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How to make the math work for today’s sky-high startup valuations

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Venture capital price discipline is out the window ; venture funds are looking to make faster, earlier deals; and more unicorns were minted in the last three months than during any quarter in history. Now weeks into July, it’s increasingly clear that 2021 is shaping up to be a record-setter for venture capital investment.

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OpenAI closes $300M share sale at $27B-29B valuation

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If all this is accurate, this is the closing of the tender offer the Wall Street Journal reported was in the works in January. OpenAI, however, has some undeniable gravity amidst the competition, not least because of its singular focus on the AI space since its founding in 2015. “We’ve been [building] the company for seven years.

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2021

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Chanje (2015-2021). The company announced plans to add 1,000 electric delivery vehicles from Chanje Energy, a California-based and China-backed startup founded in 2015. Chanje reportedly still owes “many” of its former employees months of back pay and promised bonuses, with at least four having filed suit against the startup.

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Fed News Roundup 13 July 2015

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Update On The Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs Consular Consolidated Database: A system that touches the entire nation CTOvision (Today) - Federal technology news and analysis over the last month has been dominated by the OPM cybersecurity failures, and with good cause. Have you seen what's new for 2015?