# ![@_IainMartin Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::50324367.png) @_IainMartin Iain Martin

Iain Martin posts on X about ipo, google, jeffrey epstein, ai the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  21.32% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  16.91% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  13.97% [countries](/list/countries)  10.29% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  5.88% [stocks](/list/stocks)  5.15% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  4.41% [vc firms](/list/vc-firms)  3.68% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  2.21% [us election](/list/us-election)  1.47%

**Social topic influence**
[ipo](/topic/ipo) 5.88%, [google](/topic/google) 5.88%, [jeffrey epstein](/topic/jeffrey-epstein) 5.15%, [ai](/topic/ai) 3.68%, [software](/topic/software) #342, [dubai](/topic/dubai) 2.94%, [listing](/topic/listing) 2.94%, [$500m](/topic/$500m) 2.21%, [russia](/topic/russia) 2.21%, [investment](/topic/investment) 2.21%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@forbes](/creator/undefined) [@techmeme](/creator/undefined) [@chanman](/creator/undefined) [@suanzes](/creator/undefined) [@pheebini](/creator/undefined) [@youtube](/creator/undefined) [@elevenlabsio](/creator/undefined) [@jemimacmcevoy](/creator/undefined) [@nitashatiku](/creator/undefined) [@washingtonpost](/creator/undefined) [@shibanimahtani](/creator/undefined) [@arashmassoudi](/creator/undefined) [@business](/creator/undefined) [@giacomotognini](/creator/undefined) [@mhunterhart](/creator/undefined) [@johnhyatt](/creator/undefined) [@bbcbreaking](/creator/undefined) [@pressfreedom](/creator/undefined) [@nathanbenaich](/creator/undefined) [@iandgunther](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/google) [Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla) [Goldman Sachs (GS)](/topic/goldman-sachs) [Sorare (sorare)](/topic/sorare) [NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA)](/topic/$nvda) [Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG)](/topic/chipotle) [Reddit, Inc.  (RDDT)](/topic/reddit) [pizzacoin (PIZZACOIN)](/topic/pizza) [NFPrompt (NFP)](/topic/nfprompt)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Inside Jeffrey Epsteins Secretive Silicon Valley Investments Thanks to his relationships to tech billionaires like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk Epstein had access to a number of lucrative tech investments. But he walked away from several deals with major startups that could have netted him hundreds of millions the new cache of DOJ emails show"  
[X Link](https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/05/epstein-in-silicon-valley-failed-to-capitalize-on-connections/)  2026-02-05T13:52Z [----] followers, 63.4K engagements


"How Jeffrey Epstein Helped His Publicist Become A Big-Time Venture Capitalist Masha Bucher is one of the more high profile female VCs in Silicon Valley. New emails released from the Department of Justice reveal a deep years long relationship with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein"  
[X Link](https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/04/how-jeffrey-epstein-helped-his-publicist-become-a-big-time-venture-capitalist/)  2026-02-04T21:18Z [----] followers, 99.2K engagements


"Rocket Internet has been accused of marking down the valuations of start-up investments in order to buy out its own backers at bargain prices. The shareholder claims Rocket marked down its [---] per cent stake in Kalshi from 4.4mn to 400k https://www.ft.com/content/cbe24118-1c60-4f3c-acb8-9ace586246fa https://www.ft.com/content/cbe24118-1c60-4f3c-acb8-9ace586246fa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2002064853767442530)  2025-12-19T17:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"DST fund performance circa March [----] from the Epstein files [----] Fund: 4.2X net [----] Fund: 2.4X net"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2018719077292712249)  2026-02-03T16:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"There's always a local angle https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/bill-gates-former-adviser-e-mailed-jeffrey-epstein-about-pune-so-filthy-i-hate-this-place-101769931346718.html https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/bill-gates-former-adviser-e-mailed-jeffrey-epstein-about-pune-so-filthy-i-hate-this-place-101769931346718.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2018815762925044085)  2026-02-03T22:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The [---] million documents contained hundreds of emails and texts between Day One's founder Masha Bucher (nee Drokova) and pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/04/how-jeffrey-epstein-helped-his-publicist-become-a-big-time-venture-capitalist/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/04/how-jeffrey-epstein-helped-his-publicist-become-a-big-time-venture-capitalist/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019162433894351183)  2026-02-04T21:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Read the full and definite story on @Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/04/how-jeffrey-epstein-helped-his-publicist-become-a-big-time-venture-capitalist/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/04/how-jeffrey-epstein-helped-his-publicist-become-a-big-time-venture-capitalist/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019163081704714348)  2026-02-04T21:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"ElevenLabs just raised on a $11bn valuation. Now the U.K.'s (and Poland) most valuable AI startups. Here's how they got here https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/12/01/how-a-tiny-polish-startup-became-the-multi-billion-dollar-voice-of-ai/ Today @elevenlabsio is announcing a $500M Series D at an $11B valuation led by Sequoia with a16z quadrupling down and ICONIQ tripling down. It reflects the trust of customers and partners building at the frontier alongside us - and gives us momentum to ship even faster. https://t.co/pvBHX4FVM7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019191638455959687)  2026-02-04T23:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Having been invited in [----] to an Epstein dinner with Woody Allen and then Prince Andrew in New York the magazine editor Tina Brown replied: What the fuck is this . . . The paedophiles ball Tina Browns reaction should have been everyones." https://www.ft.com/content/3f8277cd-2b47-49ff-b264-fd7ce89c924f https://www.ft.com/content/3f8277cd-2b47-49ff-b264-fd7ce89c924f"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019204102446805122)  2026-02-05T00:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Bucher had found fame (and infamy) in Russia as teenage leader of a pro-Kremlin youth group. She was even caught kissing President Putin on camera at one meeting. Then she moved to the U.S. and reinvented herself as a tech PR fixer. That's how she fell into the orbit of Epstein"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019162988272632266)  2026-02-04T21:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Forbes "The evening will unfold as an experiment in collective imaginationan invitation to explore the psyche through its native language: symbols art and ritual. We believe the ability to connect with the unconscious shapes companies and in turn the future." Vid cred to Day OneIG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019163884033388729)  2026-02-04T21:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Forbes Also an excellent read from former colleague @jemimacmcevoy https://www.theinformation.com/articles/epstein-files-reveal-deep-relationship-venture-capitalist-masha-bucher https://www.theinformation.com/articles/epstein-files-reveal-deep-relationship-venture-capitalist-masha-bucher"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019203237719732369)  2026-02-05T00:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"How Jeffrey Epstein Helped His Publicist Masha Bucher Become A Big-Time Venture Capitalist https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/04/how-jeffrey-epstein-helped-his-publicist-become-a-big-time-venture-capitalist/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/04/how-jeffrey-epstein-helped-his-publicist-become-a-big-time-venture-capitalist/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019160376034598944)  2026-02-04T21:25Z [----] followers, 48.5K engagements


