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Goldman Sachs Led $110 Million Into the AI Replacing Your Underwriter — Taktile's Agentic Decision Platform Hits 95% Automation in B2B Lending
Taktile, a New York-based financial-AI company whose Agentic Decision Platform automates high-stakes decisions for banks and insurers — credit approvals, claims reimbursement, fraud detection, anti-money laundering reviews, and business loan underwriting — has closed a $110 million Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives. The round also includes Balderton Capital, Index Venture
36 min readSpaceX SPCX: $161, +19%, and the Day Musk Became the World's First Trillionaire
SpaceX opened its first day of Nasdaq trading at $150 and closed at $160.95 — a 19% gain on the $135 IPO price. Intraday it briefly touched 30% above IPO, giving SpaceX a $2.25 trillion market cap and making Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. Volume: 360 million shares by 2pm ET. The Deal Room walks through what day-one told us about the market's conviction, the retail-30% bet, and what $2T
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