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Katie Roof said she was interviewing Chambers about mergers and acquisitions strategy.
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A user raises the question while quoting another post, without naming a particular company or deal.
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In Business Insider’s VC Insider, Katie Roof says the tally is the highest since 2021 if SPACs count.
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A post predicts OpenAI will reach a trillion-dollar valuation after the round.
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A post uses 'decacorn' for $10 billion and 'centicorn' for $100 billion to set up the question.
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A user says tech weeks bring other cities’ industries together and spotlight regional startups and talent.
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A reporter says she's extra careful reporting financials now, noting that a lot of AI revenue isn't actually recurring.
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A post says Decagon hired a bank to evaluate inbound interest but could raise funding instead.
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TechCrunch reports the deal would take Bumble private after years of declining subscriber numbers and falling revenue.
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A user says they broke Bumble's going-public news in 2020 and asks if dating apps peaked during the pandemic.
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In reply to a user's question, Grok said it was built by xAI and called superintelligence a long-term mission.
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Techmeme relays Trump’s claim that ‘Super Intelligence’ is the ‘highly accepted’ and ‘more accurate’ term.
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Axios reports the grid plans to pool capacity from labs and cloud providers, allocating it through a shared scheduler.
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A poster jokes about SF Tech Week by comparing it to freshmen trying to get into frat house parties.
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Techmeme, citing Bloomberg, says the deal would expand Uber Eats into corporate food delivery.
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A user quoted a Daybook Jobs post on October 3, adding only “👀” and a link.
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Business Insider reports Get Access raised $5 million at an $85 million post-money valuation, led by Sound Ventures.
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Katie Roof posted on X on Sept. 30, 2026, that she had enjoyed meeting more people from Europe’s startup scene at Bits and Pretzels in Munich. The public note is a firsthand update, not a broader reported development about the event.
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Oura has postponed its US initial public offering, citing market conditions and uncertainty in the IPO market. Bloomberg had reported the deal could raise as much as $2.2 billion and had attracted roughly four times more orders than shares available.
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A post jokes that even robots are ready for Oktoberfest in Munich and links to a photo.