"The invitation to VC fund Day One's eight birthday last Friday at SF's Museum of Asian Art promised a "psychomagic" show from a performance artist. Day One's founder Masha Bucher had a lot to celebrate. The $450m fund had bagged [--] unicorns But then the Epstein Files dropped"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019162092151140779)  2026-02-04T21:32Z [----] followers, 20.6K engagements


"Harvey Hits $11 Billion Valuation With $200 Million Fundraise The startup which develops AI software for lawyers and big law firms is raising additional capital increasing its valuation from $8 billion just two months ago"  
[X Link](https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/09/legal-ai-startup-harvey-in-talks-to-raise-200-million-at-11-billion-valuation/)  2026-02-09T12:27Z [----] followers, 511.6K engagements


"We fully admit that we push the envelope. We learn from what works on platforms like X and very explicitly it's more controversial content that gets attention. Mahi de Silva Higgsfield cofounder https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2026/02/11/racist-videos-and-payment-problems-the-dark-side-of-this-ai-startups-super-fast-growth/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2026/02/11/racist-videos-and-payment-problems-the-dark-side-of-this-ai-startups-super-fast-growth/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2021852563272802321)  2026-02-12T07:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Applied Intuition's Plan To Bring Self-Driving Tech To Everything That Moves Applied Intuitions cofounders are building software that can drive everything from planes to tanks to automobiles. But to expand beyond its $800 million business selling tech for cars they will have to take on Tesla Google Nvidia and a host of other startups jostling for pole position in the autonomy race"  
[X Link](https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/11/applied-intuition-billionaires-plan-to-bring-self-driving-tech-to-everything-that-moves/)  2026-02-12T11:38Z [----] followers, 14.9K engagements


"Tech investor Masha Bucher texted Jeffery Epstein until just days before his death in jail. In their last exchange she shared notes on her life startups (topic of safety of teens on the internet is super hot) and thanked her great friend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019324396415115377)  2026-02-05T08:17Z [----] followers, 16.1K engagements


"Here's the FULL STORY on how Epstein's former PR fixer became a big-time venture capitalist https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/04/how-jeffrey-epstein-helped-his-publicist-become-a-big-time-venture-capitalist/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/04/how-jeffrey-epstein-helped-his-publicist-become-a-big-time-venture-capitalist/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2019324400571707432)  2026-02-05T08:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Inside Jeffrey Epsteins Secretive Silicon Valley Investments More from me @_pheebini Did Epsteins relationship with Peter Thiel mean that he missed out on a $500m+ windfall from Spotifys massive IPO https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/05/epstein-in-silicon-valley-failed-to-capitalize-on-connections/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/05/epstein-in-silicon-valley-failed-to-capitalize-on-connections/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019408805893992949)  2026-02-05T13:52Z [----] followers, 15.9K engagements


"RT @nitashatiku: My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost. Im also among 100s of r"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019465284034203730)  2026-02-05T17:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"RT @ShibaniMahtani: I've been laid off from the Post today along with too many of my incredible colleagues after eight incredible years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019465446034956522)  2026-02-05T17:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"RT @ArashMassoudi: Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathy Ruemmler appeared to ask Jeffrey Epstein if he planned to trade one of your Russian"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019471789282243031)  2026-02-05T18:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"RT @business: Epstein emails reveal that Brad Karp the chairman of elite law firm Paul Weiss was often in near orbit as Leon Black paid t"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019471833100169395)  2026-02-05T18:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"RT @_pheebini: Epstein had access to tech billionaires like Thiel and Musk. But he walked away from several deals with major startupsinclu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019496566499733671)  2026-02-05T19:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"RT @Forbes: Yale computer science professor David Gelernter is defending almost six years of email correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein inc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019765877059547493)  2026-02-06T13:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Jeffrey Epstein set up 20K meeting between ex-Labour law chief and Yemini billionaire who wanted legal advice after his son 'raped and murdered Norwegian student https://mol.im/a/15535379 https://mol.im/a/15535379"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019849936742011079)  2026-02-06T19:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"RT @giacomotognini: @mhunterhart and I found several contracts and payment records that uncovered two new billionaire clients of Jeffrey Ep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2019857429467422911)  2026-02-06T19:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The atmosphere at the palace was not conducive to clear thinking. Assad was spending much of his time playing Candy Crush and other video games on his phone according to the former Hezbollah operative https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/02/assad-syria-regime-overthrow/685883/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/02/assad-syria-regime-overthrow/685883/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2020093990125858953)  2026-02-07T11:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"RT @John__Hyatt: NEW: Epstein emails show how billionaire financier Leon Black founder of Apollo relied on the convicted sex offender to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2020444543301116142)  2026-02-08T10:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"RT @BBCBreaking: Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to [--] years in jail - follow live https://bbc.in/3MjavQf https://bbc.in/3MjavQf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2020757369156743375)  2026-02-09T07:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"RT @pressfreedom: The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday condemned the 20-year prison sentence handed down to publisher Jimmy Lai"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2020757410936209771)  2026-02-09T07:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Early AI darling and legal software maker Harvey is in talks to raise $200 million at a $11 billion valuation in a funding round led by VC heavyweights https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/09/legal-ai-startup-harvey-in-talks-to-raise-200-million-at-11-billion-valuation/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/09/legal-ai-startup-harvey-in-talks-to-raise-200-million-at-11-billion-valuation/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2020836900697981101)  2026-02-09T12:27Z [----] followers, 28.7K engagements


