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17 stories from the past week in Money, from Hustle Bucks.
Investors Behind Venture Capitalists Share Insights
The money behind the money is thrilled, mostly.
The Secret Economy of Fake Blood Fueling Hollywood’s $1.3 Billion Horror Boom
As horror box office revenue surges past $1.3 billion, special FX makeup artists and indie creators reveal the meticulous craft—and economic disconnect—behind Hollywood’s gore.
Re:Build Leads Week's Biggest Funding Rounds With $2.1 Billion
This week featured a robust lineup of large rounds, led by manufacturing startup Re:Build, which closed on $2.1 billion, and predictions marketplace Kalshi, which picked up another $1 billion.
Salesforce Acquires Braze For $5.66 Billion
Salesforce agreed the other day to buy Braze for $5.66 billion, 6.8x trailing revenue. In most of B2B that price would be unremarkable. In go-to-market software it’s a 58% premium, because Braze traded at 3.7x on Monday. I pulled the multiples for the public…
Amazon Reports Booming Cloud Revenue Amid Otherwise Disappointing Earnings
The biggest ouch of the report was its negative free cash flow of $2.4 billion.
Anthropic Files S-1 Showing $16.3B Revenue
Plus Broadcom backstopping Anthropic’s chip debt, Meta’s $95B equity raise, the PHP2Shell flaws, and an IC fight over Instinct at $30B and OpenAI at $1.25T This week had one story that mattered more than everything else combined: Anthropic finally filed its…
Microsoft Releases Azure Revenue At $33.2 Billion
Microsoft has never disclosed Azure's quarterly revenue in dollars. But for the first time, we can see just how close it is getting to besting the biggest competitor in the market, AWS.
Microsoft Generates $10 Billion From OpenAI Arrangements
Microsoft said it made $10 billion in revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI, including revenue-sharing payments, in the quarter ending September 30. It underscores the still-enormous financial dependency of the partnership.
Companies See Revenue Rise While Value Falls
Revenue growth does not guarantee a larger exit, as declining valuation multiples can outweigh operating gains and reduce enterprise value. Guest author Itay Sagie suggests that founders and boards should track valuation alongside financial performance, model…
He Started a Side Hustle to Make Extra Income. Now He Has a Multi-Million Dollar Business
What began with 25-cent restaurant games evolved into a vending machine company with millions in annual revenue.
Baby Boomers Are Retiring. Private Equity Is Waiting.
Investors in big cities are quietly consuming small businesses all over the country.
Jio Platforms Surges 21% In Market Debut After Blockbuster IPO
Jio has debuted as India's second-most valuable listed company, behind its parent, Reliance Industries.
Anthropic IPO To Bring Billions To Venture Firms And Amazon
Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.
Anthropic Files For IPO With Rapid Revenue Growth
In an S-1 filing today preceding what could be the largest IPO ever, Anthropic laid out extensive new details about its earnings, growth, key stakeholders and the risks it faces going forward. Clocking in at 335 pages, the document wasn’t exactly light…
Anthropic Files S-1 Ahead Of IPO
Anthropic filed its S-1 this morning. It plans to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “ANT,” and the share count and price range haven’t been set yet. Largest IPOs in History, by Deal Size 1. Anthropic (2026)…
HoliCHIC Founder Megha Rao Raises $1.5 Million Seed Round
After bootstrapping holiCHIC for years, and building it into a seven-figure business, the brand raised their first $1.5 million seed round in May 2026. Since then, sales are up 47%. Here are three questions Megha Rao encourages other founders to ask as they…