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Ari Emanuel & Vince McMahon. WWE & UFC. Apple & Major League Soccer? A whole lot of investors, owners, CEOs and companies are betting that the value of televised sports is going up. It’s in limited supply. What Endeavor’s deal to pull WWE & UFC together tells us about media valuations and where things are headed for the tech companies trying to get involved.

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AI is redrawing the lines of competition in big tech. Today it's Google going after Nvidia, arguing its supercomputers / computing capacity is faster (and, attention ESG investors, greener).

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Ari Emanuel and Endeavor are buying the WWE and merging it with UFC. We break down the math. Plus the most 2023 VC deal of 2023 -- investing in investing in t-bill management. Why a bunch of high-growth investors are excited about a 5% yield product and backing Zamp Finance.

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First Alibaba, now JD.com – why some of the largest Chinese tech companies are splitting up, preparing for spin-offs and IPOs of parts of their business, and what that tells us about the Chinese market.

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Today the CFTC sues Binance, CEO CZ and other members of management, arguing they “have failed to properly supervise Binance’s activities and, indeed, have actively facilitated violations of U.S. law.” Oops. Plus – Elon Musk says Twitter is now worth $20 Billion after buying it for $44 Billion six months ago, the AI chatbot battles chapter 598477556, and the TikTok rally.

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Is there a bubble already brewing in VC? A billion dollar valuation for a pre-revenue AI company, backed by Andreessen Horowitz. Or maybe, this time it's different... And how the rally in tech stocks is all Apple and Microsoft, and maybe a bit of Nvidia too. What does that concentration signal. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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What happened to Amazon’s stock? It’s underperformed the S&P and its big tech peers since the start of 2020. The answer lies in what happened to its profitability during that time frame. The company grew sales, grew headcount, grew its physical footprint, and for a time, grew its share price… But profits never materialized, and investors care in 2023.

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Tech has outperformed in 2023, but Chinese tech stocks have been sitting out this rally. The $KWEB is down 8% this year. Plus – AI announcements today from Nvidia, Google and Adobe.

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Tiger Global is reportedly writing down its venture portfolio – marking to market some of those massive unicorn investments it made before the market for tech companies and valuations tumbled. But by and large, private valuations have been able to stay in a land of make-believe, as recent IPOs and SPACs get whacked. And Crowdflare says hacking attempts are on the rise because of, yes, the turmoil at SVB.

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Investors in Silicon Valley Bank were wiped out; depositors were saved. But what about the investors in Silicon Valley? We look at how VCs were the major beneficiaries of the SVB backstop as the companies that they invest in and rely on for their returns survived. What comes next for those VCs and startups now.

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