""Buchers ascendance within tech illustrates Silicon Valleyswillingness to tolerate someones checkered past when an individual has talent and ambitions. Her ties to Epstein however are putting that tolerance to a stringent test" https://www.theinformation.com/articles/parties-pr-epstein-investor-masha-bucher-shot-fame-silicon-valleyutm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-16538&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sg&rc=v1xbjt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2021629254187069547)  2026-02-11T16:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Epsteins original $1m investment was hidden by a holding company that Ehud Barak set up. The holding company also included $500k from Nicole Junkermann whom Epstein introduced to his sprawling network of wealthy dignitaries" https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/02/10/epstein-police-surveillance-investments-with-ehud-barak/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/02/10/epstein-police-surveillance-investments-with-ehud-barak/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2021860047983157372)  2026-02-12T08:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Applied Intuitions cofounders are building software that can drive everything from planes to tanks to automobiles. That's already grown revenues to $800m last year but to win the self-driving race means taking on not just Tesla but Google and Nvidia https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/11/applied-intuition-billionaires-plan-to-bring-self-driving-tech-to-everything-that-moves/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/11/applied-intuition-billionaires-plan-to-bring-self-driving-tech-to-everything-that-moves/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/2021911829627515039)  2026-02-12T11:38Z [----] followers, 10.1K engagements


"Britains Gambling Commission is to prosecute Sorare a multibillion-pound company that makes a fantasy football game promoted by the Premier League for providing unlicensed gambling. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/26/british-gambling-regulator-prosecutes-sorare-football-game https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/26/british-gambling-regulator-prosecutes-sorare-football-game"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1839660247775867140)  2024-09-27T13:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""In the Balkans Kushner turned to the leaders of Albania and Serbia to develop real estate on public land without having to go through competitive auction drawing fire from opposition politicians in both states" https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/jared-ivanka-trump-mediterranean-albania-five-star-88d1edf7st=ySH2aW https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/jared-ivanka-trump-mediterranean-albania-five-star-88d1edf7st=ySH2aW"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1843200575674134739)  2024-10-07T08:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Facebook spent most of the 2010s absorbing and destroying not just local journalism in the US but the very infrastructure of how information is transmitted across the country. And they have clearly lost interest in maintaining that" https://www.garbageday.email/p/what-feels-real-enough-to-share https://www.garbageday.email/p/what-feels-real-enough-to-share"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1843589097140679044)  2024-10-08T09:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Deepmind's Demis Hassabis and John Jumper just won the Nobel Prize for chemistry along with David Baker for their work on protein folding https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/press-release/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/press-release/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1843953522330804482)  2024-10-09T09:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Submissions for the eighth annual Midas List Europe of Europe and the Middle Easts top investors have now opened https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/10/09/midas-list-europe-2024-submissions-are-now-open-for-the-definitive-ranking-of-europes-best-venture-capitalists/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/10/09/midas-list-europe-2024-submissions-are-now-open-for-the-definitive-ranking-of-europes-best-venture-capitalists/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1844038182649892986)  2024-10-09T15:32Z [----] followers, 22.1K engagements


"Investors have plowed billions into a new crop of AI chip startups like Groq Cerebras and Graphcore that were meant to challenge Nvidia's dominance. @nathanbenaich ran the math on what would have happened had they just put the money on $NVDA. https://www.stateof.ai/ https://www.stateof.ai/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1844351808036274298)  2024-10-10T12:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Bytedance has set aside the ten-figure sum to pay regulatory fines in Europe while facing a barrage of investigations and lawsuits across the continent and the United States over TikToks mishandling of childrens data. https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/10/11/tiktok-sets-aside-1-billion-to-cover-future-european-data-privacy-fines/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/10/11/tiktok-sets-aside-1-billion-to-cover-future-european-data-privacy-fines/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1844659216067236316)  2024-10-11T08:40Z [----] followers, 25.1K engagements


