rumored

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OpenAI is rumored to be gearing up to go public later this year or early next, and was recently valued at $852 billion.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Simultaneously this triggered a major unwind in what investors refer to as the basis trade in bitcoin/Strategy, whereby funds like Jane Street were rumored to be long the cryptocurrency but short Michael Saylor’s company.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Among those is Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, and is rumored to be in line for a promotion to one of the department’s top jobs.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

This year, social-media sleuths have uncovered the latest launch: A Masters-themed mahjong set for a rumored $800.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

This South American country was rumored to be wild and inhospitable, but she had contacts in the Dutch colony there, through her son-in-law and other former Labadists.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman