The private equity realm has been pretty active so far in 2024, serving as a powerful “alternative” source of liquidity for technology startups and scale-ups in search of an exit. Just this month, TechCrunch reported that EQT had picked up a majority stake in cybersecurity firm Acronis at a valuation of around $ 4 billion, […]
Archives for 3rd October 2024
Antonio Pierce brings more negative attention to Las Vegas Raiders
Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce has had a rough couple of weeks when it comes to bringing negative attention to the team, and that continued on Thursday. According to ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura, Pierce has received an eight-year show-cause penalty from the NCAA for recruiting violations during his time as an assistant coach at […]
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth used by more than 92% of Fortune 500 companies. That growth has propelled OpenAI itself into […]
When does the NHL regular season start? Opening games, schedule, dates for all 32 teams entering 2024-25
The ice is almost ready, folks. There is less than a week away from hockey officially returning to action, as the 2024-25 NHL regular season is on the horizon. It seems like just yesterday the Panthers and the Oilers were battling it out in a winner-take-all Game 7 in the 2024 Stanley Cup Final. Florida […]
Initialized Capital restructures, and lets multiple partners go
Initialized Capital is restructuring its team to “meet the moment” in the venture market, according to a blog post from the firm’s managing partner Brett Gibson. The San Francisco-based venture capital firm, originally founded by Alexis Ohanian, Garry Tan, and Harjeet Taggar, announced yesterday that it let multiple people go and specifically named Jennifer Wolf, […]