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Goldman Sachs Puts GreenSky Up for Sale: Potential Buyers Express Interest
Fintech Investments // June 13, 2023

Goldman Sachs is exploring strategic alternatives for its consumer arm and FinTech unit GreenSky as it scales down its retail ambitions. Among the firms that submitted initial bids for the installment lending platform, which Goldman Sachs acquired for $2.24 billion last March, are Apollo Global,...

Report: News Startup Semafor Looks to Buy Out Bankman-Fried
Startups // January 18, 2023

Media startup Semafor is reportedly seeking to buy out investor Sam Bankman-Fried. The effort, reported Wednesday (Jan. 18) by the New York Times, adds Semafor to a growing list of organizations and people that have tried to separate themselves from Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX....

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Microsoft Forms AI Partnership With News Startup Semafor

February 05, 2024
Microsoft has reportedly launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-focused partnership with news startup Semafor. The collaboration would see Semafor use tools from Microsoft and partner OpenAI to develop news stories with a “global, multi-source” breaking news feed known as “Signals,” Semafor announced Monday (Feb. 5). “Signals responds to the deep and continuing shifts in the digital media landscape and the post-social news […]

Goldman Sachs Puts GreenSky Up for Sale: Potential Buyers Express Interest

June 13, 2023
Goldman Sachs is exploring strategic alternatives for its consumer arm and FinTech unit GreenSky as it scales down its retail ambitions. Among the firms that submitted initial bids for the...

Report: News Startup Semafor Looks to Buy Out Bankman-Fried

January 18, 2023
Media startup Semafor is reportedly seeking to buy out investor Sam Bankman-Fried. The effort, reported Wednesday (Jan. 18) by the New York Times, adds Semafor to a growing list of organizations and...