Rohan Goswami
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Business reporter @Semafor. Formerly @CNBC. Proud @tulane alum. [email protected]
New York City
Joined January 2018
Scooped on the most important acquisition of my career. Will try not to make a habit of it. Excited to join @lizrhoffman @semaforben to build something fun and martini-driven
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An exclusive from @lorakolodny and me @CNBC: tweets from @elonmusk and @X bot accounts helped drive up the price of a number of @FTX_Official -listed altcoins, according to new research from the @ncri_io .
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Previously unreported: Binance and CZ's lawyers say SEC chair Gensler offered to serve as an advisor to Binance and its CEO in 2019. They also allege Gensler provided CZ w/ a copy of his written testimony ahead of a House hearing.
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It's only official when the @JCMcCracken memo hits the wires. Happy to be settling into a job that lets me talk to some incredibly cool, smart, and very fun folks!.
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NEW: Investors were promised better returns than the stock market. Now they’re suing an Airbnb arbitrage scheme for fraud. A look into a scheme that jacks up the price of hotel rooms and passes the cost on to consumers. w/ @annierpalmer .
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Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital are involved in discussions with Microsoft, sources familiar tell @CNBC. From me and @jordannovet .
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From me and my colleagues @CNBC. More to come.
OpenAI investors pushing to bring Altman back as CEO one day after he was ousted by board
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Bankman-Fried’s former top brass, Caroline Ellison & Gary Wang, would have to post $250k in bail and surrender their passports. They’ve pleaded guilty for their roles in a multibillion dollar fraud at FTX. w/ @KenzieSigalos.
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Scooplet from @KenzieSigalos and me: Before Kris Marszalek had failed ventures in manufacturing and e-commerce. Bankruptcy, offshore payments, clients left without their money, while Marszalek took home millions. Read more here.
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Nearly two months ago, Kazakh fintech Freedom Holding was targeted by a report from @HindenburgRes. @CNBC has now learned that prosecutors and U.S. federal regulators are investigating the Nasdaq-listed firm. $FRHC. Read more:.
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@drmattmotil @jk_rowling Hey Matt -- I'm a reporter with CNBC. Trying to get in touch with you about the recent SEC suit filed against you. Feel free to send me a DM or ping me at rohan.goswami[at]nbcuni[dot].com.
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Exclusive, new, and very interesting (in our opinion) from me + @annierpalmer : the definitive story on Flexport's chaotic last month @CNBC. Dozens of interviews, some internal financials, and one cancelled $150,000 concert.
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I will be in D.C. Sunday morn - Wednesday evening for mWise. shoot me a text if you want to say hi. Or don't, I get it.
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As we read through today's Binance complaint, I am reminded of Stringer Bell's immortal words: "are you takin' notes on a f---kin' criminal conspiracy?".
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Another @jenn_elias scoop: Google laying off hundreds of employees including some in Sunnyvale, in favor of hiring in India and Mexico. Comes after her OTHER scoop that presaged cost cuts in favor of lower cost labor .
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Don't know if you've heard, but apparently it's a tough time for the TV business. CNBC's @sherman4949 spoke with some of ESPN's past and present leadership — including Bob Chapek, in his first interview since his ouster — about ESPN's plan for relevance.
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AWS CEO Selipsky stepping down to spend time with his family and "reflect." Ok!.
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My brilliant colleague @beccpicc on the saltwater intrusion crisis in New Orleans and across Louisiana.
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An @annierpalmer scoop: Amazon isn't hosting its robotics+AI conference this year, despite all the buzz in the artificial intelligence space. The co. says it isn't for cost reasons. but. well.
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Binance maintained for years that Chinese residents couldn’t trade on the exchange. But Chinese traders seem to get by Binance’s restrictions just fine. With a little help from Binance’s employees and an army of the exchange’s “volunteers.”.
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Amazon customer service is really… serenading me?????? On a Sunday evening?. Sir I am just trying to return a defective laundry hamper
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“A Perplexity post with over 20,000 views about Elon Musk routing chips from Tesla to xAI was originally a CNBC exclusive, but CNBC was not named in the post and is one of four outlets signaled through a small circular stamp.”.
Perplexity is scraping the work of journalists at Forbes, CNBC, Bloomberg and other pubs, claiming its tiny, missable footnotes are fair credit. In our case, it also lifted text and artwork. Will @AravSrinivas answer our questions?. w/ @RashiShrivast18: .
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Months ago @annierpalmer and I reported that Flexport had secured the "framework" for $260m from Shopify as part of the Deliverr deal, framed as a stopgap on the way to an IPO. Today @theo_wayt with a nice scoop: Flexport has activated that facility.
