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(The jury is out on whether this was a good or bad thing.)First up is Twitter buying Smyte, a startup targeting fixes for spam and abuse
Twitter is going into a big year, with the United States midterm elections, the 2018 World Cup, and the Sacramento Kings probably finding
some way to screw up in the NBA draft
Twitter is trying to bill itself as a home for news, focusing on live video, and a number of other things.Then we have Juul Labs, an
e-cigarette company that is somehow worth $10 billion
The Information reports that the PAX Labs spinout from 2015 has gone from a $250 million valuation all the way to $10 billion faster than
Obviously the original cigarette industry was a complicated one circa the 20th century, so this one will be an interesting one to play out
over the next few years.Finally, we have meditation app Calm raising a $27 million round at a $250 million pre-money valuation