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BREAKING: All-in-one commerce platform Whop raised a $200M Series D at a $5.1B valuation from Sequoia and Shopify
The startup recently surpassed $400M in ARR and will use the fresh capital to grow its team and expand internationally
Legendary VC Doug Leone will also join the board
BREAKING: Blackstone created an AI CIO trained on 14 years of internal deal memos
Every investment up for review at Blackstone now comes with two memos: one from the deal team and one from the AI CIO, though the AI doesn't have a vote
TRENDING: University of Chicago students are protesting at the CME, demanding an end to the federal ban on onion futures
Student-led group For Our Futures is rallying to call for a repeal of the 1958 Onion Futures Act
TRENDING: Anthropic has quietly pitched its own AI safety bill to lawmakers
The bill would let the government block a model's release or use if it poses a foreseeable, imminent risk of more than $1B in damages, or of killing or seriously injuring more than 50 people