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Valida Pau @validapau

Reporter @theinformation covering tech M&A and IPOs. Signal validapau.59/ valida@theinformation.com

Joined December 2021
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Valida Pau
@validapau
Apr 21
BIG SPACEX SCOOP WITH @coryweinberg > Musk will have super voting shares in a dual-class structure > He will receive stock incentive every $500B increase in market cap and can go as high as $6.6T; if the space data centers can deliver “100 terawatts of compute per year”
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Inside SpaceX’s 7-month sprint to the biggest IPO in history theinformation.com/articles/…

How Musk Kept Bankers Guessing in Sprint to SpaceX IPO

High up in Goldman Sachs’ downtown Manhattan headquarters Thursday afternoon, bankers from Goldman and Morgan Stanley, together with SpaceX executives, toasted the pricing of SpaceX’s IPO over...

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x.com/GoldmanSachs/status/20… MS and GS went for different color schemes here

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Replying to @elonmusk
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SpaceX pulls off IPO in 7 months
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See you tomorrow!
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Anissa Gardizy
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Jun 10
NEW: OpenAI is in advanced negotiations to lease a proposed 10 gigawatt data center campus in Ohio, that could include a financial backstop from Nvidia theinformation.com/articles/…

OpenAI in Talks to Lease 10 Gigawatt Ohio Data Center with Backing From Nvidia

OpenAI is in advanced negotiations to lease a proposed 10 gigawatt data center campus on federal land in Ohio as part of a deal that could include financial backing from Nvidia, according to two...

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Forget Databricks going public again...it can raise money at a valuation of $165 billion and more via @Katie_Roof @coryweinberg theinformation.com/articles/…

Databricks in Talks to Raise at Above $165 Billion Valuation

Databricks, a provider of database management software, has discussed raising more money in a funding round that could kick off within the next month, according to a person with direct knowledge of...

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there's almost no IPOs that's not "oversubscribed"
*Walter Bloomberg
@DeItaone
Jun 8
SPACEX'S NASDAQ IPO IS SAID TO BE WELL OVERSUBSCRIBED
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I can't believe I have to do the mega-IPO cycle all over again @theinformation theinformation.com/articles/…

In Anthropic vs. OpenAI Race to IPO, First Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Best

Anthropic’s filing of its initial public offering paperwork last week means the maker of Claude Code has pulled slightly ahead of OpenAI as the two go head-to-head with their planned IPOs. While...

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My beat is now covering the CFOs w/ @theo_wayt theinformation.com/articles/…

SpaceX’s CFO Is the Quiet VIP of a Wild IPO

Over the last few months, SpaceX’s chief financial officer, Bret Johnsen, has been trying to pull off an intense two-part challenge: Fold xAI into SpaceX—the biggest merger ever—and then take the...

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Anissa Gardizy
@anissagardizy8
Jun 5
Scoop: Data center developer Switch is in talks to raise billions at a >$50B valuation, months after SoftBank m&a talks broke down. More deets with @validapau: theinformation.com/articles/…
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SpaceX puts a website up for the IPO👀 spacexipo.com

SpaceX IPO

Building the infrastructure of the future

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Phoebe Liu@_pheebini
Jun 4
First @theinformation story on the Nvidia beat—on Nvidia's latest acquisition and what it might mean—with @validapau: (Anything we missed, or want to chat Nvidia? Please get in touch via phoebe.liu@theinformation.com or phoebe.789 on Signal) theinformation.com/articles/…

Nvidia Buys Enterprise Model-Maker Kumo AI for at Least $400 Million

Nvidia has bought Kumo AI, a five-year-old startup that sells predictive AI software to enterprises, for more than $400 million, said a person with knowledge of the deal. The acquisition, first...

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Erin Woo@erinkwoo
Jun 3
🚨some personal news: i am moving to the job many of you assumed i already had🚨 i am now covering openai for @theinformation! for the next few months i'll be writing a lot about the ipo, but i'm interested longer term in safety, policy and ai culture, inside and outside of sf.
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SpaceX targets selling 555 million shares at $135 per share. No price range yet. Updated here: theinformation.com/articles/…

SpaceX Targets $1.75 Trillion Valuation Ahead of IPO Roadshow

SpaceX is seeking a valuation of $1.75 trillion in its initial public offering next week, including additional shares the underwriting banks could sell if investor demand is strong, according to...

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Jessica Lessin
@Jessicalessin
Jun 2
Scoop: SpaceX Targets $1.75 Trillion Valuation Ahead of IPO Roadshow theinformation.com/articles/… @validapau

SpaceX Targets $1.75 Trillion Valuation Ahead of IPO Roadshow

SpaceX is seeking a valuation of $1.75 trillion in its initial public offering next week, including additional shares the underwriting banks could sell if investor demand is strong, according to...

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Stephanie Palazzolo@steph_palazzolo
May 21
Sam Altman in Wednesday all-hands: - Filing for an IPO is different than being ready to go public; OpenAI won't IPO until it's ready - Believes Anthropic is capacity limited, OAI will have a good next few months - OAI recently brought on 2GW of compute theinformation.com/briefings…

Exclusive: OpenAI’s Altman Talks to Staff About IPO Timing

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggested Wednesday that even if the company makes a filing for a public offering, it may hold off on the actual listing. In a company-wide meeting, he noted that filing for an...

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Morgan Stanley is named stabilization agent and sole Direct Share Program administrator. Goldman Sachs is the left lead on the IPO.
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Can this train go faster?😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇
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