"The Midas List Europe Forbes data-driven ranking of the top [--] private tech investors in Europe and the Middle East is back for its eighth year. Submissions are open through October [--]. https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/10/09/midas-list-europe-2024-submissions-are-now-open-for-the-definitive-ranking-of-europes-best-venture-capitalists/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/10/09/midas-list-europe-2024-submissions-are-now-open-for-the-definitive-ranking-of-europes-best-venture-capitalists/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1844688137798259140)  2024-10-11T10:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Clothing resale marketplace Vinted just raised $370m at a $5.4b valuation in a secondary deal lead by buyout fund TPG. That's up from its last raise at $3.7 billion back in [----]. From [----] to [----] Vinted quadrupled revenues to $643m and turned its first profit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1849384808394211550)  2024-10-24T09:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Allegations of conflicts have dogged Cyberstarts for years. A [----] profile of Raanan by The Information alluded to competitors accusations that his firm blurred ethical lines https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-a-former-sequoia-capital-partner-cornered-the-israeli-security-startup-market https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-a-former-sequoia-capital-partner-cornered-the-israeli-security-startup-market"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1850953776552710593)  2024-10-28T17:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The unusual overlap between big companies affiliated with Raanans advisers and his startups fast casual Mexican food giant Chipotle for example has signed contracts with at least eight of them has prompted whispers. To outsiders such concentrations have appeared suspicious"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1850953778905649483)  2024-10-28T17:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Bending Spoons is like a new kind of private equity firm for the app store generation https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-28/private-equity-for-apps-evernote-s-owner-has-big-plans https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-28/private-equity-for-apps-evernote-s-owner-has-big-plans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1851151636485247290)  2024-10-29T06:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"What happened to Bhutans kingdom of happiness https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/30/bhutan-what-happened-to-the-kingdom-of-happinessCMP=share_btn_url https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/30/bhutan-what-happened-to-the-kingdom-of-happinessCMP=share_btn_url"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1851601317174583531)  2024-10-30T12:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Stockholm-based startup Sana AI just raised $55 million at a $500 million valuation to help companies make sense of their data and build their own artificial intelligence agents https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/10/30/this-swedish-startup-raised-55-million-to-build-an-army-of-ai-agents/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/10/30/this-swedish-startup-raised-55-million-to-build-an-army-of-ai-agents/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1851676896007983445)  2024-10-30T17:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Talabat one of the biggest food ordering businesses in the Middle East is set to raise about $2 billion from its Dubai listing implying a market capitalisation of around $10.1 billion: That's set to make it the largest tech IPO of the year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1862436471241691314)  2024-11-29T10:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It's been a slow year for listings but the spin out of Delivery Hero's middle east arm is set to outstrip IPOs from American startups like Reddit Rubrik and even India's food delivery giant Swiggy https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/11/27/this-years-biggest-tech-ipo-will-be-in-dubai/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/11/27/this-years-biggest-tech-ipo-will-be-in-dubai/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1862436473066205300)  2024-11-29T10:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Google still seems to have some teething problems with its AI-generated search Overviews after recommending users put glue on pizza or eat rocks earlier this year. It now seems to credit satirical social media videos as a source https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/11/29/googles-training-its-ai-overviews-on-tiktok-its-going-as-well-as-you-would-expect/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/11/29/googles-training-its-ai-overviews-on-tiktok-its-going-as-well-as-you-would-expect/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1862463206813208665)  2024-11-29T11:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Who invented the backflip If you asked Google the answer from its AI Overview would have been a 14th century tumbler John Backflip. One problem - John Backflip was a joke cooked up for a TikTok video. Heres here Google's AI keeps stumbling on "data voids" like this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1862542212761891037)  2024-11-29T17:00Z [----] followers, 30.2K engagements


"If you searched for who invented the backflip and up until a few weeks ago Google would tell you about John Backflip who apparently first mastered the move in Medieval Europe in [----]. But the source was a joke video from American gymnast @iandgunther https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/11/29/googles-training-its-ai-overviews-on-tiktok-its-going-as-well-as-you-would-expect/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/11/29/googles-training-its-ai-overviews-on-tiktok-its-going-as-well-as-you-would-expect/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1862542215521632435)  2024-11-29T17:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I like making satirical videos on gymnastics and you can get away with goofing and making some jokes about the sport he told Forbes. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=KxQpTLj394s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=KxQpTLj394s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1862542217962721515)  2024-11-29T17:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Unintentionally Gunther's video hit on a weak spot in the model underpinning Google AI's Overview. Weird searches like this hit "data voids" where there's little good content to search or where the only content was satirical and the AI struggled to understand the context"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1862542226233909334)  2024-11-29T17:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This is the same reason that Google was recommending people eat rocks and make pizza with glue earlier this year https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24162896/google-ai-overview-hallucinations-glue-in-pizza https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24162896/google-ai-overview-hallucinations-glue-in-pizza"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1862542232324382896)  2024-11-29T17:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Google says it has raised the guardrails around health and other high risk topics.but has continued to roll out its AI search summaries to now over [---] countries. https://www.wired.com/story/google-ai-overviews-broken-how-ai-works/ https://www.wired.com/story/google-ai-overviews-broken-how-ai-works/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1862542236015018271)  2024-11-29T17:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The 8th annual Midas List Europe is now live Our annual ranking of the top [--] venture investors in Europe and the Middle East sees five new investors join the ranks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1867148824181100799)  2024-12-12T10:05Z [----] followers, 22K engagements


"New additions to the list include: @eliaw of IVP who has relocated to London Jeannettee zu Frstenberg now of General Catalyst Robert Lacher of @VisionariesVC Early UiPath investor @obartos of Credo Ventures And @FlorianSwiss of b2Ventures https://www.forbes.com/lists/midas-europe/ https://www.forbes.com/lists/midas-europe/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1867148829990281396)  2024-12-12T10:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Here's how @forbes and @TrueBridgeCP identifies the best venture investors in Europe and the Middle East This year over [----] VC. deals were evaluated by the team https://www.forbes.com/sites/truebridge/2024/12/12/the-methodology-behind-the-midas-list-europe-how-data-shapes-the-rankings/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/truebridge/2024/12/12/the-methodology-behind-the-midas-list-europe-how-data-shapes-the-rankings/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1867148831671898462)  2024-12-12T10:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A last-minute flight to Berlin Germany changed the course of Pawel Chudzinskis career and set him on the track to become the top venture capital investor in Europe https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/12/12/europes-top-vc-bet-big-on-berlins-once-poor-but-sexy-startup-scene/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/12/12/europes-top-vc-bet-big-on-berlins-once-poor-but-sexy-startup-scene/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1867251760756387945)  2024-12-12T16:54Z [----] followers, 10.4K engagements


