Ghost Exits: How Startup Exits are Changing

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Samuel Weinstein joins the host and shares his insights on how Big Tech is redesigning how it invests in innovative startups and why startups are choosing different exits We covered topics including -What changed between the first attempt and recent successful acquisition of cloud security startup Wiz by Google for $32 billionShifting antitrust policy enforcement over the years and more recently, from the Biden to the Trump administration How Big Tech is adapting to the changing policy environment and industry forces and redesigning how it invests in innovative startupsWhy startups are staying private longerNew startup sale structures or ghost exits through centaurs and reverse acquihiresWhether these new structures are here to stayReferencesNo Exit by Broughman, Brian J. and Wansley, Matthew and Weinstein, Samuel, No Exit (June 23, 2025). 100 N.Y.U. Law Review 1481 (2025), Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 5316792, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2025-18, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5316792 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5316792The Uncomfortable Truths About Reverse Acquihires: Why tech companies may have no choice

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