Dan Primack

Articles by Dan Primack

Anthropic IPO won't be slowed by safety uproar - Axios

Business September 15, 2026

There have been social media suggestions that Anthropic might want to wait, due to new product liability and regulation questions.Yet the Claude maker might actually view the past 48… [+1681 chars]

Prometheus, the industrial AI startup from Jeff Bezos, is now worth $41 billion - Axios

Business June 13, 2026

What they're saying: "The cycle from dream, to manufacturing at rate, to having it out in the world can be very long," Bezos tells Axios. "For example, if you go to a current jet engine manu… [+251...

Airline mega-merger story is all about Trump - Axios

Business April 16, 2026

The big picture: Airline mergers must be approved by both the Justice Department and Transportation Department. Many of DOJ's top antitrust officials and prosecutors have been forced out and… [+142...

Kentucky bourbon giants may merge - Axios

Business April 11, 2026

Sazerac, the maker of Buffalo Trace bourbon and cinnamon-flavored Fireball, reportedly has made a takeover approach to Brown-Forman, the Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey maker that's been in talks to οΏ½...

Andreessen Horowitz raises $15 billion for new funds - Axios

Business January 10, 2026

The big picture: U.S. firms secured just $66.1 billion for new funds in 2025, down from $101.3 billion in 2024 and well below the 2022 peak of nearly $223 billion, per preliminary data from PitchBookοΏ½...

Trump housing plan likely won't help the affordability crisis that much - Axios

Business January 10, 2026

It's also a direct shot at Blackstone, whose CEO Steve Schwarzman is a longtime Trump supporter.State of play: Trump is expected to lay out details of his plan later this month duri… [+1769 chars]

Scoop: Nvidia deal a big win for Groq employees and investors - Axios

Business December 29, 2025

Shareholders in Groq, a hot AI chipmaking startup, will receive handsome payouts from the company's $20 billion deal with Nvidia, even though no equity is changing hands, Axios has learned from sourcοΏ½...

Scoop: Dragoneer raises $4.3 billion for new VC fund - Axios

Business December 17, 2025

By the numbers: Dragoneer now has over $30 billion in assets under management, including a $12 billion evergreen fund that can back both private and public companies. The San Francisco-based… [+334...

Trump's U.S. Steel decision may come later than expected - Axios

Business June 7, 2025

Zoom in: Under normal procedures, Trump is required to give approval or block a deal within 15 days of receiving a CFIUS recommendation. That's today. But as we reported last month, CFIUS di… [+752...

Trump nears decision on U.S. Steel takeover - Axios

Business May 22, 2025

President Trump has opposed Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel since almost the moment it was announced. He also is fixated on signing deals that include large foreign direct investmenοΏ½...