Top 7 stories to start your day: 1. Threads reaches 100M users in 5 days, a record 2. New class actions filed against OpenAI, Meta 3. U.S. suggests it wants to deescalate trade war with China 4. CPI is expected to drop and core CPI to remain high (Wed)

5. Sequoia China to open a Singapore office, competing with Sequoia India 6. West and South grow GDP faster than Northeast and Midwest 7. From the War in Ukraine: Zelensky is expected to visit NATO summit in Lithuania, while Prigozhin pledged loyalty to Putin in a June 29 meeting.