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Saudi Arabia buys a 5% stake in Nintendo

TechSpot

This week, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) bought five percent of Nintendo. Nintendo said it only learned of the investment from news reports and declined to comment on individual shareholders. By Bloomberg's estimates, this makes it Nintendo's fifth-largest shareholder.

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Amnesty International calls for Google to halt cloud business in Saudi Arabia

The Verge

Amnesty International is teaming up with 38 other human rights groups and individuals to call for a halt to Google’s plans to set up an enterprise cloud business in Saudi Arabia because of concerns over the country’s human rights track record. The quote has since been removed.

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Lucid Motors is going public in a major SPAC merger

The Verge

The California startup, which is majority-owned by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, plans to start shipping its first luxury electric vehicle — the 500-mile range Air sedan — later this year. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. billion in cash. Roughly $2.1 billion of that cash will come from Churchill.

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Lucid Motors goes public, collects $4.5 billion

The Verge

Shares of the Saudi-owned , California-based startup began trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange Monday morning. The public listing is the second in the last week for the industry; fellow EV startup Faraday Future became a public company listed on the Nasdaq last Thursday and raised $1 billion in the process.

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Lucid Motors strikes SPAC deal to go public with $24 billion valuation

TechCrunch

The combined company, in which Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund will continue to be the largest shareholder, will have a transaction equity value of $11.75 The combined company, in which Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund will continue to be the largest shareholder, will have a transaction equity value of $11.75

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SNK is now almost entirely owned by the Saudi crown prince’s foundation

The Verge

Recently, Saudi Arabia has made some big investments in the gaming industry. Bloomberg reported in February that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has taken stakes of more than 5 percent in both Capcom and Nexon — stakes that, combined, are worth more than $1 billion.

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SWVL plans to lay off 32% of its team two months after going public

TechCrunch

Tech companies, private and public, have faced a reckoning in the past few months with their valuations taking a beating. alone according to reports. This March, the company went public via a SPAC merger with U.S. The company’s LinkedIn profile shows it has over 1,330 employees.

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