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Blackstone

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Blackstone

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Mentioned as a potential buyer of the data center project. observed

fresh · evidence 6d ago 12 sources no confidence data
/100
Developer momentum
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Funding
no round
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings

Composite signal v0 insufficient evidence — 1 of 5 components

Five evidence lanes (activity, capital, infra, hiring, ecosystem) as within-cohort percentiles, combined with evidence-breadth weights over the 60-company baseline cohort. The ± band widens with missing lanes — it measures what the score stands on. Scores publish at 2+ evidence lanes; this company's tape carries 1 (19 signals/60d), so no number is claimed.

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Opportunity & risk

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VIX signals 1 hard signal across 1 source

The platform's own early signals for this company — hard-to-fake, and where one preceded a real raise, the measured lead.

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What people are saying 4 signals from 2 voices
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Capital timeline every dated signal, across tiers

  1. rumor Anthropic/Blackstone enterprise AI venture acquires Fractional AI ↗
  2. rumor Blackstone weighs options for Ancestry.com, including sale or IPO ↗
  3. rumor Blackstone, KKR, CVC Curbed by China's IPO Clampdown ↗
  4. rumor Blackstone acquires pet care app Rover in $2.3B all-cash deal ↗
  5. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  6. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  7. rumor Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7B ↗
  8. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  9. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  10. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  11. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  12. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  13. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  14. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  15. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗

Narrative vs. reality SEC filings beyond reported funding

Reported narrative · Tier 2
No reported round on record.
Filed reality · Tier 0 · SEC
10 Form D
latest filed 2022-04-11 · none near the reported round

The company has Form D filings on record that our reported-funding data does not cover — a quiet raise worth a look.

Regulatory filings SEC EDGAR · primary source

Form D filings — the company's own authoritative record of a Reg D private raise, filed with the SEC. Primary-source evidence: not commentary, not inference. 10 filings, latest 2022-04-11.

Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk elevated · 0.44

Gray-market attention, not quality. 50+ HN mentions (peak 200 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. Risk drivers: 2 recent unverified rumors circulating · heavy gray-market attention · some SEC filings on record. ▲ 200 Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7B 2020-08-06 ↗

Raw observations 30 records
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Blackstone observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 200 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070457", "title": "Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7B", "points": 200, "created_at": "2020-08-06", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_st observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070457", "title": "Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7B", "points": 200, "created_at": "2020-08-06", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_st observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070457", "title": "Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7B", "points": 200, "created_at": "2020-08-06", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_st observed artifact ↗ 2026-05-21 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070457", "title": "Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7B", "points": 200, "created_at": "2020-08-06", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_st observed artifact ↗ 2026-05-21 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070457", "title": "Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7B", "points": 200, "created_at": "2020-08-06", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_st observed artifact ↗ 2026-05-21 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070457", "title": "Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7B", "points": 200, "created_at": "2020-08-06"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070457", "title": "Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7B", "points": 200, "created_at": "2020-08-06"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070457", "title": "Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7B", "points": 200, "created_at": "2020-08-06"} observed artifact ↗ 2020-08-06 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070457", "title": "Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7B", "points": 200, "created_at": "2020-08-06"} observed artifact ↗ 2020-08-06 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070457", "title": "Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7B", "points": 200, "created_at": "2020-08-06"} observed artifact ↗ 2020-08-06 normalized 0.20
description Mentioned as a potential buyer of the data center project. observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
index.ai_tie AI_ADJACENT observed classify 2026-07-25 derived 0.60
sec.cik 0001597548 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.count 10 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.filings [{"cik": "0001597548", "form": "D/A", "filed": "2022-04-11", "accession": "0000950142-22-001375", "index_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597548/000095014222001375/0000950142-22-001375- observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.latest_filed 2022-04-11 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.related_persons {"filed": "2022-04-11", "persons": [{"last_name": "Blackstone Ireland Fund Management Limited", "first_name": "-", "clarification": "Manager of the Issuer", "relationships": ["Executive Officer"]}, {" observed url 2022-04-11 normalized 0.99
sector emerging derived calc 2026-08-08 normalized 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KXVWSQ2SEEK0PVYDSG6PK3CV", "signals": [{"quote": "You see Blackstone making huge investments, real estate companies. Ultimately, I think these are very savvy market pla observed artifact ↗ 2026-01-23 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M05T1ZJTRA4YSVDYG5TH6W9S", "signals": [{"quote": "if you look at the most successful asset manager in the world and i would put blackstone at that just incredibly good observed artifact ↗ 2022-04-30 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M0AANPBGSDQPJT9BKWC3MCKQ", "signals": [{"quote": "blackstone's rumored secondaries fund that expected to top its previous fund which was a whopping 23.5 billion dollars observed artifact ↗ 2024-07-31 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M0AANPBGSDQPJT9BKWC3MCKQ", "signals": [{"quote": "and then you have these other parties uh with these secondary funds industry ventures blackstone also lexington has a observed artifact ↗ 2024-07-31 promoted 0.50
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "Inside America’s AI Strategy: Infrastructure, Regulation, and Global Competition — blackstone", "source_id": "01KXRSFY5TWW8957KW6PJGNK30-m-5388a5a5ac0868b9", "extract_ref": observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-19 normalized 0.95
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "$100T is managed by “human duct tape” | E2308 — blackstone", "source_id": "01KXRSP650HEJJXH94HYP26KS1-m-5388a5a5ac0868b9", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:3a3e746d992ca2daf observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-22 normalized 0.95
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "E78: VC fund metrics that matter, private market update, recession, student loans, Bill Hwang arrest — blackstone", "source_id": "01KXRSG0M2AR8DMTE1XQWBYKVZ-m-5388a5a5ac086 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-26 normalized 0.95
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "Why the most expensive Seed deals are the cheapest | E2299 — blackstone", "source_id": "01KXRSP67PBE2A6MSZC2FH4H52-m-5388a5a5ac0868b9", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:a1c5 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-27 normalized 0.95
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "The $97 Billion VC Panel | E1987 — blackstone", "source_id": "01KXRSPACK8JVMR2YMXKMY6AR7-m-5388a5a5ac0868b9", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:794392c60a5790db8ce3b2aa82bb63 observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-08 normalized 0.95