This week, we discuss Cisco's acquisition of Splunk, AWS's investment in Anthropic, and VC Market Overview Presentations. Plus, we share some thoughts on Dungeons and Dragons, as well as standardized testing.
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Runner-up Titles
So much about sheep
Maybe Ten
Middle mega-cap
The data stays the same, only the story changes
Ribbon Wall
Rundown
Splunk
Cisco acquires cybersecurity company Splunk in cash deal worth $28 billion
Splunk Is Good For Cisco, But Cisco Needs To Convince Splunk Customers That Cisco Is Good For Them
AWS to invest up to $4B in Anthropic
Google invested $300 million in AI firm founded by former OpenAI researchers
Amazon agreed to invest up to $4 billion into Anthropic
I’s $240B Question
Anti Portfolio
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No sacred masterpieces
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## Nonsense
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