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Send us a text 00:16 - Should pre-IPO stocks be part of a U.S. equity allocation 06:00 - Importance of tech stocks and private companies in your portfolio 12:00 - Difficulties in gaining access to long-private companies 18:00 - Liquidity and growth trends in the pre-IPO secondary market 24:00 - Alternative strategies for investing in private markets like defense 30:00 - Understanding liquidity and fees in pre-IPO investments 36:00 - Balancing public and private markets for diversification 42:00 ...
Send us a text Subscribe to AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Research at agdillon.com/subscribe; - Wednesday = secondary market valuations, revenue multiples, performance, index fact sheets - Saturdays = pre-IPO news and insights, webinar replays 00:07 | OpenAI Secures $6.6B Round, Expands Capabilities - Introduced real-time voice assistant capabilities through API for businesses - New API features and developer events announced to engage 3M+ developers - Workforce doubled to 1,700 employees from 770 in ...
Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 00:21 - OpenAI employees are rich! Natural for them to leave? 16:16 - Chime hires MStanley for IPO 24:04 - Secondaries drive primary valuations?
Send us a text Subscribe to AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Research at agdillon.com/subscribe; - Wednesday = secondary market valuations, revenue multiples, performance, index fact sheets - Saturdays = pre-IPO news and insights, webinar replays 00:02 | AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Funds closing to new investors. Wires due on Oct 15. Top 10 Index Fund, OpenAI, xAI, Groq, Hugging Face, and Databricks. 00:45 | Anthropic Aims for $30-40B Valuation in New Capital Raise - AI company behind Claude conversational A...
Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 00:18 - AI Agents are coming for our jobs and that’s a good thing 08:59 - Canva's 300% price increase 17:04 - Pre-IPO stocks +70% in last 6 months alone
Send us a text Subscribe to AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Research at agdillon.com/subscribe; - Wednesday = secondary market valuations, revenue multiples, performance, index fact sheets - Saturdays = pre-IPO news and insights, webinar replays 00:07 | CoreWeave Plans Share Sale at $23B Valuation - AI cloud computing company - Share sale to allow existing shareholders to tender $400M-$500M - Valuation increased from $19.1B in May 2024 to $23B (primary) - Previously valued at $7B in December 2023 - Secu...
Send us a text 00:15 - OpenAI to $1.0 trillion valuation? 17:11 - Fly United with Starlink? 26:39 - Broker-dealers ever offer crypto? [1] OpenAI in Talks for $6.5B Funding Round at $150B Valuation -Does OpenAI have potential to be a $1.0 trillion company? 6.7x return from here. -OpenAI in discussions to raise $6.5B at a $150B valuation (primary round) -Previous valuation: $86B earlier in 2024 -Seeking $5B in debt via revolving credit facility -Key investors include Thrive Capital, Microsoft, App...
Send us a text Subscribe to AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Research at agdillon.com/subscribe; - Wednesday = secondary market valuations, revenue multiples, performance, index fact sheets - Saturdays = pre-IPO news and insights, webinar replays 00:06 | SpaceX Sets New Record in Civilian Space Travel - Space payload delivery and satellite internet company - Polaris Dawn mission: first commercial spacewalk, civilian crew led by Jared Isaacman - Crew spent 20 minutes outside SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule - R...
Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 00:14 - OpenAI Hits 200M Weekly Active Users for ChatGPT 09:16 - Anthropic’s Claude AI Powers New Amazon Alexa 23:55 - X Launches Beta Version of TV App for Fire TV and Google TV
Send us a text PRE-IPO STOCK FUNDS CLOSING TO NEW INVESTORS ON SEP 13 (NEXT FRIDAY) AG Dillon has seven (7) pre-IPO stock funds closing on Friday, Sep 13. Next Friday. See fund list at www.agdillon.com/product (page 3). Available for purchase at Schwab, Fidelity, or directly at AG Dillon. Email aaron.dillon@agdillon.com to invest Subscribe to AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Research at agdillon.com/subscribe; - Wednesday = secondary market valuations, revenue multiples, performance, index fact sheets - ...