"Crypto startupNFPrompt issued a statement in March about a breach along with err anillustration of a penguin in a trench coat with a sheriffs badge https://x.com/nfprompt/status/1768558658697433464 ATTENTION $NFP Holders: We are writing to inform you of a critical security incident involving NFPrompt. It was discovered that a group of hackers compromised some wallets including those of NFPs contract administrators. They illegally gained control of victims' funds https://t.co/ZeQXLruvTW https://x.com/nfprompt/status/1768558658697433464 ATTENTION $NFP Holders: We are writing to inform you of a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1869089284684472329)  2024-12-17T18:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"UN sanctions monitors now suspect that this type of cyber heist has helped North Korea fund its nuclear weapons https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/08/cyber-attacks-by-north-korea-raked-in-3bn-to-build-nuclear-weapons-un-monitors-suspect https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/08/cyber-attacks-by-north-korea-raked-in-3bn-to-build-nuclear-weapons-un-monitors-suspect"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1869089286962000034)  2024-12-17T18:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Just to illustrate how out of whack privates and publics are: In this round Databricks raised double the highest grossing IPO of the year - $5 billion for cold storage REIT Lineage And more than triple the valuation of this year's biggest IPO - Hyundai Motor of India ($19bn) Databricks raises $10B as it barrels toward an IPO https://t.co/6OQrrvUAWV Databricks raises $10B as it barrels toward an IPO https://t.co/6OQrrvUAWV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1869318444736565453)  2024-12-18T09:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"And is six times larger than this year's largest tech IPO (which surprisingly happened in Dubai) https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/11/27/this-years-biggest-tech-ipo-will-be-in-dubai/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/11/27/this-years-biggest-tech-ipo-will-be-in-dubai/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1869318446821019715)  2024-12-18T09:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Investors $20 Billion Bet On The NeoClouds Driving The AI Arms Race"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1872611251664331107)  2024-12-27T11:51Z [----] followers, 28K engagements


"Investors have plowed some $20 billion over the last year into [--] companies that rent access to GPUs. That includes $8bn in equity and over $12bn in debt in the form of loans from Wall Street giants https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/12/27/investors-20-billion-bet-on-the-neoclouds-driving-the-ai-arms-race/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/12/27/investors-20-billion-bet-on-the-neoclouds-driving-the-ai-arms-race/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1872611254499725324)  2024-12-27T11:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The field also includes older data center outfits like Vultr and Frances OVH that pivoted from cloud compute to AI compute"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1872611259092455682)  2024-12-27T11:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Then theres players like Nebius which emerged from the wreckage of Yandex the Google of Russia with a Finnish data center $2bn in cash & a suspended Nasdaq listing. Its shares resumed trading in Oct and it raised $700 million in a private placement from Nvidia and Accel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1872611260900221216)  2024-12-27T11:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A long tail of smaller players include Runpod which cobbles together smaller clusters of Nvidia chips and Fluidstack which finds buyers for data centers with idle chips"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1872611262838038560)  2024-12-27T11:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Investors might be willing to look past some of the strange backstories of this new clutch of unicorns because of the profits generated by renting GPUs largely by the hour. At one point the pay back on buying a GPU was six months. Now its a couple years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1872611264683495583)  2024-12-27T11:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The biggest winner so far from the boom of the "neoclouds" has been Coreweave. There's also a strange crew of rivals playing catch up. These ranged from fellow crypto survivors like Crusoe Energy. Stablecoin giant Tether's $1.1 billion AI bet - Northern Data And Nebius"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1874756168981348659)  2025-01-02T09:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Which emerged from the wreckage of Yandex the Google of Russia with a Finnish data center $2 billion in cash and a suspended Nasdaq listing https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/12/27/investors-20-billion-bet-on-the-neoclouds-driving-the-ai-arms-race/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/12/27/investors-20-billion-bet-on-the-neoclouds-driving-the-ai-arms-race/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1874756171145572515)  2025-01-02T09:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Americans have strong feelings about the Greyhound bus. Miserable WORST Stranded are some of the adjectives in a flood of 1-star reviews but its new owner (German startup Flix) thinks it can teach the old dog some new tricks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1874844430215307507)  2025-01-02T15:45Z [----] followers, 28K engagements


"The hedge fund manager from New York should consider the bus says Flix cofounder Andre Schwmmlein. He wont choose it all the time but he should consider it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/01/02/can-a-german-bus-startup-really-make-greyhound-suck-less/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/01/02/can-a-german-bus-startup-really-make-greyhound-suck-less/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1874844432157290784)  2025-01-02T15:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Payments startup Checkout was once the most valuable startup in Europe garnering a $40 billion valuation thanks to a string of crypto deals. After it cut its contract with Binance over money laundering fears its revenues have slumped at its U.K. arm. https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/01/03/payments-unicorn-checkouts-revenue-drops-after-cutting-ties-with-binance/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/01/03/payments-unicorn-checkouts-revenue-drops-after-cutting-ties-with-binance/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1875165179383824779)  2025-01-03T12:59Z [----] followers, 25.2K engagements


"American startups dominate most of the consumer internet with a few European startups making the cut at a global level. First Skype then Spotify now Flix"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1875195870343557220)  2025-01-03T15:01Z [----] followers, 26.6K engagements


