Working Girl's Guide #61: Nvidia's new valuation and matching yellow set of my dreams

Nvidia crushed $4 trillion, some bodyguards accidentally shared the location of their bosses, and I’ve hacked Summer Fridays.

Let’s get into it.

It’s jorts season, and Levi’s is feeling good about it

Jorts and Beyoncé are helping Levi’s stay relevant, even as tariffs soar. The company has reported a 6% increase in sales compared to 2024, and a 14% increase in revenue from women’s apparel. They’re crediting jorts (which are sooo back), and also a partnership with Beyoncé (let’s be real, she’s behind all good things), for their revival.

Nvidia becomes the first company to break $4 trillion in valuation

Nvidia, which makes computer chips for AI, just made history (again). Obviously AI is huge right now, but let’s back up a little to understand how crazy this is: the company’s CEO, Jensen Huang, claimed over a decade ago — before most people had ever even heard of AI — that GPUs would be huge for AI systems (he was right), and funnelled tons of cash into GPU production. Ten years later, in 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, and Nvidia took the spotlight. Now, the world’s largest tech companies, including Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon, plan to spend around $320 billion on AI infrastructure this year, and a lot of that is going straight to Nvidia. Huang has a tattoo on his bicep of his company’s logo, which I kind of hate but also…I feel he deserves to wear that like a crown.

This is so much worse than forgetting to unshare your location with your ex

A couple of bodyguards were unknowingly Strava-ing their activities, which resulted in exposing the secret locations of the royal Swedish family. The routes exposed the address of the prime minister’s private residence, his whereabouts while on a personal trip, and the location for a political meeting that also drew leaders from Norway and Finland. Glad to know the bodyguards are keeping fit, but oh my god, set those trackers to private!

Is it a weekend in your late twenties if you’re not at a wedding or wedding-adjacent event? Of course not! I was in Santa Barbara for my friend’s bach (theme was “Sus found her honey,” so we all went coordinated yellow). I got this set at Reformation, if you're curious, and will be wearing it again for another upcoming bachelorette in Big Sky, Montana (with a cowboy hat, of course). This mirror pic was one of the only pictures I took all night (I am TERRIBLE on my phone while I'm out, which is a huge bummer for the content game but I suppose good for dinner table conversation!).

I never know to to dress for office summers. You’re sweating, then you’re freezing. You want to wear a breezy linen dress for your commute, then a parka once you arrive. I think I have finally arrived at the perfect solution, though: the short-sleeve sweater! Breathable (so you don’t die of sweat), a little more profesh than a T-shirt, and pretty much works for both indoor and outdoor temps. Since the one I'm wearing here is nearly sold out, here's another option that I love, and it’s on sale!

During the rare weekends when I’m actually around, I never know what to do with summer Fridays! I want to make plans, but by Friday afternoon my brain is fried and I simply can’t organize one more thing. So I’ve arrived at my new favorite solution: the default summer Friday. Basically, I just pick one spot with a good patio, one go-to drink (mine is a glass of rosé), and make it a standing invite for anyone else who tends to finish their work day on the earlier side. Avoiding decisions and frantic last-minute Yelp scrolling makes me feel like I’m having a calm, cool summer even when work/travel/life is chaotic. If you’re looking for a place, find somewhere that does a happy hour oyster deal because it just feels extra summery. You can always bail or switch it up, but it’s nice to have a standing plan that requires zero brain cells.

This week, Ross and I chat with founder/CEO of the Linchpin Co, Colleen Pelly. We go deep on the recruiting process (fun fact: I worked with Colleen on hiring my newest employee, hi Riley!!). Colleen has hired for Lululemon, Tesla, and billions of other companies, and gets into some of the wildest candidate stories and nightmare clients she’s encountered. We dig into personality bias, the decline of DEI, and whether AI is about to ruin the hiring process completely. Plus, we debate "crying a little for the bag," if referrals really matter, and whether recruiters ever read the résumé you spent four hours formatting. Listen here.

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