Goldman Sachs
Global investment bank and financial services company with an alternatives and asset management arm.
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“last year it raised $450 million at a $16.8 billion valuation from Y Combinator, Baillie Gifford, Elad Gil and Goldman Sachs.”
Source→“You can tell a lot about people when they get promoted as to whether they grow into the job or swell into it.”
Source→“Goldman Sachs Research projects AI will drive an increase of 170% in global data center power demand by 2030, adding the equivalent of Japan's entire electricity consumption.”
Source→“Kling AI: has tapped CICC, Goldman Sachs, and UBS for a Hong Kong IPO that could raise at least $1 billion as soon as next year after raising $2.8 billion in July at a roughly $15 billion pre-money valuation.”
Source→“Global labor markets are proving resilient even as corporate AI adoption accelerates. While AI-related hiring headwinds are present, they are confined to a narrow set of industries and workers.”
Source→“Linse Capital, the growth-stage firm led by Goldman Sachs vets Michael Linse and Bastiaan Janmaat, raised $150m for an early-stage fund.”
“The AI playbook for Goldman and JPMorgan”
“counts Mercedes-Benz, NASA, Goldman Sachs, and Citi as customers”
Source→“Goldman Sachs Research found China accounted for about half of global licensing deals by dollar value... GlobalData puts China's 2025 out-licensing value at $115B, with almost half of all US in-licensing now coming from China.”
“ElevenLabs... completed a $300 million employee tender offer at a $22 billion valuation, double its $11 billion valuation in February. The tender was led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price, with EQT and Goldman Sachs as well as previous investors Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners”
Source→“A Goldman Sachs analysis last week found that the hyperscalers' AI revenues remain below what they need just to break even on their capex.”
“Raises $400M Series G Round from Goldman Sachs, Evolution Equity Partners”
“There was offense and defense. The only dollar spent in the entire industry is if you got in trouble... we were selling something no one wanted to buy for years.”
Source→“raised $270M at a $1.7B valuation (30x in two years), led by Headline with Sofina, Goldman Sachs, and Balderton participating”
Source→“raised a $270 million round at a $1.7 billion valuation.”
Source→“Goldman Sachs' CIO argues the real question is architectural: 'under which conditions could I run any model, including the Chinese models.'”
Source→“Goldman's practice of ensuring 'its AI systems don't get direct access to underlying data sources,' instead routing through 'the bank's data platform, which enforces access controls'”
Source→“Nearing decisions on Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs for lead underwriting roles on its planned IPO.”
Source→“close to tapping Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs for top roles in an IPO that could value it at $2 trillion or more”
Source→“Owner, a startup specializing in AI marketing and technology tools for small businesses, raised a $240 million round... at a $2.3 billion valuation.”
Source→“Owner, an AI platform for restaurants and small businesses, raised $240m at a $2.3b valuation.”
“Socure — Raised $156M at a $5.2B valuation with $742M+ total raised; strategic investors include Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and Docusign”
Source→“"Global M&A volumes are up 48% against an unusually supportive backdrop of strong equity markets and a stabilized regulatory environment... the risk of standing still has in some cases been greater than pursuing new deals." — Goldman Sachs”
“Quintessent's $40M Series A for quantum dot laser technology targeting AI data center interconnects attracted an unusually broad and credible syndicate (Goldman, Ciena, Susquehanna, multiple VCs). This is an extremely early-stage, deep-tech bet — but the participation of strategic investors with direct data center exposure suggests the interconnect bottleneck in AI infrastructure is being taken seriously.”
“Quintessent...raised $40m in Series A funding. Cycle Capital led, joined by Ciena, Goldman Sachs XIG-Industry Ventures, Hina Liberty Capital, Susquehanna International Group...”
“Shine Technologies, a Fidelity Management & Research Company-backed startup developing fusion technology for industrial imaging, hired Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan as bankers for its IPO.”
Source→“Crusoe | Clean energy-powered data centers, Denver | In IPO talks with BofA, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan”
Source→“Goldman Sachs will pay up to $410m to acquire LCN Capital Partners.”
Source→“Goldman Sachs' 2024 acquisition of secondary specialist Industry Ventures.”
Source→“Anthropic could go public before its rival. The company is meeting with potential new investors ahead of its planned IPO, expected in September or October. ...working with Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan on offering”
Source→“Goldman acquiring NEOS, an ETF manager with $30B in assets, for up to $2.25B”
“Nvidia is partnering with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR to unlock $500B+ in third-party capital for AI infrastructure”
Source→“Nvidia yesterday announced plans to raise around $500 billion to help finance AI infrastructure buildouts, in partnership with six of North America's largest investment firms.”
“Nvidia announced plans to raise ~$500 billion to finance AI infrastructure buildouts, partnering with six of North America's largest investment firms. The mechanism mirrors structured finance instruments from other capital-intensive industries.”
“Nvidia raising $500B via Wall Street partnerships (Goldman Sachs, BlackRock) signals it is building a financial infrastructure layer around AI compute — potentially positioning itself to control not just the hardware but the *financing* of the AI buildout.”
Source→“Nvidia is partnering with Wall Street giants to get $500 billion for its AI ambitions.”
Source→“Together, we are creating repeatable financing platforms to help the AI ecosystem build the factories it needs.”
Source→“Though much of 2026 M&A activity isn't directly AI-related, AI has created a halo effect, pushing leaders to scale and consolidate across industries.”
“This has led to a rise in 'DNA deals,' acquisitions that embed AI into a company's core rather than layer it onto existing products.”
Source→“Goldman just came out, you know, CEO of David Solomon of Goldman Sachs, uh, endorsing the Clarity Bill.”
Source→“It is the largest private company in America for the last 40 years. It is owned 88% by the family and has produced more billionaires in one family than any other company ever. They do more revenue than Goldman Sachs, Nike, and Starbucks combined.”
Source→“You saw like at this recent college graduation speeches, Solomon, the CEO of Goldman was like talking about AI and everyone was booing. People walked out, right.”
Source→“David Solomon, Goldman's CEO, attended a dinner with Kareem that the Sequoia Interviewer referenced to illustrate the diversity of high-performing CEO archetypes.”
Source→“Tech giants are expected to spend $5.3 trillion on AI by 2030, funded partially by public debt issuance, according to Goldman Sachs Research.”
Source→“Raised $100M+ Series D led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives Growth Equity”
Source→“Anthropic is reportedly lining up investor meetings for a potential October IPO with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan; simultaneously pushing states toward stricter AI safety rules.”
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