Sequoia хвастается, что 99% их Seed-сделок не провальные. Немыслимо. Даже для более поздних стадий было бы немыслимо. В YC — вот за полтора года 14% проектов уже закрылись, да и часть из тех, что без новостей — тоже скорее всего закрылись.
"99% of companies that have taken seed investments from Sequoia over the last decade are either still operating or have been acquired".
Sequoia хвастается, что 99% их Seed-сделок не провальные. Немыслимо. Даже для более поздних стадий было бы немыслимо. В YC — вот за полтора года 14% проектов уже закрылись, да и часть из тех, что без новостей — тоже скорее всего закрылись.
"99% of companies that have taken seed investments from Sequoia over the last decade are either still operating or have been acquired".
This ability to mix the public and the private, as well as the ability to use bots to engage with users has proved to be problematic. In early 2021, a database selling phone numbers pulled from Facebook was selling numbers for $20 per lookup. Similarly, security researchers found a network of deepfake bots on the platform that were generating images of people submitted by users to create non-consensual imagery, some of which involved children. "Someone posing as a Ukrainian citizen just joins the chat and starts spreading misinformation, or gathers data, like the location of shelters," Tsekhanovska said, noting how false messages have urged Ukrainians to turn off their phones at a specific time of night, citing cybersafety. Either way, Durov says that he withdrew his resignation but that he was ousted from his company anyway. Subsequently, control of the company was reportedly handed to oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Igor Sechin, both allegedly close associates of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Investors took profits on Friday while they could ahead of the weekend, explained Tom Essaye, founder of Sevens Report Research. Saturday and Sunday could easily bring unfortunate news on the war front—and traders would rather be able to sell any recent winnings at Friday’s earlier prices than wait for a potentially lower price at Monday’s open. The S&P 500 fell 1.3% to 4,204.36, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.7% to 32,943.33. The Dow posted a fifth straight weekly loss — its longest losing streak since 2019. The Nasdaq Composite tumbled 2.2% to 12,843.81. Though all three indexes opened in the green, stocks took a turn after a new report showed U.S. consumer sentiment deteriorated more than expected in early March as consumers' inflation expectations soared to the highest since 1981.
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