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NYT's legal team at Susman Godfrey pulling no punches this AM, suing OpenAI and Microsoft for billions in damages for alleged expropriation of copyrighted material. Here's how they succinctly describe OAI's business:
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SCOOP: Adam Neumann's bid for WeWork could reach up to $900 million BUT that number is pending due diligence and further review. His financing remains unclear, person familiar says. Dan Loeb's Third Point not involved in the bid, another person says.
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Holy cow… what’s going on in the aggregator world? @annierpalmer keeping the scoop streak going .
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What do you get when you mix together a wedding on Lake Como, A.I., suspended Amazon storefronts, and a couple of brothers from San Diego?. You get an FTC complaint. That's what you get. more from @annierpalmer and me below:.
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Ironic that I should get my first pig-butchering Twitter message the same day we put out a piece about the successful, multi-million dollar scamming networks behind them.
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Dave Clark weighs in.
Operating with integrity and treating colleagues with respect is critical to the success of any company, which, as a shareholder, makes today’s CNBC story and other recent reporting about Flexport deeply concerning. Despite my short tenure, I care about the company and its.
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NEW: Twilio founder Jeff Lawson is out as CEO and chairman. Longtime executive Khozema Shipchandler will take the top spot. The move is not likely to placate activists for long.
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.@flexport CEO Ryan Petersen is not happy with the current state of the company he founded and chairs, and says he is taking action. From @annierpalmer and me @CNBC .
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It’s 11pm and we’re refreshing PACER, waiting for SEC exhibits — internal documents, mostly— to slowly upload. So far it’s an extremely not good look for Binance & CZ. Much was reported on by the financial press, including us! Other stuff… is insane.
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Goolsbee sitdown via @lizrhoffman — where he reiterates the importance of an independent US central bank
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Rest In Peace, past twitter handle. I am still a maniac about Moleskines. Just less public about it.
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It’s just an opinion — but as I’ve been hearing from almost every lawyer in the space, the XRP ruling was hardly definitive.
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W/ @KenzieSigalos : the $200m we identified here is just a small sliver of the $5 billion+ in venture investments that SBF and FTX made.
FTX diverted $200 million of customer money for two venture deals that caught the SEC's attention
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Attorney-client privilege is a sacred concept. But a top D.C. law firm says that the SEC is trying to force them to violate that sacrosanct principle. More here on the internecine legal strife that started with a Chinese state-sponsored hack:.
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This is probably not what potential BlockFi buyers had in mind when they hear the words “secure data room.” . With @KenzieSigalos:
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The Venn Diagram of people who “heard it first,” CNBC readers, smart politics wonks, and @schwartzbCNBC twitter followers is a circle.
Who could've guessed? .Answer: anyone reading @CNBC's reporting on this very same topic.
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Big scoop from me and @lizrhoffman — Hershey CEO Michele Buck is set to step down in a years time, sources say
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NEW: Twilio has hired Qatalyst Partners to advise it on activist defense. Two different funds have been pushing for leadership, business change as far back as May. Qatalyst best known for selling companies, not necessarily activist defense.
Twilio hired Qatalyst to advise on defense against activist investor group
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Thank you for crediting our charts. .
The numerous funders of FTX have come out. Here are a list of the main ones over the years:
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What a great day for America.
After enduring unimaginable suffering and uncertainty, the Americans detained in Russia are safe, free, and have begun their journeys back into the arms of their families.
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The insane salary range is proooobably an HR typo: the description is missing a zero and gives the range as "$182000 - $30000".
TikTok is currently hiring for a Global Head of Child Safety, per LinkedIn:.
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My colleague @KenzieSigalos sat down with Binance's top France exec. just days before French police paid them a "surprise" visit (not a raid.) Here's what he had to say.
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Scoop: Container-office giant Willscot is fielding interest from private-equity buyers, sources say $WSC.@semafor .
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An @annierpalmer scoop to start your day: the leadership turmoil @flexport continues with the departure of two key executives and the rise of a couple of long-time Flexporters. More to come from us at @CNBC .
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Activist investor Anson Funds has assembled a stake in Twilio and is pushing at the very least for the sale of its Data & Applications business, if not of the whole company, CNBC has learned. Confirms an earlier scoop from @heetermaria.
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Engine has 4% in Upwork; pushing for a new board and foundational strategy fixes. $UPWK.
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When reached for comment, the subject was unaware his group had been federally indicted. @404mediaco asked him if he was concerned. "yes definitely, I'd be lying if I were to say no.".
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Google search boss tells employees the company needs to “twitch faster” like ultra-marathon runners, @jenn_elias scoops. An interesting metaphor since fast-twitch muscles are determined by genetics, not work ethic… .
