Reporter @theinformation covering tech M&A, IPOs and other big tech deals | Signal validapau.59

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BIG SPACEX SCOOP WITH @coryweinberg > Musk will have super voting shares in a dual-class structure > He will receive stock incentive every $500B increase in market cap and can go as high as $6.6T; if the space data centers can deliver “100 terawatts of compute per year”
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in this ai-fueled cybersecurity apocalypse moment, security m&a is 🔥🔥🔥
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Scoop w/ @_pheebini: SB Energy is considering going public in December or possibly waiting until next year. That is a later timeline than previously expected. Back in the summer, the data center developer was aiming to go public as soon as September. theinformation.com/articles/…
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👀news about the neocloud liquidity & credit crisis: Nvidia in talks to invest many hundreds of millions of dollars in Firmus, which just pulled its IPO
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SCOOP w/ @aaronpholmes: A group of PE firms in recent months explored a deal for Xbox that could have valued it up to $150 billion.
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Elon Musk said Tuesday SpaceX and Tesla have formed special committees to explore a potential merger. This is the first step toward what would be the largest mergers of all-time, bringing together Musk’s sprawling empire of electric cars, rocket launch, satellite and AI businesses. theinformation.com/briefings…
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No matters where you go, they remind you of work #nycsubway
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I wonder if Elliot/GTCR had flying cars in their investment case for CCC
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Tesla has been working on this demo for the better part of the year. I wrote in August for @TheInformation about what the demonstration would entail and some of the inspirations for the vehicle, including the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane and Lamborghini Countach.
Unbelievably cool
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First time Dealmaker writer, long time enjoyer :) Self-driving software supplier Applied Intuition has been fielding investment offers valuing it at least $30b, doubling its valuation from June. It's likely to raise $1b+ in the next few months. theinformation.com/newslette…
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Sources: OpenAI is in early talks to buy Trail of Bits, which finds and fixes vulnerabilities in open-source software; founded in 2012, it has 40+ employees (The Information) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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surfing is realizing that my surfing skill is always worse than my real life problems so i shall stop worrying
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