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E146: Safe Superintelligence raises $1B for new AI LLM; OpenAI hits 200M weekly active users for ChatGPT; Salesforce acquires Own company for $1.9B; ByteDance raises $600M for Dongchedi, valued at $3B; ...
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Send us a text PRE-IPO STOCK FUNDS CLOSING TO NEW INVESTORS ON SEP 13 (NEXT FRIDAY) AG Dillon has seven (7) pre-IPO stock funds closing on Friday, Sep 13. Next Friday. See fund list at www.agdillon.com/product (page 3). Available for purchase at Schwab, Fidelity, or directly at AG Dillon. Email aaron.dillon@agdillon.com to invest Subscribe to AG Di…
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E145: FigureAI's $675m capital raise, Stripe stock buyback at $70b, xAI Grok 2.0 differentiators
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Send us a text 00:19 | FigureAI (humanoid robots) - AI and humanoid robots drive efficiency and will drive cost of goods/services to $0, drive unlimited GDP - $675m raise $2.6b valuation; OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia - 10b humanoid robots by 2040 - Musk is projecting 16b to 32b humanoid robots, Telsa Optimus is a humanoid robot - humanoid robots fit e…
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E144: xAI launches Grok-2 and Grok-2 Mini on X platform, Klarna expands into banking with new products, Epic Games targets mobile market with new storefront, Ramp’s AI-powered growth drives $9.1B valuation ...
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Send us a text Subscribe to AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Research at agdillon.com/subscribe; - Wednesday = secondary market valuations, revenue multiples, performance, index fact sheets - Saturdays = pre-IPO news and insights, webinar replays 00:07 | xAI Launches Grok-2 and Grok-2 Mini on X Platform - AI large language model platform business - Released…
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E143: Anduril raise at $14b; Groq raise at $2.8b; Live AI projects at JPM, MStanley, Goldman
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Send us a text Receive the podcast to your inbox = www.agdillon.com/subscribe 00:22 | Groq’s $640M series D drives valuation by 143% - Semiconductor company focused on AI inference chips - Raised $640M in Series D, valuation up to $2.8B (primary) - 143% increase from Feb 2024 round - Backed by Cisco, Samsung, BlackRock - Funds to scale tokens-as-a-…
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E142: Revolut's $45B valuation with employee share sale, Anduril’s $1.5B round pushes valuation to $14B, Groq’s $640M Series D boosts valuation by 143%, Google acqui-hires Character.AI team, Reddit acquires ...
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Send us a text WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: AG Dillon will be hosting a webinar on August 14 at 1:30pm ET titled “How RIAs Can Invest into Venture Capital and Still Custody at Schwab”. Step by step details of investing into alternatives at Schwab and we’ll explore how AG Dillon venture capital funds are specifically designed to eliminate incremental RIA o…
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E141: Cerebras targets October IPO, OpenAI rolls out advanced voice mode, Harvey's $100M Series C round, Canva acquires Leonardo.ai, Ramp's AI-powered financial tools, Ramp's AI-powered financial tools ...
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Send us a text WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: AG Dillon will be hosting a webinar on August 7 at 1:30pm ET titled An Introduction to the AG Dillon Top 10 Pre-IPO Stock Fund. Fund invests into the top 10 pre-IPO stock by valuation. Pre-IPO stock exposure to artificial intelligence, robotics, space economy, fintech, virtual/augmented reality in one fund. Pre-…
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E140: Josh Brown, Michael Batnick, Aaron Dillon - 2024 IPO Outlook and Current State of Pre-IPO Stock Market
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Send us a text Subscribe to The Compound… Apple Podcast = here Youtube = here Visit www.agdillon.com to learn more about AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Funds. 00:00 – Intro 00:48 – 2024 IPO Overview 06:00 – Current Pre-IPO Market Analysis 13:33 – Liquidity in the Private Pre-IPO Stock Market 13:41 – RIA Demand for Pre-IPO Stocks 14:37 – Two US Stock Marke…
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E139: Klarna savings millions using AI, Continuation funds vs single stock SPVs, xAI to raise another $5b?
