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Mercor is on the fastest growth path I’ve ever seen
Do us a solid and go public in 2026
19 hrs ago • 
Alex Wilhelm
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Maybe the stock market is nuts
And: How humans use AI
Sep 15 • 
Alex Wilhelm
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Economic Calendar for the Week of September 14th, 2025
Last week in CO: Oracles Holy Sh*t Moment … Klarna’s IPO … Signs of Life for Unicorns … Everyone is Worried About AI (Again)
Sep 15 • 
Holden Page
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IPO News You Can’t Use
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Sep 12 • 
Alex Wilhelm
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Oracle's Holy Sh*t Moment For Investors
And: a note on political violence
Sep 11 • 
Alex Wilhelm
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Klarna’s IPO, Ramp’s rise, and the cloud backlog
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Sep 10 • 
Alex Wilhelm
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Signs of life in unicorn-land
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Sep 9 • 
Alex Wilhelm
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Everyone is worried about AI (again)
Should we worry? We can't call it yet.
Sep 8 • 
Alex Wilhelm
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Economic Calendar for the Week of September 7th, 2025
Last week in CO: Atlassian Buys The Browser Company … What Tokens Look Like In Dollars … Nvidia Keeps Winning … AI Labor Impact
Sep 8 • 
Holden Page
3
The fusion of VC and Christian nationalism
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Sep 5 • 
Alex Wilhelm
2
Atlassian enters the browser wars
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Sep 4 • 
Alex Wilhelm
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Google wins by losing
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Sep 3 • 
Alex Wilhelm
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