Crown dented but confidence unbowed.
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The SPAC King is back, crown dented but confidence unbowed.
Driving the news: Venture capitalist and podcaster Chamath Palihapitiya has filed to raise $250 million for a new blank-check company called American Exceptionalism Acquisition A.
"My incentives were grossly misaligned."
The SPAC King's newest, dubbed "American Exceptionalism," went public with $345 million. But Chamath doesn't want people to buy…
We found him more introspective than in past discussions, but no less certain of his analysis.
June 17 : SPACs are making a comeback. A flood of expected blockbuster IPOs this year is creating an opening for SPACs as smaller…
Special-purpose acquisition companies are experiencing a resurgence as a wave of blockbuster IPOs creates an opening for smaller…
Plus, Snap's Evan Spiegel gets activist challenge & OpenAI buys the TBPN podcast