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Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 02:52 - Continuation funds vs single stock SPVs 21:20 - xAI to raise another $5b? 33:02 - Klarna savings millions using AIBy AG Dillon & Co
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E138: Tesla to invest $5B in xAI?, OpenAI launches SearchGPT, Wiz walks away from $23B Google deal, Klarna replacing 70 employees per month with AI, Revolut's $45B valuation surge, Cohere's $5.5B valuation ...
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Send us a text Weekly pre-IPO reports… - Valuations, revenue multiples, performance = www.agdillon.com/reports - Market update pdf = www.agdillon.com/update - Index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index 00:07 | Wiz walks away from $23B Google deal - Cloud security company - Opted for IPO over $23B Google deal - Influenced by antitrust concerns - Aims…
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E137: Stripe’s $70b valuation; Revolut $40b valuation; $267m for Human Interest; Tekion $4b valuation; Starlink approved in South Sudan; OpenAI GPT-4o Mini launched; Anthropic, Menlo launch fund
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Send us a text Weekly pre-IPO reports… - Valuations, revenue multiples, performance = www.agdillon.com/reports - Market update pdf = www.agdillon.com/update - Index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index 00:07 | Stripe’s $70b valuation - Online payments company - Sequoia inter-fund transaction - $27.51/share at $70b valuation, +7.7% vs its last round …
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E136: Google buying Wiz for $23b, BlackRock buys Preqin for $3.2b, OpenAI defines AGI for the world
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Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 00:21 - Google buying Wiz for $23b 09:05 - BlackRock buys Preqin for $3.2b 21:07 - OpenAI defines AGI for the worldBy AG Dillon & Co
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E135: 400% increase in SpaceX Starship launches; $270m “investment” fund from Shein; AGI test from OpenAI; Apple, Microsoft off OpenAI board; Axiom Space, Gravitics space station deal; $50m for Athletic ...
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Send us a text Pre-IPO stock valuations = www.agdillon.com/reports Pre-IPO weekly market update pdf = www.agdillon.com/update Pre-IPO stock index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index 00:07 | Axiom Space, Gravitics space station deal - Axiom Space, Gravitics develop space stations - $125m deal to develop new space station - Drive in-space manufacturi…
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E134: Okay for Revolut CEO to sell stock?; Should crypto shops just be broker-dealers/RIAs already?; Do we need "AI apps" for small/mid businesses to adopt AI?
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Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 03:49 - Okay for Revolut CEO to sell stock? 09:09 - Should crypto shops just be broker-dealers/RIAs already? 25:01 - Do we need "AI apps" for small/mid businesses to adopt AI?By AG Dillon & Co
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E133: Revolut revenue +95% yoy; Apple, Alibaba AI models on Hugging Face; Groq wins Saudi Aramco deal; Apple joins OpenAI board; Klarna wins Adobe deal; Chime acquires Salt Labs; xAI announces new AI models; ...
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Send us a text Pre-IPO stock valuations = www.x.com/aarongdillon (see pinned post) Pre-IPO stock index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index 00:07 | Revolut revenue +95% yoy - UK online bank - $553m 2023 pre-tax revenue vs -$32m 2022 - $2.2b 2023 revenue, +95% vs 2022 ($1.1b) - $638m 2023 interest income vs $106m 2022 - $638m 2023 customer loan book …
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E132: MStanley OpenAI solution yields 2,800 more financial advisors, SpaceX wins $843m NASA contract, SpaceX tender increases to $210b, Parker/Schmidt save Stability AI
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Send us a text Pre-IPO stock valuations = www.x.com/aarongdillon (see pinned post) Pre-IPO stock index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index 00:06 | MStanley OpenAI solution yields 2,800 more financial advisors - “Debrief” acts as notetaker, summarizer, and 1st draft email composer for client meetings - Powered by OpenAI ChatGPT-4 - Estimated 30 mins…
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E131: Photorealistic avatars; Tiktok, HeyGen, ElevenLabs | 2ndary market dislocation; Revolut, ScaleAI, Anduril, Groq, Epic Games | Tender offers good or bad; DPI for VCs, employee liquidity, structured ...
