forget
everything you know

about water and
glycol-based cooling.

- Done.
- I'm ready to make an offer.

I haven't started the pitch yet.

Don't sell past the "yes."

The typical design
consists of primary

and secondary coil windings,
but the operative word...

- Design.
- Coil.

With silicon anodes, we see
higher lithium absorption,

as silicon can bind
four lithium ions

- per silicon atom.
- This is game-changing.

- It's a game changer.
- The game has changed.

This'll change the game.

I cannot take
much more of this.

So many different types of nerd,

each with their
own distinct odor.

Well, our next
meeting cancelled.

The company dissolved and
laid off its entire workforce.

- Oh, thank God.
- Oh, that's perfect.

We can meet Chase. His
company is right around

- here.
- Or we could go to

that boba shop that we
passed on the way here.

Oh, I vote for that.

I love me some boba.

- It's so good.
- It's nice to chew a drink.

Guys, come on. We're
meeting with every

company Cyrus wanted to.

- I'm just asking for one.
- Oh, baby brother is jealous.

Does baby need a toy?

Fine! Forget it.

Uh, message received, okay?

I'm dumb, and everything
I say is stupid.

Mm-hmm.

Okay, Wesley, we'll
meet your friend.

- Seriously?
- Yeah.

Yes! You will not regret this.

I personally vouch for this guy.

Mm.

Wesley Payne in the house!

- Oh, there he is.
- Sarah, pump up the AC

because this guy comes in hot.

Uh.

- My man.
- Yeah.

What in white-boy hell is this?

Uh, Chase Brody, this
is Katherine Hastings...

Katherine the Great, I call her.

That's Sexy Sadie,
Jack the Knife,

and Cyrus, um, uh,
the Glasses Guy.

Well, thanks for
comin' out here, fam.

Yeah, well, our last
pitch cancelled,

so we have a very short window

for a quick, quick
meet and greet.

- Mm-hmm.
- So how do you two

- know each other?
- Wesley and I go way back.

I used to cheat
off him in college.

Right.

Oh, you're serious.

Yeah, no. He's got
some strengths.

All right, well, if you
guys wanna follow me,

- I can give you the grand tour.
- Oh, great.

We'd love a real
quick, short tour.

Mm, so he's less
intelligent than Wesley.

- God help us.
- Yeah.

Take a seat. Make
yourselves comfortable.

This is our chief "sand-gineer,"

Dustin Kregg.
He's like the Woz

to my Jobs. He
does the science.

I do the vision.

Hi...

I, uh, like your tie.

I like yours too.

What is sand?

Tiny rocks?

That stuff we play
in at the beach?

Well, what if the
actual particles

that we drive by when
we drive by the beach

could actually be
powering what we drive

when we drive by the beach?

- What is he talking about?
- I didn't get any of that.

We've learned how to harness
the power of the sun,

the wind, and water.

Why not the power of sand?

Wait, he's not actually
pitching a battery made

- of sand, right?
- I give you...

- No, he can't be.
- The world's first

sand-based battery,
the sandtery.

- Oh, my God. I think he is.
- For generations...

- Should we leave?
- Are you kidding?

I don't wanna miss
a second of this.

- Guys, shh!
- Isn't it time

we built on something new?

Oh, please say
"built on sand."

Oh, God, that would
make me so happy.

Isn't it time

we built... on sand?

Revolutionizing the world...

Shh. You're being rude.

- Everything okay?
- Oh, oh, yeah.

Everything is more
than okay, yeah.

No, this is fantastic.
Please keep going.

So here in our lab,
our scientists work

to manipulate the
chemistry of sand

to hold and transfer electricity

using the principles of physics.

Wow, that sounds very sciencey.

Yes, I think that physics is
actually the most sciencey

of all the sciences.

You guys are being so
annoying right now.

And so over here is
sort of the sand area.

There's thousands of
different types of sand.

It can be finicky.

I was trying to ask
about their financials.

