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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

Went public on NYSE registered Jun 19, 2007 source

Blackstone Inc. (BX) registered its shares for listing with the SEC on Form 8-A12B. EDGAR CIK 0001393818.

Ipo fresh · evidence 15d ago 15 sources no confidence data
—/100
Developer momentum
at IPO
Why this score? ↓

What we have established three decisions, kept apart

  1. 1 Identity verified Not recorded

    No person- or entity-level identity check is on record for this company. A name match is not one.

  2. 2 Evidence sufficient to publish Not yet

    The inclusion bar: two or more independent sourced evidence families. This profile is reachable but not in the ranked index. It is a statement about how much evidence we hold, and about nothing else.

  3. 3 Fit for a seed/Series-A sourcing buyer Not established

    We have not established fit. That is not a soft no and not a soft yes — it is unknown, and it is never counted as a qualified prospect.

Funding
no round
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings
Commercial
not checked
homepage

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 (23 signals/60d), so no number is claimed.

Traction

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Current round

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Opportunity & risk

No standout signal or flag yet.

13 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

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Market & funding stage 1 of 3 signals present ▾
Funding stage
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Lifecycle stage
ipo observed stale
Latest round stage
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Evidence & scoring

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Raw observations 45 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
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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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
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "GGV's Jeff Richards on lessons from 2008 & Dot-com bust, down market valuations & more | Angel S4 E9 — blackstone", "source_id": "01KXRSPPH64YPXEF9SKVSBR1F9-m-5388a5a5ac086 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-18 normalized 0.95
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "E861: #StartupTuneup Urban-X: apartment grades, urban outdoor spaces, connected tolls, bike helmets — blackstone", "source_id": "01KXRSPRBJ958NBYDRCW73XZ6S-m-5388a5a5ac0868 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 normalized 0.95
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