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The SpaceX IPO is great — but it won't deliver 100x returns

The threshold for going public in the U.S. has changed dramatically. Decades ago, firms routinely listed at valuations of a few hundred million dollars.

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Robinhood wants everyone to be able to invest in hot startups like Databricks and Ramp, but how much risk will investors take on?

How Vlad Tenev plans to open up private markets to the masses.

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Snowflake’s $200M Bet: Can The OpenAI Deal Fix the Slump?

Snowflake integrates OpenAI models into its platform to drive growth in consumption and cement its status as the foundational layer for enterprise data.

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Alexis Ohanian walked out of the LSAT 20 minutes in, went to a Waffle House and decided he was 'gonna invent a career'—he founded Reddit

Reddit, now worth more than $40 billion, would have never happened without Alexis Ohanian ditching law school in favor of entrepreneurship.

Fortune

The year of the ‘hectocorn’: the $100bn tech companies that could float in 2026

OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Stripe are rumoured to be among ten of the biggest companies considering IPOs

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Morningstar’s New Generative AI Index Could Unlock Opportunities in OpenAI and Anthropic for Everyday ETF Investors

What I’m watching now after Morningstar debuted its PitchBook GenAI 20 Index on Jan. 15.

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2025 U.S. VC deal value soared to $339.4 billion, says PitchBook. But there’s a catch.

2025 U.S. VC deal value soared to $339.4 billion, not far from 2021 highs of $358.2 billion, PitchBook data shows. But most of that money is going to a handful of deals.

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Want to get AI agents to work better? Improve how they retrieve data, Databricks says

Databricks is debuting a new system for retrieving the data that AI agents need to perform tasks accurately.

Fortune

After Nvidia’s Groq deal, meet the other AI chip startups that may be in play—and one looking to disrupt them all

Nvidia’s $20 billion Groq deal signals that AI inference—not training—will be the big focus going forward, lifting a crop of chip and software startups while reigniting debate over how long Nvidia's dominance can last.

Fortune

CEO of a $134 billion software giant blasts companies with billions in funding but zero revenue: 'That's clearly a bubble, right… it's, like, insane'

Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi says he's hearing from venture capitalists "maybe I should just go on a break for, like, six months" to let the bubble simmer.

Fortune

Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi on where AI is most bubbly and how the company settled on its $134 billion valuation

On Tuesday, Databricks announced it had raised more than $4 billion at a $134 billion valuation for its Series L.

Fortune

Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi says his company will be worth $1 trillion by doing these three things

Databricks CEO says AI-powered coding, enterprise agents, and rapid app development could propel it into the trillion-dollar club.

Fortune

Fortune Brainstorm AI San Francisco starts today, with Databricks, OpenAI, Cursor, and more on deck

Today, Fortune Brainstorm AI starts, and so many key players in AI will be with us live in San Francisco.

Fortune

Databricks In Talks To Raise $5 Billion At A Massive $134 Billion Valuation Amid Explosive Sales Growth

Databricks is turning heads amid reports of a major new funding round following strong sales growth over the course of this year.

Benzinga

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Investment Expert: Is Your Retirement Portfolio Too Late to the Profit Party?

If you're following the usual retirement investment model, you could be missing out on a potential profit period that companies see in the run-up to their IPOs.

Fortune

5 stocks to buy—and 5 to avoid—if 2026 brings a downturn

Plus the outlook for Bitcoin, gold, and the IPO market in the year ahead.

Benzinga

Nancy Pelosi's Portfolio Keeps Winning—Her Databricks Stake Is Up 302%

Private data analytics firm Databricks could be worth $130 billion in a new funding round. The new valuation would provide a boost to early investors ahead of a potential IPO, including NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), Cathie Wood's Ark Invest and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

International Business Times

Ex-Googlers Convert Databricks into an Agentic Lakehouse

Espresso AI, an innovative platform leveraging large language models (LLMs) to optimize data warehouses, has announced the launch of a groundbreaking solution designed to transform Databricks into an agentic lakehouse.

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Snowflake Is Partnering with Palantir. Does That Make SNOW Stock a Buy Now?

Snowflake announces a strategic partnership with Palantir. Here’s why the agreement warrants owning SNOW stock.

Benzinga

Trump's Son-In-Law Jared Kushner Co-Founds Brain Co., A $30M AI Startup Partnered With OpenAI And Backed By Silicon Valley Billionaires

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and former White House advisor Jared Kushner has entered the artificial intelligence sector with Brain Co., a startup that announced on Sept. 11 that it raised $30 million in Series A funding to help governments and large enterprises adopt AI in practical ways.

Benzinga

PayPal Crypto Executive Steve Everett Calls Startup's Stablecoin-Powered Agent Network A 'Killer Combination' For Global Commerce

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) is betting that a "killer combination" of stablecoins and blockchain-based infrastructure can unlock a new machine-driven economy.

Fortune

Millionaire Alexis Ohanian walked out of the LSAT 20 minutes in, went to a Waffle House and decided he was ‘gonna invent a career'—he founded Reddit

Reddit, now worth more than $40 billion, would have never happened without Alexis Ohanian ditching law school in favor of entrepreneurship.

Benzinga

Benzinga's 'Stock Whisper' Index: 5 Stocks Investors Secretly Monitor But Don't Talk About Yet

Each week, Benzinga’s Stock Whisper Index uses a combination of proprietary data and pattern recognition to showcase five stocks that are just under the surface and deserve attention.

Benzinga

Palantir Is The 'Messi Of AI'—Until You Look At Databricks

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives has dubbed Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:PLTR) the "Messi of AI"—a generational playmaker in the data game, with elite vision and impossible-to-replicate instincts. But even Lionel Messi, widely hailed as the GOAT, can get outpaced by a younger phenom. Enter Databricks, the $100 billion private-market rocket that…

Benzinga

Nancy Pelosi, Cathie Wood Make Millions On Databricks' New $100 Billion Valuation

Privately held data and AI company Databricks is now worth $100 billion thanks to a new funding round.

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