""There is probably no other German company that has changed the country so much in recent years: thanks to Flix long-distance travel in Europe has become affordable for all" A bullish take from @handelsblatt @dalkowski https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/dienstleister/flixbus-risikobereitschaft-und-wachstumswille-das-erfolgsrezept-von-flix-02/100064089.html https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/dienstleister/flixbus-risikobereitschaft-und-wachstumswille-das-erfolgsrezept-von-flix-02/100064089.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1875195896121721311)  2025-01-03T15:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"And some more context on why Flix scotched its plans for a $4 billion IPO last year. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=cz0JtKE7VRk https://www.youtube.com/watchv=cz0JtKE7VRk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1875195898021740987)  2025-01-03T15:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A venture fund that works with President-elect Donald Trumps son Donald Trump Jr is leading a $60 million series C investment in rocket motors and fuel startup Firehawk Aerospace. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2025/01/06/trump-jr-1789-capital-firehawk/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2025/01/06/trump-jr-1789-capital-firehawk/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1876393496560758920)  2025-01-06T22:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Trump announces $20 billion foreign investment to build new U.S. data centers with Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani "DAMAC is known in Dubai for a development that features a Trump-branded golf club surrounded by villas" https://cnb.cx/4aaCNEc https://cnb.cx/4aaCNEc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1876675678848041430)  2025-01-07T17:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Mark Zuckerberg wore a $900000 watch in a video explaining Metas decision to end third-party fact checking on its social media platforms in the US. The rare watch breaking news story. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-07/zuckerberg-wears-900k-watch-to-announce-end-of-meta-fact-checksutm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=twitter https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-07/zuckerberg-wears-900k-watch-to-announce-end-of-meta-fact-checksutm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=twitter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1876752485714481440)  2025-01-07T22:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"To neutralize drone threats federal authorities depend on tracking and jamming their control signals. Now countermeasures developed in the Ukraine war are freely available to shoppers in the U.S. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2025/01/09/amazon-alibaba-fiber-optic-drone-ukraine/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2025/01/09/amazon-alibaba-fiber-optic-drone-ukraine/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1877381762499649990)  2025-01-09T15:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The TikTok Law Lets You Request Your Data. Do It Now Before Its Too Late. via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2024/12/11/the-tiktok-law-gives-you-a-right-to-your-data-heres-how-to-request-it/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2024/12/11/the-tiktok-law-gives-you-a-right-to-your-data-heres-how-to-request-it/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1877808904773448009)  2025-01-10T20:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Ryan Breslow stunned investors with his plan to return to the helm of payments startup Bolt with a $450 million raise. Six months later the deal is still on ice but one Bolt shareholder has managed to escape the turmoil"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1879605209367978150)  2025-01-15T19:02Z [----] followers, 22.7K engagements


"Lucy Guos first startup hit AI unicorn Scale made her one of Americas richest women. Her second startup Passes promised to rip up Patreon and Fanfix's script on the creator economy. Working with underage creators threatened to blow it all up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1896669391338742165)  2025-03-03T21:09Z [----] followers, 25.6K engagements


"Passes took off raising $65 million from investors like Mary Meekers Bond Capital Menlo Ventures and talent agent Michael Ovitz. Guo signed deals with celebrities like Shaq DJ Kygo gymnast Olivia Dunne and the college sports program at the University of Michigan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1896669393234584044)  2025-03-03T21:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Coreweave's three cofoundershave each sold at least $150 million worth of stock ahead of the cloud providers planned initial public offering . The share sales are unusually high for startup founders ahead of a public offering. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/coreweave-founders-cashed-out-nearly-500-million-before-iporc=v1xbjt https://www.theinformation.com/articles/coreweave-founders-cashed-out-nearly-500-million-before-iporc=v1xbjt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1896864832978346007)  2025-03-04T10:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Scale AI cofounder Lucy Guo abruptly banned under [--] creators from her second startup Passes a Patreon-style platform ahead of being sued for allegedly hosting child sexual abuse material. https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/03/03/how-underage-creators-became-a-threat-to-lucy-guos-onlyfans-rival/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/03/03/how-underage-creators-became-a-threat-to-lucy-guos-onlyfans-rival/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1896869715462750711)  2025-03-04T10:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A data scientist Charlie Javice met while studying at the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School testified that she asked him to create data showing her company had more than [--] million users a month before its acquisition by JPMorgan Chase & Co. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-12/wharton-pal-says-he-created-fake-data-for-javice-s-jpmorgan-dealsrnd=phx-deals https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-12/wharton-pal-says-he-created-fake-data-for-javice-s-jpmorgan-dealsrnd=phx-deals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1900223619319439453)  2025-03-13T16:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"X is again totally infested with scam adverts. Reviewing the timeline of the last ten ads (from the UK) seven are promoting crypto trading scams using fake BBC websites Two legit businesses - Etoro and And one apparently legitimate video game app http://crypto.com http://crypto.com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1909199959703814349)  2025-04-07T11:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Nearly two years ago venture capitals biggest global brand Sequoia Capital split up with its China and India funds. Now its former India and Southeast Asia arm rebranded as Peak XV is back in Silicon Valley https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/04/11/sequoia-spinoff-peak-xv-returns-to-the-bay-area-with-new-partner-arnav-sahu/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/04/11/sequoia-spinoff-peak-xv-returns-to-the-bay-area-with-new-partner-arnav-sahu/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1910622090023010532)  2025-04-11T09:12Z [----] followers, 19.3K engagements


"Theres a surprising name lurking in the rankings of startups that have raised the most funding this year. Infinite Reality. This obscure metaverse startup claims to have raised $3 billion on a $15 billion valuation. Not all is as it seems"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1915400914208215060)  2025-04-24T13:42Z [----] followers, 19K engagements


"We aren't the only one with questions about Infinite Reality's valuation. The SEC earlier this year filed a subpoena to demand details about its valuation in connection with a scrapped attempt to SPAC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1915400924337422738)  2025-04-24T13:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"There are some other quirks with Infinite Reality. It's website used to tout big-name backers like Lux Capital CAA real estate billionaire Stephen Ross RSE Ventures and the Agnelli's family's Exor. None apparently had backed Infinite Reality rather a company it acquired"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1915400926338129946)  2025-04-24T13:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Clothing resale startup Vinted saw revenues rise 36% last year to $926 million and more than trebled profits to $87 million"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1917150625357234487)  2025-04-29T09:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Here's how a startup from Lithuania beat American giants like Ebay and British challengers like Depop to own Gen Z's wardrobe (and wallets) in Europe https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/04/15/how-lithuanian-startup-vinted-spun-secondhand-clothes-sales-into-gold/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/04/15/how-lithuanian-startup-vinted-spun-secondhand-clothes-sales-into-gold/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1917150626783383935)  2025-04-29T09:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Saudi Arabia has launched its own state-owned AI company on the eve of President Donald Trump's state visit as the kingdom pushes its cases that it can be a regional AI powerhouse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1922033204896109002)  2025-05-12T20:56Z [----] followers, 21.8K engagements