I'm not totally clear
on their business model.

Oh, it's... it's really simple.

We give them money.

They put it in a Cayman
Island bank account.

We never hear from them again.

Yeah, they didn't teach
us that one in class yet.

Mm.

Hey, will you stick close by?

That creepy guy keeps
on staring at me.

Which creepy guy?

Uh, Jack,

the one with the notebook.

He weirds me out.

Don't worry.

I won't let him near you.

- Thanks.
- All right, everybody.

I'd like to introduce to
you the future of energy,

the sandtery.

- Oh.
- Oh, wow.

Wow, it works.

I told you guys he was a genius.

You never believe me.

I honestly thought this was like

a Theranos-type
situation.

I didn't think it was possible.

How did... how many amp hours
do you get from this much sand?

Hard to say. This is
more of a conceptual

prototype than an
actual working model.

So...

- Yeah.
- Okay, uh, Chase.

This may sound like a
stupid question, I mean...

- No such thing.
- Just so I understand...

Sure.

Is this lamp powered
by this sand?

This particular lamp is
powered by AA batteries,

but this is exactly

how an operational
sandtery will look.

- Mm.
- Mm-hmm.

Anyway, let's jump
back into our civvies

and chat details.

All right?

Well, that was really something.

Really didn't need to
go to a lab for that.

What was the point
of these suits?

I guess they didn't
want us to contaminate

their nice IKEA lamp.

At least when people
sell you magic beans,

they don't tell you
they haven't cracked

the bean technology yet.

So they haven't figured
out every detail.

- Oh, my God!
- Jesus, Jesus!

Wesley, why are you
naked under that?

I thought we all were.

Hey, guys. Take a seat.

So now you have seen
the Sandbox revolution.

We here at Sandbox believe
that we can no longer afford

to keep our heads in the sand.

Chase, I don't need
the whole pitch.

Truth is, I think your
technology is a little,

um, hmm... what is the
word that I am looking for?

- Bogus?
- What's a nicer way

- of saying that?
- Hmm. Uh, spurious?

Spurious. Great, spurious.

The tech is spurious, but you
and Wesley are old friends,

so how 'bout we throw you
50 grand for, I don't know,

20%, a million percent?

We're all havin' fun
here.

- $50,000?
- Uh-huh.

Well, um,

thank you for the offer, uh,
but we believe our valuation

to be at 5 billion.

I'm sorry.

I might've gotten
sand in my ears.

Did you say "billion" with a B?

We believe that with our tech,

we should be able to garner
a significant share...

What tech? You have no tech.

You have the idea of
batteries made out of sand,

which is really just
a couple letters away

from batteries
made out of farts.

Well...

thank you for your interest.

Well, thank you so much
for showing us around.

This has been hilarious,

and I wish you the
best of luck in prison.

So embarrass me in
front of my friend...

Was that always your plan or...

Of course not, Wesley.

At least not initially.

Hey, um, can I have your email?

Oh, I would, but I
don't have email.

Oh, I just... this is just...
I check the weather on this.

- That's just for my weather.
- Oh, okay.

Well, I'm sorry it
didn't work out.

I felt a real
connection with you,

way more than with
the Tesla people.

With the Tes... Tesla.

Huh.

Bet you would've invested
if Cyrus had asked you to.

- Cyrus knows things.
- It's true. I do.

And this place is super sketchy.

Yeah, I can't believe
Tesla's looking at them.

How do you know Tesla's
looking at them?

The creepy engineer told me.

Weird, Tesla usually has
pretty good instincts

about this stuff.

Tesla?

Hmm.

And that's... that...
That's interesting.

Why would Tesla be
interested in them?

Even if they checked them out,

that doesn't mean they
thought it was worth anything.

Can you find out
what the deal is?

You think Chase is
gonna tell me anything

after the way you insulted him?

Well, if Tesla's
looking at them,

maybe other companies are too?

I used to
date a guy at GM.

I could do some fishing.

Okay, great. Call him.

