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And Happy Friday.

In non-venture-related news, Conor McGregor is teasing the idea of running for president in Ireland.

We live in a truly ridiculous timeline.

Switching gears.

Here are the biggest stories leading into the weekend.

TL;DR:

HEADLINES
Safe Intelligence raises $1b before launching 👀

  • OpenAI’s Sutskever and super-angel Gross land $1B for AI safety startup (Pitchbook)

  • Andreessen Horowitz shutters its Miami office after two years (TechCrunch)

  • VC Giants a16z, Union Square Ventures Get Subpoenaed by New York About Uniswap (CoinDesk)

  • Guide to VC Secondaries Buyers (Venture Capital Journal)

  • How Nicole Wischoff Won the Internet to Raise $50M (Twitter)

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RESULTS

Here are the results from our poll question in yesterday’s piece:

What do you think about the idea of a country increasing the capital gains tax?

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I hate it: We are cattle for bureaucrats, and they will keep milking us until it runs dry (14)

🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ It's reasonable: It's fair within a reasonable range (but we're past that range) (8)

🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ I like it: I don't mind paying more taxes on post-tax savings (8)

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