News that Yahoo is buying Artifact stirred the technology watercooler yesterday.
Artifact was an interesting app, employing AI to help its users find and consume more, and more targeted news.
It had some devoted fans, but never reached the sort of scale that would have made it an attractive long-term project.
Regardless of whether or not you were an Artifact user — I was for a time — that Yahoo is still feeling acquisitive under its current ownership structure matters.
Artifact is hardly the only startup project in the market today that might be looking for a new home, after all.
Earlier this week, the 19-year-old son of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, was found dead at UC Berkeley of an apparent drug overdose, according to his grandmother, Esther Wojcicki.
The news broke widely yesterday, though Wojcicki posted the news to Facebook several days ago, writing: “Tragedy hit my family yesterday.
Esther Wojcicki told the Palo Alto Daily of her grandson’s passing, “Kids in college, especially freshmen and sophomores, experiment with everything.
I didn’t have the opportunity to interview Wojcicki while she held one of the most prestigious CEO posts in the world.
I love kids, I love work and I think at some level I just love creating things and building.
More than 100 companies are getting ready to list on Nasdaq after filing confidentially with the SEC, Nasdaq’s CEO Adena Friedman told investing publication Barron’s.
If that does come to happen, the IPO drought that the tech industry has suffered for months will draw to a close sooner than later.
The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.
Still we at least know about one company filing confidentially for an IPO: Circle.
We still have a few questions about the company’s finances, but this filing makes us more optimistic about its chances this time around.
