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Mentioned as a potential buyer of the data center project. observed
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.
No standout signal or flag yet.
No single number decides. Layers can disagree — that's the point. New to this? →
The platform's own early signals for this company — hard-to-fake, and where one preceded a real raise, the measured lead.
and then you have these other parties uh with these secondary funds industry ventures blackstone also lexington has a pretty big sleeve in this and the reason they're willing and able to get into these opportunities because they have a really good reputation
blackstone's rumored secondaries fund that expected to top its previous fund which was a whopping 23.5 billion dollars
if you look at the most successful asset manager in the world and i would put blackstone at that just incredibly good and best in class in probably three enormous parts of the worldwide economy real estate credit um and private equity you know their long-run track record is that on 200 and some odd billion dollars of private equity and another hundred billion dollars of of um of real estate they've returned 2x so that's what the upper bound is you know doubling people's money and generating 15 t
You see Blackstone making huge investments, real estate companies. Ultimately, I think these are very savvy market players, very deep pocketed companies. And they're doing this because they see an ROI there at the end of the rainbow
The company has Form D filings on record that our reported-funding data does not cover — a quiet raise worth a look.
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.
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 ↗
| Attribute | Value | Kind | Source | Observed | State | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |