On Thursday, employees and other insiders at Elon Musk’s rocket company will be released from their first stock “lockup” and can start selling some of their shares.
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SpaceX’s Stock Lockup Is Expiring. Prepare for a Bumpy Ride.
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To Know What Your Customers Think, Just Ask Their A.I. Twins
The New York Times – Business:Simile, a fast-growing start-up, says it can provide companies with accurate insights by surveying millions of A.I.-generated consumers.
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Sick of A.I.-Generated Content? The ‘Slop Janitor’ Is Here to Help.
The New York Times – Business:Pangram, an A.I. detection start-up, promises near-perfect accuracy in sniffing out writing and imagery that wasn’t made by humans. It’s raising some big questions along the way.
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Sick of A.I.-Generated Content? The ‘Slop Janitor’ Is Here to Help.
The New York Times – Business:Pangram, an A.I. detection start-up, promises near-perfect accuracy in sniffing out writing and imagery that wasn’t made by humans. It’s raising some big questions along the way.
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Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Nears a Big Fund-Raising Round
The New York Times – Business:The rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos is set to take on external investors for the first time, at a $130 billion valuation.
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OpenAI Leans Toward Holding Up I.P.O. Until Next Year
The New York Times – Business:The A.I. company’s advisers are pushing its chief executive, Sam Altman, to move slowly after SpaceX’s stock has been volatile and as the start-up grapples with financial challenges.
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OpenRouter, an Exchange for A.I. Models, Raises $113 Million
The New York Times – Business:An investment arm of Alphabet is backing OpenRouter, which helps companies choose among hundreds of models for different software tasks.
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Cerebras, A.I. Chip Maker, Rises 89% in Market Debut
The New York Times – Business:Cerebras, a Silicon Valley maker of artificial intelligence chips, began trading on the stock market on Thursday, as SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic also take steps to go public.
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A Start-Up Aiming to Make Geothermal Energy Mainstream Goes Public
The New York Times – Business:Fervo Energy, which uses drilling techniques from the oil and gas industry to produce power from the earth’s heat, raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering.
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Private Equity Lashes Out at New Research on Carried Interest
The New York Times – Business:Estimates by researchers at Yale found that closing the carried interest loophole could lead to billions more in tax revenues than previously estimated.
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Why Investors Are Still Betting Big on Kalshi
The New York Times – Business:The popular prediction market platform has just raised a new funding round that values it at $22 billion, double what it was worth in December.
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Kalshi, the Prediction Market, Raises $1 Billion at a $22 Billion Valuation
The New York Times – Business:The platform for betting on sports, politics, the weather and more has raised $1 billion and sees big financial firms as a key source of growth.