Buy and sell shares in private tech companies. Also private markets intelligence news: @TheAugmentPulse
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Private markets should work like markets. Today Augment is launching the Private Liquidity Network. Details in the thread.
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Insurance startups @BambooIns postponed its $700M IPO, after @Holtecintl suspended its $900M offering. @Nvidia committed $1B ahead of @Nscale's planned IPO, following earlier going-concern concerns. augment.market/pulse/bamboo-… Informational only.
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Five years ago Kyle Douglas gave Austin a two-month trial run, then flew home to New Jersey, bought his first car and packed it full. Today he's building the backend behind our V2 web and iOS apps — mostly after midnight.
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His other take, defended just as hard: @JeppsonsMalort is the perfect liquor. Drinking isn't supposed to be fun.
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@noelregrets, on Kyle: "I keep forgetting where he went to college. He never mentions @Princeton. Not once."
We're hiring: augment.market/jobs
Also, Kyle asked us to share some cat pics so here they are.
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Private markets should work like markets. Today Augment is launching the Private Liquidity Network. Details in the thread.
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Sell limit orders are available only for eligible positions and are subject to applicable issuer restrictions, transfer limitations, approvals, documentation requirements, buyer availability, and other transaction conditions. A limit order is not guaranteed to execute and may expire unfilled, even if the specified price is reached or exceeded. Selling securities may result in tax consequences.
“Pre-IPO” is used generally to describe a privately held company that may be viewed as a potential candidate for a future public offering. The term does not mean that the company has filed for, scheduled, or committed to an IPO. An IPO or other liquidity event is not guaranteed and may never occur.
Augment Markets Inc. is a technology company. Brokerage services are offered through Augment Capital LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advisory services are offered through Augment Advisors LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser. This is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice, a recommendation, an offer, or a solicitation to buy or sell any security, investment product, or advisory service. Please see Augment’s other disclosures here: augment.market/disclosures
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3/ Two key new features:
Lightning Close: Now investing in many of our SPVs is faster than ever before, closing as soon as funds are received. We hold shares in inventory to reduce execution risk to our clients.
Sell Limit Orders (the “sell” button): Sell units of our pre-IPO Collective SPVs without picking up the phone. Users can now post orders to sell their eligible holdings directly from the web and mobile app.
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4/ Eligible individuals, institutions, and brokerage and wealth partners can all join the same network. This is just the beginning of what we have in store, and we’re working every day to bring the experience of trading the private markets closer and closer to parity with the ease of public markets. Read more about the PLN on the blog: augment.market/pulse/private…
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Today we are launching the @AugmentMarkets Private Liquidity Network, a standing self-serve trading venue for units of pre-IPO SPVs. Details in the thread:
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Last Thursday @CrusoeAI announced a: $3.9B Series F at a $30.9B post-money. Two words in the release matter as much as the number: "initial closing." The price is set. The round is still open. Final size and final investor list may differ. cc: @augmentmarkets
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In our latest @AugmentMarkets Exchange podcast Adam Bergman explains what can slow down a private investment funded through a retirement account.
It turns out to be a fax machine.
Some custodians still require a faxed transfer form before releasing a client’s funds. Adam’s firm keeps a fax machine in the office for exactly this reason. In 2026.
I’ve tried to be measured about this, but I still think it's crazy.
I can’t speak to why any particular custodian still requires it. But when your business is paid to hold assets, friction on the way out works in your favor. The institution keeps the assets longer. The client absorbs the delay.
This is retirement money held up by a noisy beeping phone call because parts of the industry decided the ’90s were good enough.
The technology to fix this has existed for decades. Thirty years later, the fax requirement is still there.
It's worth listening to Adam Bergman, founder of @TheIRAFinancial, and our own Max Melmed on this topic and everything else you can and can't do with your IRA.
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Amodei asked AI labs to slow down Saturday. By Monday, SoftBank was down 11%, Trump had attacked him and Beijing had answered.
Four Days That Split Silicon Valley on AI: augment.market/pulse/four-da…
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Adam Bergman of @TheIRAFinancial uses a three-part shorthand for IRA restrictions: no life insurance, no collectibles, and no prohibited transactions involving the owner or another disqualified person.
He explains the framework on this week's Augment Exchange.
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He gives two examples: buying a house with IRA funds and living in it, or investing IRA funds in a business you already control.
Both can raise prohibited-transaction concerns, depending on the facts.
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Real estate, private funds, venture investments, loans and private-company shares are not categorically barred. That does not make every transaction permissible.
Full conversation with Max Melmed: augment.market/the-augment-e…
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