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Databricks is in early discussions to raise a Series M funding round at a $165 billion to $175 billion valuation

AI Judge changed title after evaluation, original title: "Databricks is in early talks to raise capital at a $165 billion to $175 billion valuation"

The valuation is up from $134 billion last year.

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Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth)@antoniogm#1652inTech

Sarbanes-Oxley (and the enormous growth of private venture capital) mean companies don't need to go public anymore, and prefer not to given the compliance cost.

Which of course means the small private investor has zero chance to grow assets like the already wealthy routinely do.

I scan 20 years of tech life, and can't think of a single instance of regulation actually improving anything for the everyman user/investor.

Katie Roof@Katie_Roof

Scoop: Databricks in early talks to raise capital at a valuation between $165B to $175B. This would be their Series M! 😆 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/databricks-talks-raise-165-billion-valuation?utm_source=ti_app w/ @coryweinberg

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Many users criticized Databricks for seeking a $165B-$175B valuation in a private Series M round rather than IPOing, calling it a shame that excludes retail investors and burdens waiting employees.

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Tanishq Mathew Abraham, Ph.D.@iScienceLuvr

Just IPO already lol

Katie Roof@Katie_Roof

Scoop: Databricks in early talks to raise capital at a valuation between $165B to $175B. This would be their Series M! 😆 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/databricks-talks-raise-165-billion-valuation?utm_source=ti_app w/ @coryweinberg

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Anoop Saha@asyncanoop

@Katie_Roof @davemcclure @coryweinberg Reminds me of this every time.

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varun@vazuzu_varun

@Katie_Roof @coryweinberg what happens when they get to Z are they forced to stop

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Alex Volkov@altryne

What happens after the raise Z round? 🤔

Katie Roof@Katie_Roof

Scoop: Databricks in early talks to raise capital at a valuation between $165B to $175B. This would be their Series M! 😆 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/databricks-talks-raise-165-billion-valuation?utm_source=ti_app w/ @coryweinberg

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Katie Roof@Katie_Roof

Scoop: Databricks in early talks to raise capital at a valuation between $165B to $175B. This would be their Series M! 😆 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/databricks-talks-raise-165-billion-valuation?utm_source=ti_app w/ @coryweinberg

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Bruno Faviero@Bfaviero

@Katie_Roof @coryweinberg Imagine having already raised series A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L

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Bhuvan@bhuvan_bds

@Katie_Roof @coryweinberg Waiting for the series AA @floinkus

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Saroshssnair@saroshssnair

@Katie_Roof @coryweinberg Only 13 more letters to go!

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Frank Lee@frankdotlee

@Katie_Roof @coryweinberg just ipo already you fucking cowards!! 😂

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Ethan Kravitz@EthosVentures

@Bfaviero @Katie_Roof @coryweinberg E,I,E,I,O

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Shade@shade_engine

@Katie_Roof @coryweinberg what happened to going public

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Lucas Atkins@latkins

@altryne It resets back to 0 valuation

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David Cooper@hightechdavid

@Katie_Roof @coryweinberg Databricks can’t go public for 2 reasons.

1. No liquidity left this year (SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI etc) 2. They don’t want to show how much of their revenue is 0 margin LLM and GPU resale (this is just my speculation)

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Katie Roof@Katie_Roof

We broke their $134B series L last year

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Goon Altman@goon_altman

@Katie_Roof @coryweinberg absolute shame. companies need to go public earlier

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Crypto Donkey 🫏@Degen_Donkey

@Katie_Roof @coryweinberg What a joke. These companies just hate retail investors

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Sharon Goldman@sharongoldman

@Katie_Roof @coryweinberg Crazy

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Guilherme Lage@ItsEasypop

@Katie_Roof @coryweinberg Can’t wait to invest in series Z

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Alan Sass@alansass

@netcapgirl

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