An artist’s rendering shows SpaceX’s Starship rocket ship on the moon. (SpaceX illustration) NASA has suspended its contract with SpaceX to bring astronauts back to the moon pending the first outcome of a lawsuit from Blue Origin. The voluntary stay ends on November 1, two weeks after the hearing on the case, according to a … Read more
Icosavax creates virus-like particles using technology licensed from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design. (Icosavax photo) Seattle-based Icosavax filed for an IPO just four years after it started at the University of Washington. The company, a spin-out of the UW’s Institute for Protein Design, develops vaccines that resemble naturally occurring viruses. Icosavax initiated … Read more
Squarespace goes public, Apple shares some music payment details, and Twitter bans the founder of right-wing media organization Project Veritas. This is your daily crisis for April 16, 2021. The big story: Squarespace files are released Squarespace has applied for a public listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SQSP. The … Read more
Podcast David Axelrod, the founder and director of the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago, brings you The Ax Files, a series of insightful interviews with key figures in the political world. Go beyond the soundbites and meet some of the most interesting actors in politics. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable … Read more
Let’s examine the financial health of the South Korean e-commerce giant Earlier today in the south Korean e-commerce and delivery giant Coupang went public in the United States. As a private company, Coupang has raised billions, including capital from American venture capital company Sequoia and Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank and its Vision Fund. Coupang’s offering, … Read more
The SPAC craze continues unabated, and at times new SPACs are filed with the SEC almost every hour. SoftBank, the Japanese telecommunications conglomerate that also manages the gigantic Vision Fund and its successor, doesn’t want to be left out. Two consecutive SPAC registrations were filed yesterday for two new blank check companies. SVF Investment Corp … Read more