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Told that Tiger not likely to pursue an OpenAI board seat (standard practice for them). Person familiar tells @levynews that Founders Fund not dipping into this tender offer. More below with @haydenfield .
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New: the SOC is withdrawing its 3 nominees and ending a proxy fight at Starbucks, per source $SBUX.
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From @jordannovet, maybe the only person I know who uses bing:. Google says Microsoft offered to sell Bing to Apple in 2018, but search-quality issues got in the way.
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Glenn Welling's Engaged has built a big stake in Portillo's $ptlo and is pushing the company to make some changes as it ramps up its national expansion. follows successful campaign at $SHAK 🌭.
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A 990 tidbit from this great @jordannovet piece for @CNBC on OpenAI's nonprofit rev ($44k): . Ilya Sutskever made $312k in comp from "related orgs," per this filing. Sam Altman only made $62k. Doesn't seem to count profit units, I suppose?.
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Macy's activist Arkhouse launches proxy fight, nominates nine directors $M.
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My mother will never forgive me for ruining our dinner with more OpenAI scrambling.
alright if we’re gonna bring Sam Altman back, can we please do it now so techies and reporters can eat dinner on the east coast.
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Did Biden really need to visit NYC rush hour on a Wednesday? Was that really what needed to happen?.
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MAJOR NEWS: Google's deal to acquire Wiz is dead. The company plans to pursue an IPO instead. w/ @jenn_elias @jordannovet @CNBC .
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@lauren_feiner @verge What a fantastic hire by the Verge. So pumped for you, Feiner, can't wait to see your byline again.
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@levynews "Our community is built around a culture of transparency". Declines comment on tiniest story every time.
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The simple joy this account brings me.
Thunderstorms. 11°C and heavy downpours. Canada Geese overhead.
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Can confirm earlier reports that Elliott and Southwest in talks about settlement deal which would give dissident number of seats on co. board. No more than six seats after Kelly drops off, by our math. No clarity yet on what that means for CEO Bob Jordan. $LUV @CNBC.
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It’s less noteworthy when you consider McLucas and Canellos are representing the plaintiffs. Putting aside the merits of the allegations — they’re quite literally doing their jobs.
It's noteworthy that these allegations of misconduct are signed by Bill McLucas and George Canellos--both of whom served as head of the SEC's Division of Enforcement. Accusations of unethical conduct coming from these lawyers will definitely reverberate in the halls at the SEC.
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WeRestructuring.
BREAKING: WeWork, once valued at $47 billion, files for bankruptcy
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Microsoft engineer warns company’s AI tool creates violent, sexual images, ignores copyrights via @haydenfield @CNBC .
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David Ellison's Skydance Media explores acquiring all of Paramount Global, sources tell @sherman4949
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pls don’t mark pitches as high priority. it makes me want to block you.
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FTX’s lawyers told the court they’d tallied about $565m in cash assets — no official word yet on the value of digital assets that Bahamian regulators seized. More from @KenzieSigalos and I below:
New FTX updates this am:.- 99 pages worth of filings added to FTX court docket today .- FTX plans to sell or restructure.- But in NY, Bahamas regulators still pushing for control, after seizing some of FTX's assets over the weekend.More: w/@moleskinemaniac.
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California's deep-pocketed public pension fund has stayed on the VC sidelines for the last few years, relatively speaking. If CalPERS has its way, and if GPs can stomach the publicity a CalPERS investment brings, that could change.
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Our brilliant Amazon reporter @annierpalmer takes us inside refund fraud schemes that have led to indictments, lawsuits, and billions of dollars in losses for the retailer. You do not want to miss it.
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Rival Cleveland-Cliffs staying on the sidelines at US Steel, for now $CLF
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Confirmed: NYDFS consumer alert confirms it ordered Paxos to stop issuing BUSD "as a result of several unresolved issues related to Paxos’ oversight of its relationship with Binance.".
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SoftBank is an investor in both Liberty and ByteDance. A potential deal could give us the greatest Masa pitch deck of all time.
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NEW: @Gemini to contribute $100 million to @GenesisTrading bankruptcy recovery plan, a glimmer of long-awaited hope for thousands of users… w/ @KenzieSigalos
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A great look at what Boeing’s customers are looking for in the manufacturer’s next chief from @lesliejosephs .
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“our position is that, uh, the law states that, umm, you know, if the money was paid back prior to, uh, the crime being, uh, discovered, uh, it’s not a crime.” . an actual statement to federal prosecutors from a man pretending to be the lawyer of the man he defrauded.
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An awesome scoop from @jenn_elias : $GOOGL is mulling an AI project that would use user photos and search queries to create biographic stories for users.
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