Sesame AI’s Hyper-Realistic Voice Assistant Nears $1B Valuation as Sequoia, Spark Eye $200M Investment
#AI #AIVoice #SesameAI #VoiceTech #ConversationalAI #AIAssistants #SpeechSynthesis #SequoiaCapital
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On the #xAI purchase of #X (#Twitter)
Because both companies are privately held & controlled by #Musk, the transaction likely amounts to a #stock swap, with X investors getting paid out in xAI shares. The companies have a number of mutual investors, including venture firms #AndreessenHorowitz & #SequoiaCapital, as well as #Fidelity Management, #VyCapital & #SaudiArabia’s Kingdom Holding Co.
#law #securities #SEC
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/elon-musk-says-xai-has-acquired-x-in-deal-that-values-social-media-site-at-33-billion.html
CNBCElon Musk says xAI has acquired X in deal that values social media site at $33 billionIn a social media post on Friday, Elon Musk said his startup xAI has acquired his social media company X.
Google’s $32B Wiz Acquisition Delivers Historic Returns for Early Investors
#WizAcquisition #GoogleDeal #SequoiaCapital #Cyberstarts #IndexVentures #VentureCapital #Cybersecurity #TechAcquisition #StartupExit
https://www.techi.com/wiz-acquisition-alphabet-early-investors-big-returns/
TECHi · $6M Wiz Investment Yields 200x Return for Early Backer – How?Wiz's early-stage investors stand to gain greatly from the $32 billion all-cash purchase of the cybersecurity company by Alphabet, the parent company of
Elon Musks X strebt neue Finanzierung bei 44-Milliarden-Dollar-Bewertung an
X, das ehemalige Twitter, plant eine neue Finanzierungsrunde und will dabei eine Bewertung von 44 Milliarden Dollarerzielen – genau
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/elon-musks-x-strebt-neue-finanzierung-bei-44-milliarden-dollar-bewertung-an/
#News #Tellerrand #AndreessenHorowitz #ElonMusk #Investoren #MorganStanley #SequoiaCapital #SocialMedia #SpaceX #TrumpAdministration #Twitterbernahme #XFinanzierung #xAI
»#Cryptocurrency-#wallet provider #Phantom Technologies Inc. has raised $150 million in a funding round led by #SequoiaCapital and #Paradigm that values the startup at $3 billion.« https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-16/crypto-wallet-startup-gets-3-billion-valuation-in-sequoia-paradigm-deal?eicker.news #tech #media
Bloomberg · Crypto-Wallet Startup Gets $3 Billion Valuation in Sequoia, Paradigm Deal
Phantom crypto wallet raises $150M in Series C at $3B valuation - Phantom said the $150 million funding round accelerates Phantom’s missio... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/phantom-raises-150-million-3-billion-valuation #andreessenhorowitz #revolutandvenmo #sequoiacapital #fundinground #valuation #paradigm #phantom #cashapp #variant #paypal
Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $6 Billion in New Funding - “A lot of compute is needed,” Mr. Musk said in a post about the financing, in which Black... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/technology/elon-musk-xai-funding.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #fidelityinvestments #andreessenhorowitz #venturecapital #sequoiacapital #blackrockinc #innovation #start-ups #muskelon #x.aiinc
The New York Times · Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $6 Billion in New Funding
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/20/software-firm-odoo-hits-5point3-billion-valuation-in-secondary-share-sale.html
They rock it.. Odoo /has the potential to/ be one of the biggest software company in a few years.
Too bad we can't buy shares
#odoo #google #sequoiacapital
CNBCAlphabet's VC arm backs little-known SAP rival Odoo, boosting valuation to $5.3 billionOdoo, an enterprise software startup rivalling SAP, boosted its valuation to $5.3 billion in a secondary share round led by Alphabet's VC fund and Sequoia.
nothing to see here, just a couple of the Nerd Reich's "free speech absolutists" threatening to use state violence to compel speech.
(ICYMI what's happening here is that one of the guys from #a16z who bought #Twitter with #ElonMusk is threatening advertisers with criminal prosecution if they don't spend enough money advertising on #X. #ShaunMaguire is a crypto bro at #SequoiaCapital.)
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One week earlier, #Trump was #convicted of 34 #felony counts of falsifying business records to suppress a sex scandal. The day the verdict came down, #ShaunMaguire, a #SiliconValley #VC from #SequoiaCapital, announced…that he was giving $300k to Trump. But the real money was about to flow. The cheapest ticket to the fundraiser was $50k, & it was $300k to attend a smaller dinner w/Trump after the reception. The money would go directly to the campaign via Trump’s joint fund-raising cmte w/the #RNC
Can Math Help AI Chatbots Stop Making Stuff Up? - Chatbots like ChatGPT get stuff wrong. But researchers are building new A.I. systems that... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/technology/ai-chatbots-chatgpt-math.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #robinhoodfinancialllc #sequoiacapital #microsoftcorp #mathematics #openailabs #googleinc #chatgpt
The New York Times · Can Math Help AI Chatbots Stop Making Stuff Up?
