Demis Hassabis assembled a secret team of ~20 researchers inside DeepMind to train high-frequency trading algorithms, reportedly aiming to rival Renaissance Technologies. Google disapproved, and the project was quietly disbanded.
MARKET TRENDS
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Business Story Contested: Seeking Independent Metrics
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Update: @cpmou2022 is contesting the @business story. I am seeking independent metrics here.
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Secondary Share Pricing Metrics for Major AI Startups
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is there a reliable metric on the price of secondary shares for a big startup like OpenAI?
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Funding Round Completion: Institutional Investors Hesitate on Share Allocation
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when did the round complete? the contention is that this represents a recent change. are you saying the source was lying when he said “We literally couldn’t find anyone in our pool of hundreds of institutional investors to take these shares”?
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Anthropic Rebrands to Philanthropic in Major Announcement
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BREAKING AGAIN Anthropic just rebranded to Philanthropic
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Audio Visual and Robotics: Opportunities Beyond Big Tech Labs
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my current view is:
– audio/visual/multimedia is still definitely to play for bc enterprise/selling work has become the rightful focus on anthropic/openai/google – so long @bfl_ml @ElevenLabs @synthesiaIO @odysseyml – robotics also has room to be specific, even if large labs are -
Production Intelligence as Competitive Advantage in Manufacturing
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Production intelligence is becoming a competitive edge. What is your read on this? @IIoT_World @CRudinschi @agentic_factory @gp_pulipaka @simonlporter @HaroldSinnott
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OpenAI’s Financial Viability Crisis and Share Valuation Challenges
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Sic transit gloria mundi.
— Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus) 1 avril 2026
Six months later, Sam might not be able to find a buyer for Brad’s shares.
In no small part because he didn’t have a decent answer to Brad’s question of how to make OpenAI’s finances work.
Looking to heaven (note his eyeballs) didn’t help. https://t.co/CnJBSj8TYKSic transit gloria mundi. Six months later, Sam might not be able to find a buyer for Brad’s shares. In no small part because he didn’t have a decent answer to Brad’s question of how to make OpenAI’s finances work. Looking to heaven (note his eyeballs) didn’t help.
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OpenAI’s Contingent Funding Threatens Market Stability
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It’s worse than that, @polymarket
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Preferred Investment Sectors: Fintech, Healthtech, Agritech and AI
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Stage: Pre-seed to Seed Industries: Sector-agnostic, but they lean toward scalable, tech-enabled models. Fintech, healthtech, agritech, logistics, edtech, AI anything with venture-scale upside. The Strategist (@bizoptify) What industry or sector do they specialise or prefer investing in? — https://nitter.net/bizoptify/status/2039363189540819108#m [Translated from EN to English]
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