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Send us a text 00:16 - Photorealistic avatars - Full pod at www.youtube.com/@thisweekinpreipostocks - Tiktok avatars for advertising announced - HeyGen round at $500m (built on top of OpenAI/ElevenLabs, $24/month subscription fee, 40,000 customers, $35m ARR in 2023) - Dillon uses ElevenLabs to publish research video in chinese and Spanish - Disrupt…
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E130: Revolut $40b val, +75% from current 2ndary valuation; Cerebras AI chips IPO; no IPO for Stripe; $100b from SoftBank to AI companies; + X Payments, Starlink Mini, new Anthropic AI model, HeyGen $60m ...
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Send us a text Pre-IPO stock valuations = www.x.com/aarongdillon (see pinned post) Pre-IPO stock index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index Pre-IPO stock funds = www.agdillon.com/funds 00:06 | No IPOs for Stripe - Online payments company - Stripe co-founder, John Collison; Stripe will continue to do tenders in the future - Two tenders in the last tw…
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E129: !!! Emerging Technology Week !!! Humanoid robots, How are you using AI?, Space mining
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Send us a text 00:00 - Introduction 00:32 - Tesla's Optimus Robot and market projection 07:00 - Pre-IPO AI/robotics companies 14:36 - Personal and business applications of AI 19:01 - AI in legal and compliance 32:00 - Personal applications of AI 36:01 - Space mining and the future of the space economy…
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E128: OpenAI $3.4b ARR, Mistral’s new $6.2b valuation, Databricks revenue +60% vs 2023, Brex revenue +35% in 2023, Investment case for electricity?!
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Send us a text Pre-IPO stock valuations = www.x.com/aarongdillon (see pinned post) Pre-IPO stock index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index 00:07 | Mistral’s new $6.2b valuation - French AI large language model company - Raised $645m at $6.2b valuation - General Catalyst led; Nvidia, Salesforce, IBM participated - Capital to be used to expand global…
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E127: SHEIN to IPO at $64b, pre-IPOs future impact on public market indexes; OpenAI wins Apple Siri deal, +14% on news; Cohere $5b round, how many AI LLM platforms winners?
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Send us a text SHEIN to IPO at $64b, pre-IPOs future impact on public market indexes - Online fashion retailer, manufactures cloths in China - $64b IPO valuation - Net income = $2b 2023, $700m 2022, $1.1b 2021 ; Revenue = $45b 2023 ; 1.4x revenue multiple, very low! - Secondary market activity for Shein is very low, high volatility … $80m in bids, …
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E126: OpenAI +14% on Apple Siri deal, Shein $64b IPO on LSE, SpaceX Starship successful 4th test flight, Databricks buys Tabular for $1b, Cohere new $5b valuation, Carta down to $2b valuation
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Send us a text Pre-IPO stock valuations = www.x.com/aarongdillon (see pinned post) Pre-IPO stock index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index 00:07 | Databricks buys Tabular - AI-focused data management company - Tabular = $1b acquisition, 40 employees, founded 2021 - Tabular to enhance Databricks AI capabilities - $1.6b in 2023 revenue, +50% vs 2022 …
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E125: Dislocation in the pre-IPO stock secondary markets vs primary markets, AI M&A activity ramping up, AI "sub" asset classes emerging, AI application/implementation layer paramount for AI ecosystem ...
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Send us a text AI SHOPS SELLING -Inflection AI sold to Microsoft and Stability AI, Humane looking to sell -Inflection AI sold for $650m; investors get 10% to 50% return on investment -Stability AI last published round in Oct 2022 at $1.0b; $5m Q1 2024 revenue, -$30m Q1 2024 net income, $100m in outstanding payables to cloud computing providers -Hum…
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E124: OpenAI used by 93% of Fortune 500, PwC to sell ChatGPT; Grafana Labs $6b valuation; Klarna $22m Q1 profit; Databricks $1.6b in 2023 revenue; Epic Games $800m in Fortnite in-game economy; xAI $24b ...
