Source: SoftBank will invest an initial $7.5B in OpenAI's $40B round, plus $22.5B by 2025's end; other backers include Microsoft, Coatue, Altimeter, and Thrive
Reportedly With a Few Strings Attached Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : OpenAI Hits $300 Billion Valuation with SoftBank-Led Tender Deal Robert Lavine / Global Corporate Venturing : SoftBank leads O...
Pika, which offers AI tools to generate and edit videos, raised $80M from Spark, Lightspeed, and others at a $470M valuation, taking its total funding to $135M
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A look at the rise and fall of Bird, now a penny stock with a public market cap under $160M, as valuations in the scooter and bike rental sector collapse
Almost exactly five years ago, the scooters came. That's when Bird, the first unicorn in this once sizzling startup sector, launched its inaugural scooter-sharing service. Tweets: @parismarx , @maxwe...
MetaKovan, an anonymous digital asset investor and founder of NFT focused crypto-based investment fund Metapurse, is the buyer of the $69M Beeple NFT
Sort Of Eileen Kinsella / Artnet News : ‘This Is Going to Be a Billion-Dollar Piece Someday’: The Buyer of the $69 Million Beeple NFT on Why It's the Greatest Artwork in a Generation Marion Maneker / ...
Shopify beats estimates as quarterly revenue grew 99% YoY to $70.2M, gross merchandise volume up 109% YoY; stock up 9%
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