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Carmen Arroyo @ArroyoNieto

Tech reporter at @business. Previously reporting on credit & Wall Street, via @columbiasipa @unav. Castellana. Opinions my own. signal: arroyonieto.93

Joined November 2011
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SCOOP: Crusoe is in talks to raise about $3 billion. Valuation expectations are in the $30 billion range. w/ @BTLipschultz @EdLudlow bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Crusoe in Talks to Raise $3 Billion in Round That May Triple Firm’s Value

Crusoe, the data center upstart with contracts to supply AI computing power for the likes of Meta Platforms Inc. and Oracle Corp., is in talks to raise about $3 billion in a funding round that may...

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Some bits from the story: - Antonio Gracias is now following several other startups founded by former SpaceX engineers in energy, space - Valor has invested $5.8 billion in SpaceX over several years. They told investors that they would allocate at least 10% of its funds to SpaceX
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Scoop via @arroyanieto: Antonio Gracias is so bullish on SpaceX and its future that he told his LPs that he'd rather not sell SpaceX shares to pay them out, according to a recent investor call. Gracias instead plans to distribute the firm’s SpaceX investment “in kind,” meaning he would dole out shares in the rocket company in lieu of cash. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Scoop via @arroyanieto: Antonio Gracias is so bullish on SpaceX and its future that he told his LPs that he'd rather not sell SpaceX shares to pay them out, according to a recent investor call. Gracias instead plans to distribute the firm’s SpaceX investment “in kind,” meaning he would dole out shares in the rocket company in lieu of cash. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Musk Ally Gracias Eyes Bets in AI, Energy After SpaceX Windfall

Antonio Gracias, a long-time SpaceX board member, is looking for more investments in artificial intelligence, energy and space after bets in Elon Musk’s company netted his fund nearly $100 billion.

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Gracias is so bullish on SpaceX and its future that he told investors in his funds that he would rather not sell SpaceX shares to pay them out. Gracias would instead prefer to distribute the firm’s SpaceX investment “in kind,” meaning he would dole out shares in the rocket company in lieu of cash. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Musk Ally Gracias Eyes Bets in AI, Energy After SpaceX Windfall

Antonio Gracias, a long-time SpaceX board member, is looking for more investments in artificial intelligence, energy and space after bets in Elon Musk’s company netted his fund nearly $100 billion.

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Antonio Gracias told investors in his Valor Equity Partners fund that he’s now following several other startups founded by former SpaceX engineers, and would like to invest in businesses that are involved in the space ecosystem if they can work and complement Musk and SpaceX’s mission over time, he said during a private call last month. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Musk Ally Gracias Eyes Bets in AI, Energy After SpaceX Windfall

Antonio Gracias, a long-time SpaceX board member, is looking for more investments in artificial intelligence, energy and space after bets in Elon Musk’s company netted his fund nearly $100 billion.

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Antonio Gracias, a long-time SpaceX board member, is looking for more investments in artificial intelligence, energy and space after bets in Elon Musk’s company netted his fund nearly $100 billion bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Musk Ally Gracias Eyes Bets in AI, Energy After SpaceX Windfall

Antonio Gracias, a long-time SpaceX board member, is looking for more investments in artificial intelligence, energy and space after bets in Elon Musk’s company netted his fund nearly $100 billion.

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SpaceX is offering discounts for Starlink internet plans in Memphis, Tennessee bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SpaceX Cuts Starlink Internet Prices in Memphis After Data Center Opposition

SpaceX is offering discounts for Starlink internet plans in Memphis, Tennessee, as the Elon Musk-led company endures blowback and legal challenges from opponents of its data centers in the area and...

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Elon Musk received a regulatory greenlight to acquire startup Mesh Optical Technologies, a company founded by former SpaceX engineers working on optical data center communication technology. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Musk Cleared by FTC to Buy SpaceX Alumni Firm Mesh in M&A Push

Elon Musk received a regulatory greenlight to acquire startup Mesh Optical Technologies, a company founded by former SpaceX engineers working on optical data center communication technology.

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Elon Musk received a regulatory greenlight to acquire startup Mesh, a company founded by former SpaceX engineers working on optical data center communication technology bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Musk Cleared by FTC to Buy SpaceX Alumni Firm Mesh in M&A Push

Elon Musk received a regulatory greenlight to acquire startup Mesh Optical Technologies, a company founded by former SpaceX engineers working on optical data center communication technology.

