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Reports: OpenAI Won’t Give Microsoft a Board Seat
Reports: OpenAI Won’t Give Microsoft a Board Seat
November 29, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Some of OpenAI’s biggest investors are reportedly not invited to the company’s new board. That includes Microsoft, which has invested more than $10 billion in the artificial intelligence...

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Early OpenAI Investor: Most AI Firms Won’t Make Money
Early OpenAI Investor: Most AI Firms Won’t Make Money
October 29, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence (AI) success story.  But one of its early investors says it is the exception in an overvalued sector, not the rule,...

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FDIC Reportedly Sweetening the Deal for Failed Banks
FDIC Reportedly Sweetening the Deal for Failed Banks
March 17, 2023  |  Bank Regulation

Federal regulators are reportedly sweetening the deal for two failed banks. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is open to negotiating sharing losses if that...

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Report: VC Firms Team Up to Restore SVB
Report: VC Firms Team Up to Restore SVB
March 14, 2023  |  Banking

A group of venture capital firms is reportedly working to reclaim parts of Silicon Valley Bank. Companies in talks to preserve the failed bank —...

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NextDoor Strikes Deal With Khosla SPAC To Go Public
NextDoor Strikes Deal With Khosla SPAC To Go Public
July 06, 2021  |  IPO

San Francisco-based Nextdoor is set to merge with Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. II (KVSB), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that is listed on the...

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Affirm Confirms $200M Investment Round
Affirm Confirms $200M Investment Round
December 11, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

Financial services company Affirm announced Monday it has raised $200 million in Series E funding from a consortium of investors led by global investment firm...

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That’s A Lotta Deliveries – Instacart Valuation Tops $2 Billion
That’s A Lotta Deliveries – Instacart Valuation Tops $2 Billion
December 08, 2014  |  Mobile Commerce

Grocery delivery operation Instacart has dropped another $100 million in Series C funding into its shopping cart, bringing its current valuation to more than $2...

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Stripe Valuation Hits $3.5 Billion
Stripe Valuation Hits $3.5 Billion
December 03, 2014  |  Apple Pay

Online payments vendor Stripe on Monday (Dec. 1) is seeing its valuation double in less than a year, to $3.5 billion, after it closed a...

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Square’s $6 Billion Valuation
Square’s $6 Billion Valuation
August 27, 2014  |  Mobile

Privately-held Square has authorized a tender offer that places the company’s self-declared value at $6 billion, CNBC reported. To put that into context, Square’s similar...

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