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OpenAI Vet Sutskever’s Startup Reportedly Raises $1 Billion
OpenAI Vet Sutskever’s Startup Reportedly Raises $1 Billion
September 04, 2024  |  Investments

Safe Superintelligence, the company co-founded by OpenAI veteran Ilya Sutskever, has reportedly raised $1 billion. The company plans to use the funds to boost its...

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Sequoia Backs Off Crime App Citizen Amid VC Funding Downturn
Sequoia Backs Off Crime App Citizen Amid VC Funding Downturn
February 26, 2023  |  Startups

Sequoia Capital has reportedly stopped funding the crime-tracking app Citizen amid a startup financing drought. According to a Saturday (Feb. 25) Financial Times (FT) report,...

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Physics of the FTX Bubble: Hot Air Rises Fastest
Physics of the FTX Bubble: Hot Air Rises Fastest
November 24, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Fraud is often obvious in retrospect, and as the dust around a scandal settles, it is often easy to point fingers at the failings of...

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Sequoia Capital Loses $150M in FTX Collapse
Sequoia Capital Loses $150M in FTX Collapse
November 22, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Venture capital (VC) firm Sequoia Capital has apologized to its investors for its loss in the fallen cryptocurrency exchange FTX and said it will step...

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If Crypto’s Bull Market Made VCs Look Smart, What Happens Now?
If Crypto’s Bull Market Made VCs Look Smart, What Happens Now?
November 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Hindsight is 20/20, and its perspective is often brought into further clarity by regret. Just ask some of the venture capital industry’s most well-known firms,...

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Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX and the Demise of the Cool Kids
Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX and the Demise of the Cool Kids
November 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Investors with money sitting on the sidelines, listen up. I’m on to the next big thing and need capital. The total addressable market is every...

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Two Big ByteDance Investors Reportedly Back Oracle’s Bid For TikTok
Two Big ByteDance Investors Reportedly Back Oracle’s Bid For TikTok
August 24, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Investment firms Sequoia Capital and General Atlantic, which are major investors in TikTok‘s parent ByteDance, are pushing the firm to sell TikTok’s U.S. arm to...

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Top News In Payments: Wells Fargo Collaborates With Plaid On API; Postmates Notches $225M
Top News In Payments: Wells Fargo Collaborates With Plaid On API; Postmates Notches $225M
September 20, 2019  |  News

Today in the payments news roundup, Wells Fargo is collaborating with data platform Plaid to let customers manage their finances in one place through an...

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Thumbtack Closes $150M Funding Round To Grow Services Marketplace
Thumbtack Closes $150M Funding Round To Grow Services Marketplace
July 23, 2019  |  Investments

Thumbtack, a local services marketplace that matches consumers with professionals like plumbers and yoga teachers, has raised $150 million in a funding round and has...

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