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Updated lineup for Axios BFD on Nov. 17 in NYC (more to come) Omeed Malik & Donald Trump Jr, partners at 1789 Capital Robert F. Smith, CEO of Vista Equity Partners Kim Posnett, global co-head of investment banking at Goldman Sachs Tarek Mansour, co-founder and CEO of Kalshi Lia Dean, Capital One's president of banking & premium products, with tennis champ Maria Sharapova Chris Sacca, founder of Lowercarbon Capital Joan Solotar, Blackstone's global head of private wealth Alex Rodriguez, CEO of A-Rod Corp/chair of Minnesota T-Wolves and Lynx

Albertsons and Kroger fighting in court over failed merger

Wondering if this will become known as Crypto Halloween

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if the largest exchange in crypto can lose more than $6 billion from a single employee's laptop, we're a clown car of an industry and should honestly take the ball and go home, surely there has to be something more complex than this at play, otherwise wtf are we doing here?

What percentage of a tech CEO's week is now spent either hosting a podcast or being a podcast guest?

Salesforce buys Rune Technologies for new defense portfolio

Per a colleague: "We found ourselves at Applebees recently and I am pretty sure what I ordered could also be considered a poison pill."

Applebee’s parent Dine Brands has adopted a poison pill to fend off a takeover bid from the investment firms Cobblers Cove and Arkhouse

Formation raises $600 million to fix AI's biotech bottleneck

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RT @apoorva_mehta: Tony and I have explored bringing Instacart and DoorDash together on and off over the years. We kept coming back to it because the industrial logic has always been clear. Customers have 21 meals a week to figure out. Groceries and restaurant delivery each solve part of that problem. Serving customers well means bringing together the best of both. As the biggest companies in the world move deeper into this market, retailers and restaurants need the technology and service to compete. They shouldn’t have to become technology companies themselves to stand a chance. Bringing Instacart and DoorDash together can give them a stronger partner in that fight. For shoppers and Dashers, the opportunity is equally straightforward: less time waiting between orders, more time earning. I’m incredibly proud of what we built at Instacart and grateful to everyone who helped make it possible. Tony is an extraordinary entrepreneur and leader. I’m excited for Instacart to be part of a founder-led company again, and I can’t wait to see what these two teams build together. @t_xu @DoorDash @Instacart

Don't look now, but the Trump admin beginning to get more aggressive on antitrust (after sitting one the sidelines for most of the last 18 months). Last week the playground deal. This week the staffing uniforms deal. Now the biggest:

RT @ArashMassoudi: BREAKING @FT Weil, Gotshal & Manges plans to tell partners on Wednesday afternoon the law firm should dissolve, a decision that marks a stunning downfall for what was until recently one of the US’s largest and most prestigious.

GOAT

It’s time. 🤟🤟🏾🤟🏻🤟🏽

Exclusive: Controversial ad backfiring on Ramaswamy, GOP poll finds by @axiosalex

When it comes to AI unicorns, any large funding announcement is really just marketing for the new, bigger round that's already underway.

Private equity's political problem

Upwind Security closes $400M Series C at $3.8B valuation

RT @Ryanbarwick: First Scoop: OpenAI is buying Google's AI chips. It's a big win for Google’s TPU chip business, which is a growing challenger to Nvidia. Also follows Oracle, which today said it would buy and rent out TPUs to customers. Talk to Barwick, folks!

Damn that was a fun night

“Back to Foulke, Red Sox fans have longed to hear it, the Boston Red Sox are World Champions.” 22 years ago tonight, the Curse of the Bambino was finally broken with a sweep of the Cardinals in the 2004 World Series.

RT @ronnui_: Amanda Seyfried might- in addition to her Emmy for portraying Elizabeth Holmes- win an Oscar for portraying Elizabeth Holmes. That means she'll only need to win a Tony for Theranos: The Musical and a Grammy for Diagnose My Heart (feat Pitbull) to get the EEGOT (Elizabeth EGOT)