"Humain will be headed up by a former Aramco executive Tariq Amin with staff drawn from the state-owned oil company's tech arm mega-city Neom's tech team and Saudi's data regulator https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/05/12/saudis-new-state-ai-company-humain-headed-up-by-aramco-digital-ceo/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/05/12/saudis-new-state-ai-company-humain-headed-up-by-aramco-digital-ceo/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1922033207094001989)  2025-05-12T20:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Humain seems to have emerged from the kingdoms Project Transcendence an initiative reportedly launched last year to help the kingdom rival the United Arab Emiratess AI investments. At the time a $100b budget was floated. No budget has been made public https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/amazon-backed-scale-ai-plans-middle-east-expansion-with-new-saudi-arabia-office https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/amazon-backed-scale-ai-plans-middle-east-expansion-with-new-saudi-arabia-office"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1922033209203626095)  2025-05-12T20:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"For more on Saudi's pitch to become a regional (and global) hub for AI companies to train models and run inference https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/11/01/saudi-wants-to-use-its-oil-billions-to-become-an-ai-power-player/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2024/11/01/saudi-wants-to-use-its-oil-billions-to-become-an-ai-power-player/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1922033218456302049)  2025-05-12T20:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"And how a struggling AI chip startup landed a $1.5 billion lifeline from Saudi Arabia https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2024/08/05/groq-funding-series-d-nvidia/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2024/08/05/groq-funding-series-d-nvidia/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1922033220138234189)  2025-05-12T20:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Its "structure allows it to focus on the long term when many especially those in the public markets shorten their time horizons. Is a three-year window now "long term" for public investors https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-14/josh-kushner-s-thrive-capital-gains-522-million-from-carvana-trade https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-14/josh-kushner-s-thrive-capital-gains-522-million-from-carvana-trade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1924825204808683710)  2025-05-20T13:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn founded by Sachin Dev Duggal says its was unable to recover from past decisions and files for insolvency https://www.ft.com/content/9fdb4e2b-93ea-436d-92e5-fa76ee786caa http://Builder.ai https://www.ft.com/content/9fdb4e2b-93ea-436d-92e5-fa76ee786caa http://Builder.ai"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1924826101223764382)  2025-05-20T13:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A metaverse startup that claims to have raised $3 billion one of the year's largest rounds is back after a rebrand with a pitch to buyout investors at a $18 billion valuation https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2025/05/22/napster-is-back-as-mysterious-15-billion-upstart-rebrands-as-an-ai-outfit/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2025/05/22/napster-is-back-as-mysterious-15-billion-upstart-rebrands-as-an-ai-outfit/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1925551666473910324)  2025-05-22T13:57Z [----] followers, 18.2K engagements


"Sequoias @Alfred_Lin retains the top spot of the Midas List [----] but is joined by [--] newcomers and several returnees this year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1927360372442288176)  2025-05-27T13:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The surging valuations of mega startups like SpaceX Databricks and Anthropic accounts for [--] of the [--] newcomers joining this years Midas List. Bet on the worlds most valuable startup (SpaceX) have landed Sequoias @shaunmmaguire and Craft Ventures @DavidSacks a Midas debut"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1927360376867267054)  2025-05-27T13:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Softbank/Qatar-backed startup that recently announced plans to declare bankruptcy faked business with the Indian social-media startup VerSe Innovation for years to falsely inflate its sales" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-30/builder-ai-faked-business-with-indian-firm-verse-to-inflate-sales-sources-saysrnd=undefined http://Builder.ai https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-30/builder-ai-faked-business-with-indian-firm-verse-to-inflate-sales-sources-saysrnd=undefined http://Builder.ai"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1929462474257874965)  2025-06-02T08:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Everyone is trying to find countermeasures to fibre-optic drones we dont have them and neither do the Russians. Unfortunate timing here on the headline but a detailed read on what's happening with cable-guided drones that can't be jammed https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/01/ukraine-is-losing-its-drone-supremacy/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/01/ukraine-is-losing-its-drone-supremacy/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1930201782275232216)  2025-06-04T09:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"On the Chinese ecommerce giant Alibabas online shopping platform with a couple of clicks Americans and Europeans can order one of the latest deadly innovations from the battlefields of Ukraine. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2025/01/09/amazon-alibaba-fiber-optic-drone-ukraine/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2025/01/09/amazon-alibaba-fiber-optic-drone-ukraine/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1930201785265688600)  2025-06-04T09:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Nik Storonsky built a $7.9 billion fortune cofounding digital bank Revolut. Now hes building a network of high-end rental properties in Spain Brazil and the Dominican Republic via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/06/17/this-uk-fintech-billionaire-is-quietly-building-a-new-luxury-travel-business/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/06/17/this-uk-fintech-billionaire-is-quietly-building-a-new-luxury-travel-business/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1935260168117227624)  2025-06-18T08:55Z [----] followers, 23.7K engagements


"Leaked Memo: Anthropic CEO Says the Company Will Pursue Gulf State Investments After All The UAE's sovereign fund already owns a $500m stake and Dubai property billionaire Hussain Sajwani's Damac owns $50m bought from the FTX firesale https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-dario-amodei-gulf-state-leaked-memo/ https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-dario-amodei-gulf-state-leaked-memo/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1947607126534156360)  2025-07-22T10:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In the last generation of startups it took years for even the best companies to hit $100 million of revenue. Sweden's new AI unicorn Lovable got there in just eight months. Here's the inside story of how this Stockholm-based team outpaced Wiz and Deel https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/07/23/vibe-coding-turned-this-swedish-ai-unicorn-into-the-fastest-growing-software-startup-ever/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/07/23/vibe-coding-turned-this-swedish-ai-unicorn-into-the-fastest-growing-software-startup-ever/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1948028160752353710)  2025-07-23T14:31Z [----] followers, 21.3K engagements