Does anyone know
someone at Ford?

I actually had an
on-again, off-again thing

- with a guy there.
- Oh. Call them too.

Um, anyone know
anyone at Chrysler?

Throuple that went south.

- Ooh, I'll try him.
- How 'bout Volvo?

Not into Swedes, got it.

I know a VC guy I
could check with.

He usually knows if
something has buzz.

I can call my hedge-fund friend.

We met in business
school, not a throuple.

- No need to slut-shame.
- I can see if the analyst

who spoke to my class
has heard of 'em.

I could reach out to
the "Journal" reporter.

I'll call them. I need
you to see what else

you can squeeze out
of that engineer.

- He's into you, right?
- You want me

to whore myself
out to the weirdo?

Flirt with him. I'm
not saying you should

him. I mean,
unless there was

- a connection and you're into...
- Ew.

Jeff Bezos used to
look like a dork,

and now he's a billionaire
with a Jason Statham vibe.

Okay? You could do way worse.

David, how are you?

Why are you calling, Cyrus?

I've just missed you.

I was thinking about that
week we spent at the beach.

Oh, speaking of beaches,

has GM been talking
to a company called...

Sandbox? No, that
doesn't ring a bell.

It's probably nothing.
I'm just doing

- my due diligence.
- Well, I could ask around

- and call you back.
- Great, thanks.

I'm 99% sure that they're
scam artists, so...

They're gonna be huge.
They got this game-changing

technology, but I need to
know if there's competition.

All right, thanks for the tip.

No, no. I'm not
giving you a tip.

Hey, Dustin.

Dusty Dustin.

No, that's not...

What are you doin' here?

I just felt like I
wanted to see you again,

Big D.

No, it's been way too
long since we talked.

That's what happens
when you ghost someone.

I didn't ghost. I told
you I didn't love you

and then ended contact.

When you spoke to
our class, you said

we can call you with questions?

Can I ask you about one company?

Sandbox? Is anyone
at the "Journal"

- writing about them?
- Why?

Are you guys making a play?

I'm asking you the questions.

You know that's not how
newspapers work, right?

It was kind of hot before
when you were talking to me

about Tesla.

What else do you
know about them?

They're an automotive
and energy company

founded in July 2003 in
San Carlos, California,

- but currently headquartered...
- Oh, my God, stop.

Stop it. You're
so funny, Dustin.

- He called you too?
- Yup.

What is going on with him?

And then he was asking me
about some battery company.

Me too. Sandbox.

What's that about?

- Well, I should go.
- Yeah, okay. Bye.

- Hi, I need you to look into...
- Hey, have you heard

- of Sandbox?
- Called Sandbox.

Wesley, Monica Chess
from the "Journal."

I'm hearing rumors
about an auto company

acquiring Sandbox.

- Care to comment?
- You mean Tesla?

Tesla? That's interesting.

When you say "there's
a buzz," how much buzz?

Well, I'm hearing a
lot of... Oh, hold on.

- Hello?
- Chucky-Cheese,

checking your
temperature on Sandbox.

Jesus, they're about to explode.

Tesla and Payne are
both interested?

Those are just the
ones that I know of.

- Lemme guess, Sandbox?
- Hold on.

Hey, Monica, I don't
think anyone's talking

about anything but them.

Look, the company everyone
is talking about right now,

Sandbox! Buy, buy, buy!

This thing is on fire, people.

It is red-hot!

Apparently they're
the next Google,

Alphabet, Facebook, Meta.

I know some of those
are the same companies,

but the point is, they
could've been the answer

to all of our problems
and we missed it.

- Uh, you missed it.
- Is it possible

that we're just
buyin' into the hype?

I mean, you were the one
that said they were trying

- to sell us magic beans.
- Yeah.

And if I remember
that story correctly,

they really were magic beans.

, we misread that
situation completely.

You misread the situation.

Okay, Wesley, you were right.

Happy? You were
right. I was wrong.