Send us a text 00:19 | FigureAI (humanoid robots) - AI and humanoid robots drive efficiency and will drive cost of goods/services to $0, drive unlimited GDP - $675m raise $2.6b valuation; OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia - 10b humanoid robots by 2040 - Musk is projecting 16b to 32b humanoid robots, Telsa Optimus is a humanoid robot - humanoid robots fit easily into a human world to easily replace humans 11:49 | Stripe - These companies are so big they’re doing share buybacks! - Planning new tender offe...
Send us a text Subscribe to AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Research at agdillon.com/subscribe; - Wednesday = secondary market valuations, revenue multiples, performance, index fact sheets - Saturdays = pre-IPO news and insights, webinar replays 00:07 | xAI Launches Grok-2 and Grok-2 Mini on X Platform - AI large language model platform business - Released Grok-2 and Grok-2 Mini beta LLMs on X platform - Enterprise API arriving later this month - Top-four position on LMSYS chatbot leaderboard - Grok-2 M...
Send us a text Receive the podcast to your inbox = www.agdillon.com/subscribe 00:22 | Groq’s $640M series D drives valuation by 143% - Semiconductor company focused on AI inference chips - Raised $640M in Series D, valuation up to $2.8B (primary) - 143% increase from Feb 2024 round - Backed by Cisco, Samsung, BlackRock - Funds to scale tokens-as-a-service and deploy 108,000 LPUs by 2025 - Aims to challenge Nvidia in AI chip market 09:12 | Anduril’s $1.5B round pushes valuation to $14B - Defense ...
Send us a text WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: AG Dillon will be hosting a webinar on August 14 at 1:30pm ET titled “How RIAs Can Invest into Venture Capital and Still Custody at Schwab”. Step by step details of investing into alternatives at Schwab and we’ll explore how AG Dillon venture capital funds are specifically designed to eliminate incremental RIA operational and administrative work when investing into alternatives. Register at www.agdillon.com/webinar. Weekly pre-IPO reports… - Valuations, reven...
Send us a text WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: AG Dillon will be hosting a webinar on August 7 at 1:30pm ET titled An Introduction to the AG Dillon Top 10 Pre-IPO Stock Fund. Fund invests into the top 10 pre-IPO stock by valuation. Pre-IPO stock exposure to artificial intelligence, robotics, space economy, fintech, virtual/augmented reality in one fund. Pre-IPO Indexing delivers 450% cumulative returns over the last 20 yrs, on average*. Register at www.agdillon.com/webinar . - - - - - - - - - - - Weekly p...
Send us a text Subscribe to The Compound… Apple Podcast = here Youtube = here Visit www.agdillon.com to learn more about AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Funds. 00:00 – Intro 00:48 – 2024 IPO Overview 06:00 – Current Pre-IPO Market Analysis 13:33 – Liquidity in the Private Pre-IPO Stock Market 13:41 – RIA Demand for Pre-IPO Stocks 14:37 – Two US Stock Markets; Public & Pre-IPO Market...
Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 02:52 - Continuation funds vs single stock SPVs 21:20 - xAI to raise another $5b? 33:02 - Klarna savings millions using AI
Send us a text Weekly pre-IPO reports… - Valuations, revenue multiples, performance = www.agdillon.com/reports - Market update pdf = www.agdillon.com/update - Index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index 00:07 | Wiz walks away from $23B Google deal - Cloud security company - Opted for IPO over $23B Google deal - Influenced by antitrust concerns - Aims for $1B annual revenue; reached $350M last year - 40% of Fortune 100 clients - Valuation $13.1B (+9.1% vs May 2024) - 37x revenue multiple; Google de...
Send us a text Weekly pre-IPO reports… - Valuations, revenue multiples, performance = www.agdillon.com/reports - Market update pdf = www.agdillon.com/update - Index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index 00:07 | Stripe’s $70b valuation - Online payments company - Sequoia inter-fund transaction - $27.51/share at $70b valuation, +7.7% vs its last round - Sequoia LPs get liquidity, realized returns - Emerging tech is staying private for longer - Growth companies are private not public, time to allocat...
Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 00:21 - Google buying Wiz for $23b 09:05 - BlackRock buys Preqin for $3.2b 21:07 - OpenAI defines AGI for the world
Send us a text Pre-IPO stock valuations = www.agdillon.com/reports Pre-IPO weekly market update pdf = www.agdillon.com/update Pre-IPO stock index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index 00:07 | Axiom Space, Gravitics space station deal - Axiom Space, Gravitics develop space stations - $125m deal to develop new space station - Drive in-space manufacturing (new industry!) - SpaceX rockets will deliver new space station to orbit - Axiom Series C in Aug 2023 put the company at a $2.5b valuation - Gravit...
Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 03:49 - Okay for Revolut CEO to sell stock? 09:09 - Should crypto shops just be broker-dealers/RIAs already? 25:01 - Do we need "AI apps" for small/mid businesses to adopt AI?
Send us a text Pre-IPO stock valuations = www.x.com/aarongdillon (see pinned post) Pre-IPO stock index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index 00:07 | Revolut revenue +95% yoy - UK online bank - $553m 2023 pre-tax revenue vs -$32m 2022 - $2.2b 2023 revenue, +95% vs 2022 ($1.1b) - $638m 2023 interest income vs $106m 2022 - $638m 2023 customer loan book vs $260m 2022 - 45m customers as of Jun 2024, 12m added in 2023 - $23b secondary market valuation - Out for a $40b primary round now, +75% vs secondar...
Send us a text Pre-IPO stock valuations = www.x.com/aarongdillon (see pinned post) Pre-IPO stock index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index 00:06 | MStanley OpenAI solution yields 2,800 more financial advisors - “Debrief” acts as notetaker, summarizer, and 1st draft email composer for client meetings - Powered by OpenAI ChatGPT-4 - Estimated 30 mins of advisor time saved per meeting - Assume 1.5 hrs saved per day per advisor across 15,000 total MStanley advisors is equivalent to adding 2,800 new ...
Send us a text 00:16 - Photorealistic avatars - Full pod at www.youtube.com/@thisweekinpreipostocks - Tiktok avatars for advertising announced - HeyGen round at $500m (built on top of OpenAI/ElevenLabs, $24/month subscription fee, 40,000 customers, $35m ARR in 2023) - Dillon uses ElevenLabs to publish research video in chinese and Spanish - Disruption in the entertainment industry by AI-generated content and avatars 18:42 - More secondary market dislocation - Full pod at www.youtube.com/@thiswee...
Send us a text Pre-IPO stock valuations = www.x.com/aarongdillon (see pinned post) Pre-IPO stock index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index Pre-IPO stock funds = www.agdillon.com/funds 00:06 | No IPOs for Stripe - Online payments company - Stripe co-founder, John Collison; Stripe will continue to do tenders in the future - Two tenders in the last two years, perhaps one tender a year? - Tender offers = no IPO on the horizon - $76b secondary market valuation, +16% vs its last round in Feb 2024 01:0...
Send us a text 00:00 - Introduction 00:32 - Tesla's Optimus Robot and market projection 07:00 - Pre-IPO AI/robotics companies 14:36 - Personal and business applications of AI 19:01 - AI in legal and compliance 32:00 - Personal applications of AI 36:01 - Space mining and the future of the space economy
Send us a text Pre-IPO stock valuations = www.x.com/aarongdillon (see pinned post) Pre-IPO stock index fact sheet = www.agdillon.com/index 00:07 | Mistral’s new $6.2b valuation - French AI large language model company - Raised $645m at $6.2b valuation - General Catalyst led; Nvidia, Salesforce, IBM participated - Capital to be used to expand globally - Tech is compliant with new EU AI regulation 00:48 | OpenAI $3.4b ARR - AI large language model provider, partnerships with Apple and Microsoft - ...
Send us a text SHEIN to IPO at $64b, pre-IPOs future impact on public market indexes - Online fashion retailer, manufactures cloths in China - $64b IPO valuation - Net income = $2b 2023, $700m 2022, $1.1b 2021 ; Revenue = $45b 2023 ; 1.4x revenue multiple, very low! - Secondary market activity for Shein is very low, high volatility … $80m in bids, $85m in offers (per ApeVue) - MSCI EAFE Index once public? Headquartered in Singapore, manufactures in China, customers in US/Europe (not China) - Gre...