Tech CEOs aren't geniuses, they are idiots, and here's the proof.
#ElonMusk #SamBankmanFried #SBF #crypto #MarkZuckerberg #SequoiaCapital #Billionaires #X #FTX #Meta #facebook #Instagram #Threads #economy #salesmen
"X" FKA "Twitter" owners list made public by court order.
There's at least one Saudi (Alwaleed bin Talal), some Qataris (Q Tetris Holding), one Palantir founder (Lonsdale / 8VC), some crypto bro scumbags (a16z / Andreessen Horowitz; see my pinned toot for more on that), more crypto scumbags (Binance), lot of Fidelity funds, that Gerber Kawasaki Tesla bro, P. Diddy, Sequoia, Bill Ackman, Saudi Kingdom fund, Larry Ellison, more crypto bros, fintech bros, tech bros, even MORE crypto bros...
tl;dr crypto bros own twitter now. wonder why they wanted it.
definitely the kind of people you want in charge of the free speech platform.
Some extracts from my pinned toot concerning the ways in which #Uniswap is a particularly diabolical means of capital extraction devised by #TheNerdReich bros of #a16z, #SequoiaCapital, and the rest (and their obscenely well paid and equally obscenely dishonest lawyers) and how the capital being extracted is currently being funneled into the 2024 election.
(The specifics of the electoral corruption are better documented by @molly0xfff; this is more an in depth explainer of the mechanics of one of The Nerd Reich's more effective grifts.)
#MarcAndreessen #SequoiaCapital #BenHorowitz #crypto #COIN #Cryptocurrency #AndreessenHorowitz #ethereum #Sunswap #SwftSwap #LazarusGroup #moneylaundering #FinReg #FinCEN #sanctions #CryptoLobby #USpol #USpolitics #Republicans #politics #CraftVentures #GOP #TheNerdReich
#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Of Tech Bros And Trumpers
The reason so many Silicon Valley billionaires suddenly decided to back #DonaldTrump is not the mystery the media is making it out to be.
tl;dr The billionaires backing #Trump are crypto bros and they want to continue profiting from committing various kinds of crimes.
This is a "follow the money" deep dive into how some of these bros profit by investing in companies like #Uniswap that create excellent tools for #NorthKorea to launder stolen money with a passing explanation of how #Coinbase facilitates the overall system.
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https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers
Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $6 Billion - Mr. Musk, who founded xAI last year, has said the business “still has a lot of catching u... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/business/elon-musk-xai-funding.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #andreessenhorowitz #alwaleedbintalal #venturecapital #anthropicaillc #sequoiacapital #microsoftcorp #openailabs #muskelon #x.aiinc
The New York Times · Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $6 Billion
Some Prominent Silicon Valley Investors Shift to the Right - Marc Andreessen, Chamath Palihapitiya and several other tech venture capitalists are incr... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/technology/silicon-valley-conservative-trump.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #presidentialelectionof2024 #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #siliconvalley(calif) #palihapitiyachamath #andreessenhorowitz #entrepreneurship #andreessenmarcl #venturecapital #sequoiacapital #start-ups
The New York Times · Some Silicon Valley VCs Are Becoming More Conservative
A.I. Leaders Press Advantage With Congress as China Tensions Rise - Silicon Valley chiefs are swarming the Capitol to try to sway lawmakers on the dangers of... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/technology/ai-lobby-china.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #politicsandgovernment #lobbyingandlobbyists #palantirtechnologies #torresritchie(1988-) #johnsonmike(1972-) #sequoiacapital #washington(dc) #unitedstates #karpalex #china
The New York Times · A.I. Leaders Press Advantage With Congress as China Tensions Rise
Inside Amira Yahyaoui’s Claims about Mos, a Student Aid Start-Up - Amira Yahyaoui, a human rights activist, promoted the success of her student aid start-up... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/technology/inside-a-ceos-bold-claims-about-her-hot-fintech-start-up.html #bankingandfinancialinstitutions #computersandtheinternet #layoffsandjobreductions #sanfrancisco(calif) #mobileapplications #entrepreneurship #sequoiacapital #amirayahyaoui #start-ups #leejess #mos
The New York Times · Inside Amira Yahyaoui’s Claims about Mos, a Student Aid Start-Up