Author: Keith Anthony

Vegas Matt (real name Stephen Matt Morrow) is one of the few gambling creators whose business model is easy to understand once you stop treating him like a “professional gambler.” He’s closer to a media operator who happens to film very expensive casino sessions. The most commonly net worth range for Vegas Matt is $30 million to $45 million. That range is plausible mainly because: His channel is huge (now 1.39M subscribers, 1.07B views, 1.8K videos) and can generate meaningful ad revenue over time. He has real sponsorship money (FanDuel) plus live events and promotions. His background suggests he had substantial…

Texas already has 405 existing data centers and another 442 planned or underway as of late 2025 according to Axios.com. That is not a “boom.” That is a land grab, at state scale. And the headline number hides what’s really coming: this buildout is projected to drive roughly 746,096 temporary construction jobs, 110,500 permanent jobs, and about $1.654 billion in new tax revenue over 10 years in Texas alone (per the same dataset). So yes, it’s jobs and investment. It is also the kind of growth that shows up in your power and water bills. Why Texas keeps winning these…

When entrepreneurs secure an investment on Shark Tank, the on-air handshake is just the beginning of the process. After filming, Sharks and founders enter due diligence, a period of legal review and financial verification that can take months. During this stage, many agreements change or dissolve entirely. Companies where the on-air deal did not close HyConn When Jeff Stroope pitched his quick-connect fire hose fitting on Shark Tank, Mark Cuban offered $1.25 million plus a 7.5% royalty in exchange for full ownership of the business. That on-air deal sounded like a clear win, and Stroope accepted it in the Tank,…

For every Shark Tank brand that stays independent, a smaller set ends up selling to a larger operator, a public company, or private equity. Sometimes it’s a clean buyout. Sometimes it’s “we bought the assets” or “we bought 60% now, the rest later.” Either way, the founder stops driving the bus. Here are 14 Shark Tank-connected companies with verified acquisitions or control deals, with extra context on the product, the pitch, and the deal. Ring (formerly DoorBot) – acquired by Amazon (April 2018) Jamie Siminoff brought a video doorbell concept to TV early, originally under the name DoorBot. It didn’t…

Not long ago, “teen romance” meant awkward meetups, secret DMs, and the classic sneaking-out routine. Now there’s a new option that doesn’t involve leaving the bedroom, getting rejected, or even dealing with another person’s moods: an AI bot that’s always available, and always “on your side.” This isn’t sci-fi anymore. It’s already normal enough that major safety orgs are measuring it, and big platforms are scrambling to keep under-18s out. AI “companions” are basically always-on relationships A lot of the apps in this category aren’t positioned as “chat tools.” They’re positioned as companions: someone to talk to, vent to, roleplay…

Sam Altman has spent the past few years building what may be the most important AI company in the world. OpenAI sits at the centre of consumer chat, enterprise tooling, and a widening set of cloud and infrastructure ties. Its models are threaded through Microsoft’s product stack, including Office, GitHub, and Azure. By the end of 2025, OpenAI was reporting roughly 900 million weekly active users and more than 1.3 million paying business and enterprise customers. That scale has led many executives to treat OpenAI less like a vendor and more like a layer of modern computing. But the realistic…

AI isn’t just a shiny buzzword on TechCrunch. For many people it’s quietly becoming part of how they pay the rent, or at least subsidise it with weird little cash streams that weren’t possible a few years ago. Some of these might even make you chuckle. 1. Viral AI “slop” videos There’s an odd cottage industry of creators churning out bizarre, AI-generated videos that go viral for being weird or hilarious. One creator told The Washington Post that by pumping out low-effort clips, he was earning around $5,000 a month from platform creator funds. Most of these creators aren’t trying…

For much of the past two years, AI was sold as an inevitability: exponential gains, limitless demand, and profits that would eventually justify the infrastructure build-out. That story is starting to crack. Not because AI stopped working, but because it started showing up on balance sheets. Across Big Tech and venture-backed startups, usage continues to rise. Microsoft stated more than 85% of Fortune 500 companies now use at least one of its AI products. OpenAI reported more than 900 million weekly active users in December 2025. The shift is in how executives, investors, and finance teams talk about that growth.…

There is no self-disclosed net-worth figure for Altman. However, Forbes & Bloomberg have reported that Sam Altman is worth around $2 billion. This reflects that his wealth sits in private assets that are rarely revalued publicly and does not rely on speculative valuations of OpenAI. No Direct Equity in OpenAI OpenAI is the most misunderstood part of Sam Altman’s wealth profile. Despite being CEO of one of the world’s most valuable private AI companies, Altman does not hold traditional founder equity in OpenAI’s core entity. The company’s unusual capped-profit structure and governance model separate leadership from ownership, and Altman has…

A spot on Shark Tank is often described as priceless. In raw marketing terms, it comes close. But the value of that exposure depends heavily on what kind of company is on the stage. A large, repeat audience In recent seasons, Shark Tank has typically attracted 4 to 6 million viewers per episode in the US according to Nielsen Ratings. That figure does not include re-runs, which air frequently on CNBC and other networks, sometimes years after the original broadcast. For certain companies, those replays continue to drive traffic long after the initial spike fades. The audience skews consumer-focused and…