Author: Matthew Lynley

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Identity management software provider Okta files for today’s second $100M IPO

March 13, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 It looks like Snap’s (at least perceived) successful IPO has officially opened the window: Following Yext…

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Google confirms its acquisition of data science community Kaggle

March 8, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 Google today said it is acquiring Kaggle, an online service that hosts data science and machine…

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Blackstorm Labs looks to bring the co-op experience to a Facebook Messenger game

March 2, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 CEO Ernestine Fu hopes that Blackstorm Labs, the makers of a bullet hell-ish fantasy shooter called…

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Snap valued above $30B as shares pop more than 40% in public trading debut

March 2, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 Snap shares began trading more than 40% higher than its original IPO price this morning —…

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Snap values itself at nearly $24B with its IPO pricing

March 1, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 Snap has given a final price for its IPO, setting the company’s valuation at nearly $24…

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Five burning questions that Snap’s IPO is about to answer

March 1, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 Snap will begin publicly trading tomorrow, which means that it will officially give a price for…

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How Pinterest’s visual search went from a moonlight project to a real-world search engine

February 22, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 Sometime around 2013 and 2014, deep learning was going through a revolution that required pretty much…

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Hanging out at Snap’s unremarkable IPO roadshow

February 21, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 One of the remarkable things about the roadshow presentations for hotly-anticipated IPOs — where they’ll make…