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Send us a text 00:07 | OpenAI inks PwC deal 01:16 | OpenAI inks deal with Grab 02:07 | OpenAI data deal with The Atlantic, Vox Media 03:13 | OpenAI ChatGPT Edu launches 04:43 | Grafana Labs new funding round 05:24 | Klarna profitable in Q1 06:53 | Mistral AI coming to US 07:30 | Stripe’s new UK products 08:48 | Databricks’ $1.6b revenue 09:45 | Rev…
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E123: Revolut seeks $33b valuation, +53% vs secondary mrkt levels; Scale AI new $13.8b valuation, +97% from last round; Anduril new $12.5b valuation, -5.3% vs secondary mrkt levels; Groq new $3b valuation ...
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Send us a text 00:08 | Revolut new round - UK online bank - Launching new payment terminal in 2H 2024, expanding Europe availability for product - Raising $500m tender at $33b valuation - 40m customers, +144% from 2021 - $2.2b 2023 revenue, +100% vs 2022 - $21.6b secondary market valuation, - 35% from Jul 2021 round - 9.8x revenue multiple at $21.6…
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E122: $625m for Reka AI founders/employees in <2yrs, $20b IPO for Klarna!, OpenAI GPT-4o’s multi-modal AI changed the game
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Send us a text 00:16 | OpenAI GPT-4o’s multi-modal AI changed the game - GPT-4o release last Monday; capable of handling text, speech, and video (multi-modal) - Best use cases; real-time translation, tutoring, Mac app - Mac app is game-changer, Google Workspace with AI is a game-changer - What will the world look like in 5 years after multi-modal A…
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E121: Figma $12.5b valuation tender; $625m cash for Reka AI founders/employees; Klarna IPO rumored at +100% vs 2ndary mrkt; OpenAI impresses with GPT-4o; Reddit + OpenAI data deal; Anthropic hires new ...
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Send us a text Pre-IPO stock valuations = www.x.com/aarongdillon (see pinned post) Pre-IPO stock index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index 00:07 | OpenAI impresses with GPT-4o - Capable of handling text, speech, and video - Refreshed ChatGPT UI and a macOS desktop app - Verbal conversation improvement was the big surprise, in my opinion - Watch liv…
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E120: Wiz $12b valuation is a buy; Wayve $1b raise but not data play; Revolut $2b in 2023 revenue, $350m in net income
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Send us a text REVOLUT - https://www.revolut.com/en-US/ - online banking - 40 million customers, adding 1 million new customers a month - Available in 150 countries, #1 finance downloaded app in 17 countries - $2bn of revenue and $350m net income in 2023 - $21b secondary market valuation, -36% from last round ($33b) in Jul 2021 - 10.5x revenue mult…
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E119: Wiz $12b valuation, Wayve raises $1b, Chime fined by CFPB, Titkok sues US govt (obviously), OpenAI cuts another training data deal, FTX customers made whole!
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Send us a text 00:08 | Wayve raises $1b - UK AI-autonomous driving technology company, licenses AI-tech to car manufactures - Softbank, D1, Nvidia, Microsoft investors - Round valuation was not disclosed - Last published valuation was $1.35b in Jan 2022 Series B 01:49 | Chime fined by CFPB - online checking and savings accounts - fined $3.25m for f…
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E118: CoreWeave a buy at $19b, OpenAI data deals a biz moat?, X valuation multiple pop if it becomes the "everything app"
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E117: CoreWeave’s $19b valuation, +171% in 5 months; X Payments approved in 25 or 50 states; OpenAI cuts data deal with Financial Times; Anthropic launches mobile app
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Send us a text 00:07 | X Payments approved in 25 or 50 states - X Payments functionality; pay a friend, pay a merchant, earn interest, shop, buy content - X = YouTube, WhatsApp, Venmo, Amazon, NYT/CNN, Apple App Store … all in one app - X needs “X Apps” to become everything app like WeChat in China - $12.5b current valuation (Fidelity), -71% from M…
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E116: Tiktok US to have a $152b valuation, xAI raising $6b at $18b valuation, X/Twitter to launch TV app, Flexport wins Shein business, Stripe tech to accept stablecoin payments, Anduril wins another govt ...
