Business Insiderflipped into Tech InsiderNearly a dozen major tech firms can trace their roots to PayPal. From Palantir to Tesla, here are the companies launched by members of the 'PayPal Mafia.'verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Avery HartmansWithout PayPal, there may not have been Palantir. Or YouTube. Or SpaceX, LinkedIn, and Yelp. The payments company — launched as Confinity in 1998 by Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, and Luke Nosek — grew to become a Silicon Valley giant. It was acquired by eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion in a deal that …
Rolf Feyflipped into Meine Choice Of NewsMorgan Stanley expects SpaceX will be a $100 billion company thanks to Starlink and Starshipverified_publisherCNBC - Michael SheetzMorgan Stanley doubled its long-term valuation estimate for Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday and is now expecting the company to be worth at least $100 …
CNBCflipped into Top NewsNASA will pay a company $1 to collect moon rocksverified_publisherCNBC - Michael SheetzNASA will pay an amazingly low price – a dollar – to have a company make a single small collection of moon dirt on the agency's behalf. Colorado-based …
Andrew Jonesflipped into Materials ScienceTesla is No. 1 most attractive company for engineering students, and that's a massive advantageverified_publisherElectrek - Fred LambertTesla has now taken the No. 1 spot in the rankings of the most attractive companies for engineering students to work for in the US. That’s a massive advantage that can’t be overstated. In the fast-paced tech world, innovation is the most important way for companies to stay competitive. The best way to …
CNBCflipped into BusinessSpace company Momentus looks to go public through a SPAC with near $1 billion valuationverified_publisherCNBC - Michael SheetzSpace transportation company Momentus is in final talks to go public through an acquisition by Stable Road Capital, a person familiar with the …
Quartzflipped into Quartz at WorkThe CEO of a $1.2 billion space company can’t use its technologyverified_publisherQuartz - Tim FernholzThe Russian founder of a business going public in a $1.2 billion transaction is not allowed to work with his own company’s products because of US rules intended to keep advanced space technology away from geopolitical rivals. Momentus Space was founded in 2017 to develop a “last-mile” transportation …
Business InsiderAug 4, 2020This startup scored $10 million to build homes like Apple builds phones. Here's how it won over a Founders Fund VC and one of the country's top home construction companiesverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Alex TorresWhen Henry Ford started using an assembly line, he cut the cost of making the Model T car by more than half. Alexis Rivas and Jemuel Joseph, the cofounders of Cover, took a page out of Ford's playbook when they launched their LA-based home construction startup in 2014: The two architects recruited …
