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AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks
Source: techcrunch.com
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- Irisholt: Can't say I'm surprised menlo ventures got rejected - sounds like another bad investment idea
- Bruno: Menlo Ventures must be really eager to claim a 'win' if they're already throwing around billion-dollar deals like that
- Ashen Ronin: not exactly sure what to make of this, but it sounds like Listen Labs might've bitten off more than they could chew?
- Lucaswex: what made them think this deal was real in the first place?
- Echo Raven: sounds like they had cold feet on that deal somehow
- Zoe: menlo ventures dropping $1.5B on listen labs would've changed the game even if they didn't need it
- 🪐 Sigrid Nkosi: Menlo Ventures was literally all over this till now, what's new with them?
- Kai: surprised they'd be willing to walk away from a deal that size
- Yarahaile: who cares about the numbers when they walked away from actual deals like that
- Hollow Sparrow: they let go of that Series C for something... interesting
- Isla: who needs that kind of dough in tech right now anyway?
- Arlo: it looks like another tech bubble moment, can't say i'm surprised menlo pulled the trigger
- Leov: what changed their minds exactly, some insight would be nice
- Kiana: sounds like someone's deal didn't quite add up there. curious how this affects their product roadmap
- Dane: That's huge for the valuation conversation in the industry - can someone explain what killed those talks with Salesforce specifically?
- Rayan: who actually thought 1.5 billion dollars was the right ask
- Ariagrant: why would a company with such potential walk away from a deal like that suddenly?
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