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Elon Musk is expanding access to digital payment venture X Money to a subset of premium users on social network X, part of his bid to turn the platform into an “everything app” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Musk Starts Expanding X Payments to More Users After Delay

Elon Musk is expanding access to digital payment venture X Money to a subset of premium users on social network X, part of his bid to turn the platform into an “everything app.”

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Another strong fundraise for Musk's friends. Scoop w/ @ArroyoNieto: Valor Equity Partners is raising $2.5 billion in new funds. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Gracias’ Valor to Raise $2.5 Billion Fund Amid SpaceX Win

Antonio Gracias’ Valor Equity Partners, a venture capital firm that’s long-been allied with Elon Musk, is raising about $2.5 billion to invest in startups and build on its success as a backer of the...

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Antonio Gracias’ Valor Equity Partners, a venture capital firm that’s long-been allied with Elon Musk, is raising about $2.5 billion to invest in startups and build on its success as a backer of the newly public SpaceX bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Gracias’ Valor to Raise $2.5 Billion Fund Amid SpaceX Win

Antonio Gracias’ Valor Equity Partners, a venture capital firm that’s long-been allied with Elon Musk, is raising about $2.5 billion to invest in startups and build on its success as a backer of the...

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Antonio Gracias’ Valor Equity Partners, a venture capital firm that’s long-been allied with Elon Musk, is raising about $2.5 billion for a fund that also holds shares in SpaceX. W/ @nmasc_ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Gracias’ Valor to Raise $2.5 Billion Fund Amid SpaceX Win

Antonio Gracias’ Valor Equity Partners, a venture capital firm that’s long-been allied with Elon Musk, is raising about $2.5 billion to invest in startups and build on its success as a backer of the...

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Antonio Gracias’ Valor Equity Partners, a venture capital firm that’s long-been allied with Elon Musk, is raising about $2.5 billion to invest in startups and build on its success as a backer of the newly public SpaceX bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Gracias’ Valor to Raise $2.5 Billion Fund Amid SpaceX Win

Antonio Gracias’ Valor Equity Partners, a venture capital firm that’s long-been allied with Elon Musk, is raising about $2.5 billion to invest in startups and build on its success as a backer of the...

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SpaceX signed a multibillion-dollar deal to provide computing power to AI startup Reflection AI, the latest in a series of agreements as Elon Musk’s company pushes into AI infrastructure bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SpaceX Inks Multibillion-Dollar Computing Deal With Reflection AI

SpaceX has inked a multibillion-dollar agreement to provide computing resources to artificial intelligence startup Reflection AI, the latest in a string deals from Elon Musk’s firm as it vies to...

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SpaceX said it had elected Roelof Botha, a long-time Sequoia Capital investor, to join the board as an independent director, less than a week after the Elon Musk-led company’s record-setting initial public offering bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SpaceX Picks Sequoia’s Roelof Botha to Board Days After IPO

SpaceX said it had elected Roelof Botha, a long-time Sequoia Capital investor, to join the board as an independent director, less than a week after the Elon Musk-led company’s record-setting initial...

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The four principals of Cursor — all in their mid-20s — join a growing list of billionaires minted by Elon Musk’s SpaceX since it went public on Friday bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SpaceX Cursor Deal Mints Four Multibillionaires in Their Mid-20s

Around the time ChatGPT and Github’s Copilot brought AI to the masses, four MIT classmates with backgrounds in computer science and finance decided they wanted in. They just didn’t quite know how.

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Early Tuesday, SpaceX formally agreed to buy Cursor in a deal that will entitle the startup’s investors to SpaceX stock bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SpaceX Pounces on $60 Billion Cursor Takeover Days After IPO

Technically, SpaceX had 30 days following its record-shattering public debut to decide on a $60 billion takeover of the AI coding startup Cursor. In the end, all it took was two trading days.

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SpaceX formally agrees to take over Cursor in a deal that values the AI coding startup at $60 billion bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SpaceX Cements $60 Billion Cursor Takeover Following IPO

SpaceX formally agreed to take over Cursor in a deal that values the artificial intelligence coding startup at $60 billion, cementing a key part of Elon Musk’s efforts to catch up with rivals on...

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