You were wrong.
Oh, I heard it.

Oh, it's Javier from Nissan.

Everybody's thirsty
for Cyrus today.

Hola, Javi.

Chase, I'd like to apologize
for my lack of tact earlier.

Oh, do you now?

Your vision may
have been too bold

for me to recognize right away.

So how 'bout 200 million
for a 5% stake in Sandbox?

200, that's... that's a
lot of money for, uh...

What did you call
us, a bag of farts?

I think it was actually
a battery made of farts.

Once you get to know
her, that's not even

all that insulting. That's
like a four out of ten.

Well, an hour ago, I would've
jumped at that offer,

but since then, we
have had a flood...

Of interest.

Hedge funds, VCs.

Anyway, thanks for comin' back.

It's been...

hilarious.

If you ever hurt her,
I will kick your ass.

While the focus has been on
optimization, the issue is,

in fact, uh, sustainability.

I told you Chase was legit.
You should've listened to me.

And I already agreed with you.

Do you realize the
healthy boundaries

I let crumble all for nothing?

Dustin held his wrist by my face

for an entire TED
Talk, and it smelled.

- It was a smelly wrist.
- Are we sure

this isn't a scam? If...

In my class, we were reading
about irrational exuberance.

It's not
a textbook, Jack.

- It says the basic...
- We're buds and all...

We're buds and all, but you're
seriously embarrassing yourself

- right now.
- Machine learning can...

Guys, this is amazing,
everything you're doing

- with sensors.
- Uh, you mean AI?

Yeah, whatever. AI.

We're gonna need to
discuss this for a minute.

Sure. Mm-hmm.

We need the room.

Oh! Okay.

Yeah, so we're gonna have to...

Wesley,
get Chase on the phone.

- Now?
- Uh, yeah.

I am not gonna lose Sandbox,

and I cannot sit
through another minute

of these nerds and their
stupid, boring pitch.

Sensors this, sensors that.

get laid.

- You got Chase.
- Uh, hey, Chase. It's Wesley.

Look, uh, so Katherine
wanted to make one last try.

Uh, God. What is
it with that bitch?

Hey, Chase. Kat Hastings here.

Uh, look, we're
upping our offer.

5%, $300 million.

And if you want, we'll throw
in that cute little blonde

that your engineer
likes so much.

Also, I screwed up.

Just assumed you
were full of crap,

and I should've trusted
you, so I'm sorry.

But we wanna be in
business with you,

so if you give us a
chance, we would really...

Still a pass, Kat.
Thanks anyway.

Uh, hold on. Hold on.

Uh, Chase, look, man.

We're tired.

We just spent a
long day listenin'

to a bunch of dumb,
smelly virgins

talking about sensors nonstop.

It's AI.

And yeah, maybe Katherine
came off as kind of a bitch,

but...

If you get to know her,

you'll realize that A, she's
also low-key kind of hot,

and B, she's the bitch
you want on your side

because she sticks by you.

No, it's true, Chase. I
don't know if you know this,

but a couple of months ago,

the board tried to fire
this whole group...

M-m-m-my point is,
don't go with us

just because of the money.

Go with us because when
the going gets rough,

we're the ones you want
next to you in that sandbox.

Yeah, to Sandbox

- and to Wesley...
- Oh.

For making it all happen.

In the future, I am
gonna listen to you more,

- or, you know, at least try to.
- Danke.

Oh, looks like the news leaked.

Our share price is already
shooting up pre-market.

- Whoo!
- Yes!

Suck it, board.

I'm sendin' our stock
through the stratosphere.

You... you know the board
would like that, right?

- Well, yeah.
- Hey, guys.

I'm sorry about being such
a downer about everything.

Don't worry about it, Jack.

You know, people make
mistakes. You'll learn.

Yeah. It just seemed
so crazy to me

that we were gonna
give $300 million

to some guys who said they can
make a battery out of sand.

- Wow.
- Mm-hmm.

Hey, guys.

What did we just buy?