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Mentioned as a potential buyer of the data center project. observed
Blackstone Inc. (BX) registered its shares for listing with the SEC on Form 8-A12B. EDGAR CIK 0001393818.
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in private equity, KKR and Blackstone, I think are sort of versions of this, which said like, we're going to become asset managers.
current customers include Blackstone which is one of the largest landlords in the world
I picked up names like CrowdStrike and Splunk and Blackstone and you know companies with big balance sheets that tended to do well in an economic recovery and and I'm bullish on on again
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
| 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community.hn.max_points | 200 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-18 | superseded | 0.20 |
community.hn.max_points | 0 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-10-08 | normalized | 0.20 |
community.hn.mentions | 50 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-18 | superseded | 0.20 |
community.hn.mentions | 0 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-10-08 | 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 | 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 | superseded | 0.20 |
community.hn.rumors | [] | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-10-08 | 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 | 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 | superseded | 0.20 |
community.hn.top_story | {} | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-10-08 | 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 |
lifecycle_stage | ipo | observed | https | 2007-06-19 | normalized | 0.95 |
outcome | {"kind": "ipo", "note": "Blackstone Inc. (BX) registered its shares for listing with the SEC on Form 8-A12B. EDGAR CIK 0001393818.", "amount_usd": null, "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edg | observed | https | 2007-06-19 | normalized | 0.95 |
platform.index_excluded | true | derived | calc | 2026-09-28 | 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 |
signal.commentary | {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M2TQ6PM2MBPS67A8ZPJD40VS", "signals": [{"quote": "I picked up names like CrowdStrike and Splunk and Blackstone and you know companies with big balance sheets that tende | observed | artifact ↗ | 2020-04-01 | promoted | 0.50 |
signal.commentary | {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M2VHMZ2EZPA1ZMQN57Y44WCZ", "signals": [{"quote": "current customers include Blackstone which is one of the largest landlords in the world", "stance": "neutral", "confid | observed | artifact ↗ | 2018-10-03 | promoted | 0.50 |
signal.commentary | {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M4S5CT8PS6FSB3CJ4EE7H4PF", "signals": [{"quote": "in private equity, KKR and Blackstone, I think are sort of versions of this, which said like, we're going to become as | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-10-12 | promoted | 0.50 |
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