Teens Say John McEntee, Trump’s Former Personal Aide and Project 2025 Higher-Up, Made Them Uncomfortable in Chats

Two women tell WIRED that when they were 18-year-old college freshmen, John McEntee, a former Trump administration official and cofounder of a Peter Thiel–backed dating app, behaved in ways they…

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Smartsheet to go private in $8.4 billion deal with Vista Equity Partners and Blackstone

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader. (Smartsheet Photo) Follow-up: Smartsheet acquisition: Competing bids unlikely; $8.4B deal could fuel other private equity buyouts Smartsheet announced Tuesday that it agreed to be acquired by…

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Freight fintech startup Outgo raises $15M to help trucking carriers access cash quickly

From left: Outgo co-founders Ray Fortna, Marcus Womack, and Mike Bohlander. (Outgo Photo) Outgo, a Seattle-based startup that sells banking services to freight carriers, revealed that it raised $15 million…

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