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Send us a text 00:08 | Flexport wins Shein business - Flexport wins Shein US shipping business with deep tech integration - Shein to expand products outside of fashion and manufacturing from India/Latin America - Flexport has $1.5b secondary market valuation, -81% from last primary round in Mar 2022 - Shein has $45b-$55b secondary market valuation,…
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E115: Mistral AI up $3b in 4 months, Revolut $25.7b valuation by Schroders, Rippling/Ramp new rounds higher vs secondary valuations
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E114: Rippling raises at $13.4b, Ramp raises at $7.6b, Klarna’s new US credit card, AI clones in Hollywood, Mistral raises at $5b, Anduril autonomous submarine for Australia Navy, Revolut changes bank ...
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Send us a text 00:09 | Rippling raises at $13.4b - HR tech company, constituent in AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock 2024 Vintage Index - $870m raise at $13.4b post-money valuation - $200m in capital for company - $670m in secondaries for existing shareholder liquidity - $13.4b valuation is +25% from current secondary market valuation of $10.7b 01:31 | Ramp …
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E113: Stripe $694m tender, Klarna $40m annual expense savings using AI, No diversification without pre-IPO stocks
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E112: OpenAI extends $86b tender, ByteDance/TikTok stock buyback!, Humane AI Pin officially launches, Revolut’s India regulatory approval
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Send us a text 00:08 | ByteDance/TikTok stock buyback! - Expanding Q4 2023 buyback to non-US employees - $171/share for employees, $145/share for former employees - $112b in 2023 annualized revenue (run rate as of YTD Q3 2023) - $285b current secondary market valuation - Meta, about same revenue, at $1.32 trillion market cap 01:09 | OpenAI extends …
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E111: Musk's xAI $18b valuation; $1b raise for AI "phones" from Ive/Altman; Klarna says BNPL better vs credit cards; Rubrik IPO prospects
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E110: Rubrik IPO, $5.7b valuation; OpenAI 600,000 business users; SpaceX Starship test #4 in early May; Starlink going live in Indonesia; Mexico approves Revolut Bank; Anduril wins US Army mandate; Klarna ...
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Send us a text 00:10 | Rubrik IPO, $5.7b valuation - $5.7b secondary market valuation - 1,700 business customers - $627m fiscal 2024 revenue - 91% of revenue is subscriptions - $354m in net loss - First major unprofitable tech IPO of the year 01:29 | OpenAI 600,000 business users - Custom model program is driving growth in business users - 600,000 …
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E109: Discord ads!, $600m rev, $5.2b val, 8.7x rev multiple; Shein IPO, $2b profit, $45b rev, $66b val, 1.5x rev multiple; Kraken a buy?
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E108: Scale AI $13 valuation, Cohere $5b valuation, Amazon $4b total into Anthropic, $26b Canva buys Affinity, xAI launches Grok-1.5, +2.65% 2024 Pre-IPO Stock Vintage Index | Pre-IPO Stock Market Update ...
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Send us a text 00:10 | Cohere $5b valuation - Cohere has LLM and competes with OpenAI ChatGPT - PSP Investments (Canadian pension fund) to co-lead $500m round - 227x revenue multiple! - $22m annualized revenue as of Feb 2024 - $4.3b current secondary market valuation 01:29 | Amazon $4b total into Anthropic - Amazon puts in $2.75b for a $4.0b into A…
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E107: Chime to IPO in 2025!, $16b CoreWeave valuation?!, Boom(planes) successful test flight
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E105: Stripe attractive at $65b valuation (3.8x revenue multiple), Telegram is a hard no at $30b valuation, Should ByteDance investors be rooting for a forced TikTok US divesture?
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E101: Investment case for Klarna, Investment case for Deel, Clint's new book "The Smooth Ride Portfolio" | Clint Sorenson, Aaron Dillon ... Nick Fusco and Evan Cohen have the week off
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E102: IPOs return in 2024?, $1.5 trillion Starlink valuation, MStanley Wealth’s new pre-IPO stock trading desk, X debt restructuring, Monzo’s $5b valuation, Revolut+Consensys Metamask product, Apple kills ...
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Send us a text 00:10 | IPOs return in 2024?; Joshua Brown, Michael Batnick, CFA, + The Compound - Nasdaq has to be performing well for IPOs to come and perform well - the IPOs that are coming, e.g. Reddit, Inc., need to do well post-IPO if we want to see the flood gates open Subscribe to Josh & Michael's The Compound…. - YouTube = https://lnkd.in/e…
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E103: Ripple's XRP up 20% last week, Buy Ripple the company or XRP (Ripple's crypto token)? X competing directly YouTube with new TV apps, X to be a distribution platform for independent content creators ...
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E104: Stripe 2024 revenue at $17b?, only 3.8x multiple!; Telegram’s $30b valuation!; SpaceX Starship successful 3rd test-flight; Tiktok US at $153b valuation if standalone biz? | Pre-IPO Stock Market Update ...
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Send us a text 00:07 | Stripe 2024 revenue at $17b?, only 3.8x multiple! - $1 trillion in 2023 total payment volume, +25% vs 2022 - Stripe 15yrs vs PayPal 23yrs to get to $1t - Estimated $17b in 2023 revenue, positive cash flow - $65b Feb 2024 tender, 3.8x revenue multiple is a steal 02:19 | Telegram’s $30b valuation! - 900m monthly active users, +…
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E99: Buy the Reddit IPO?, ScaleAI investment case, Anthropic $18b valuation w/ a ton of FTX 2ndaries
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E100: Stripe’s $65b valuation, Klarna’s $20b IPO?!, Klarna replaces 700 humans w/ OpenAI, Figure(robots) raise $675m from Bezos/others, Deel acquires Zavvy | Pre-IPO Stock Market Update – Mar 1, 2024
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Send us a text 00:11 | Stripe’s $65b valuation - Online payment infrastructure company - $1b buyback/tender at a $65b valuation; Sequoia and Goldman participated alongside Stripe itself - Stripe has $59.8b implied secondary market valuation prior to this announcement; $65b valuation is +8.7% increase - Second private company buyback in last few mon…
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E98: Human controls computer with brain via Neuralink, Reddit sells data to AI shop for $60m/yr, China’s Moonshot AI raises $1b, Astera Labs’ IPO at $116m revenue + $4b valuation, SpaceX won $1.8b US military ...
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Send us a text 00:09 | Human controls computer with brain via Neuralink - A robot surgically implanted the Nueralink chip into the human’s brain - Human can control a computer mouse with just their brain - $4.2b implied secondary market valuation, +21.2% from last primary round in Nov 2023 01:17 | Reddit sells data to AI shop for $60m/yr - Filed S-…
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E97: $100b OpenAI valuation justified?, X becoming the everything app?, Will robotics solve the US housing crisis?
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E96: OpenAI hits $2b in run rate revenue, launches Google Search competitor, launches Hollywood movie/tv killer; Canva CFO resigns ahead of IPO; X and MrBeast ad partnership, X locks sports betting deal ...
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Send us a text 00:10 | OpenAI hits $2b in run rate revenue - $0 to $2b revenue in only 1 year - Google 5 yrs to reach $1b in revenue, Meta 6 years - 92% of Fortune 500 use OpenAI - 100m weekly users - 18,000 OpenAI customers through Microsoft Azure - OpenAI currently raising a primary round at $100b valuation 01:16 | OpenAI launches Google Search c…
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