"Sweden's vibe coding unicorn Lovable is now booking around $1 million a day in new subscriptions https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/07/23/vibe-coding-turned-this-swedish-ai-unicorn-into-the-fastest-growing-software-startup-ever/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/07/23/vibe-coding-turned-this-swedish-ai-unicorn-into-the-fastest-growing-software-startup-ever/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1948766096217055489)  2025-07-25T15:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Vibe Coding Tool Replit Doubles In Valuation To $3 Billion https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/07/30/vibe-coding-tool-replit-doubles-in-valuation-to-3-billion/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/07/30/vibe-coding-tool-replit-doubles-in-valuation-to-3-billion/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1950631862894039317)  2025-07-30T18:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ArfurRock https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/07/30/vibe-coding-tool-replit-doubles-in-valuation-to-3-billion/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/07/30/vibe-coding-tool-replit-doubles-in-valuation-to-3-billion/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1950633116525117849)  2025-07-30T19:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Vibe coding startups have raised close to $1.5 billion in the last month. Replit is the latest in this crop of startups using AI to write not just code but entire apps to land a big check https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/07/30/vibe-coding-tool-replit-doubles-in-valuation-to-3-billion/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/07/30/vibe-coding-tool-replit-doubles-in-valuation-to-3-billion/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1950839774400729380)  2025-07-31T08:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Thwarted By Regulators Vindicated By Wall Street: Design Startup Figmas CEO Is Now A Billionaire via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/07/31/thwarted-by-regulators-dylan-field-vindicated-by-wall-street-design-startup-figmas-ceo-is-now-a-billionaire/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/07/31/thwarted-by-regulators-dylan-field-vindicated-by-wall-street-design-startup-figmas-ceo-is-now-a-billionaire/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1950932497346257284)  2025-07-31T14:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Figmas stock closed at $115.50 per share or more than triple the $33 per share IPO listing price. That pushed CEO Dylan Fields fortune up to an estimated $6.4 billion and his cofounder Evan Wallaces to $3.1 billion https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/07/31/thwarted-by-regulators-dylan-field-vindicated-by-wall-street-design-startup-figmas-ceo-is-now-a-billionaire/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/07/31/thwarted-by-regulators-dylan-field-vindicated-by-wall-street-design-startup-figmas-ceo-is-now-a-billionaire/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1951039233403265077)  2025-07-31T21:56Z [----] followers, 25.4K engagements


"Figma's shares closed 250% up from the listing price for its historic IPO. This seems to the largest single-day IPO "pop" for a billion-dollar plus listing. Circle previously held that title after its 168% close on opening price"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1951049676913782943)  2025-07-31T22:37Z [----] followers, 23.3K engagements


""Over the past [--] years the roughly [---] billion-dollar US IPOs have averaged a first-day return of about 16%. Of that group only five other companies have risen at least 100% on the first day." https://www.renaissancecapital.com/IPO-Center/News/111369/Circle-skyrockets-168-percent-in-largest-ever-pop-for-a-billion-dollar-IPO https://www.renaissancecapital.com/IPO-Center/News/111369/Circle-skyrockets-168-percent-in-largest-ever-pop-for-a-billion-dollar-IPO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1951049679543869572)  2025-07-31T22:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"You have to go back to [----] with Beyond Meat for the next example of a 163% day one "pop" for a company of this size https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-02/beyond-meat-makes-history-with-biggest-ipo-pop-since-08-crisis https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-02/beyond-meat-makes-history-with-biggest-ipo-pop-since-08-crisis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1951049681737335018)  2025-07-31T22:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Renaissance Capital notes in its Circle coverage such pops don't always bode well: "High-flying billion-dollar IPOs over the past five years do not have a good track record after the first-day close though this is partly due to the excessive valuations of 2020-2021""  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1951049683562058075)  2025-07-31T22:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Here's some key stats from 2024's accounts GMV: up 9% to $7.2 billion Creator revenue: Up 9% to $5.7 billion Creators: up 13% to 4.6m Fans: up 24% to $377m Revenue: up 8% to $1.4 billlion Pre-tax profit: up 3% to $666m"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/1958923020610789499)  2025-08-22T16:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Suanzes Do you have a link for the letter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/217175054671282177)  2012-06-25T08:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Suanzes Yes please. iain dot martin at storyful dot com. Very kind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/217178190748196864)  2012-06-25T08:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Nero Very punchy piece. Hope you are 100% on the facts & evidence. Very damaging claims"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/239009654221443072)  2012-08-24T14:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Suanzes That site is loading very very slowly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/300232698839064576)  2013-02-09T13:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@chanman @YouTube servers are in California"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/687498251923251200)  2016-01-14T04:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@chanman @YouTube Dodgy account though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/687500017456812033)  2016-01-14T05:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@chanman Interesting. 28min version https://www.youtube.com/watchv=zG6RQ_7HF88 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=zG6RQ_7HF88"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/743655223239938049)  2016-06-17T04:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@chanman good question @estherswchan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/743655988750753793)  2016-06-17T04:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Impressive lightning storm in HK right now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/913951122699649024)  2017-09-30T02:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Broccoli Tree: A Parable Interesting short on an Instagram phenomenon. Spoiler - people are terrible https://youtu.be/ESyJop31cmY https://youtu.be/ESyJop31cmY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_IainMartin/status/973038155203985408)  2018-03-12T03:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

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