Routes to liquidity include strategic acquisition (Braze to Salesforce), recurring buybacks that substitute for an IPO (ByteDance), a founder's office buying a services firm after model-lab exits (Brillian), and a planned Anthropic IPO.
November 13, 2026 edition: Exits sector, 4 storiesExits: latest VC & Startups analysis
Exits on AT Pulse covers ipos, listings & liquidity. The desk has published 8 stories tagged Exits across 2 daily editions, from November 12, 2026 to November 13, 2026, citing 98 linked references. The most frequent original sources are 20VC, Crunchbase News, and e27. Stories here most often overlap with Valuations, Ecosystems, and Funding.
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First story November 12, 2026. Counts come from the published archive and update with each edition. Summaries are AI-assisted; see our methodology.
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Anthropic's $70–$78 range and $26B supplier placement make it the largest public-market test of frontier AI so far. The Philippines' biggest-ever IPO, Mynt's, shows that a large listing can mostly pay selling shareholders.
November 12, 2026 edition: Exits sector, 4 storiesLATEST
8 of 8Newest Exits stories.
M&A
Salesforce's $5.66B Braze Deal Anchors SaaStr Argument That $1B ARR Is the New Safe Scale for Public B2B Software
Salesforce's agreement to buy Braze for about $5.66B, weeks after a 26%-growth quarter sent its shares down 11%, anchors a SaaStr argument that $1B ARR now marks safe scale for public B2B software, as $100M once did.
Valuations
ByteDance Plans Up to $6 Billion Share Buyback From Investors at About $400 Billion Valuation
ByteDance plans to repurchase up to $6 billion of shares from existing investors at roughly $400 billion, about 20% above last year's buyback level but far below the $600 billion-plus that buyers reportedly offered for a founder's stake this year.
M&A
Peter Sarlin's PostScriptum Takes Majority Stake in Finnish AI Deployment Firm Brillian
PostScriptum, the founder's office of Silo AI co-founder Peter Sarlin, has bought a majority of Brillian, a 2024-founded Finnish firm that helps companies put AI into daily operations.
Valuations
Bessemer and Newcomer Publish the AI 100, Ranking Anthropic and OpenAI First Among 100 Private AI Companies
Bessemer Venture Partners and Newcomer ranked 100 private AI companies, valued together at roughly $3.5–3.6 trillion, with Anthropic first and OpenAI second.
Funding
Philippine Series A funding falls 98% in 2026 as Series B jumps 795%, while GCash parent Mynt completes record ₱60.9B IPO
Philippine startup capital is pooling in revenue-stage Series B rounds while Series A value has nearly vanished, according to Tracxn and Gobi Partners data.
Podcast · Valuations
Anthropic sets $70–$78 IPO range as Nvidia board investigates Jensen Huang and Sequoia closes London office
Anthropic set its IPO range at $70–$78 a share. Depending on share count, that values it at about $1.02 trillion to $1.4 trillion.
Podcast · Exits
Jensen Huang Resigns as Nvidia CEO Amid Megaspeed Spy Scandal as Anthropic Launches IPO Roadshow
Nvidia's board accepted Jensen Huang's resignation after he admitted infidelity amid reports linking him to Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, a suspected Chinese spy.
Funding
Anthropic sets $70–$78 IPO range and adds a $26B placement from chip and cloud suppliers, for a combined raise of up to $88.5B
Anthropic's amended S-1 offers 825M Class A shares at $70–$78 on Nasdaq under the ticker ANT.
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