As Goldman Sachs exits parts of the consumer banking business, it’s been inching closer to finding a buyer for GreenSky. Second-round bids for GreenSky were due earlier in August, or about two weeks ago, four banking and private equity sources told my colleague Luisa Beltran. In the running is a consortium of investors led by Sixth Street, which is trying to buy GreenSky, the people said. There’s also Apollo Global Management, which isn’t part of the Sixth Street investor group, that is also...

Courtesy of Parcha AI AJ Asver, a product talent at Coinbase and later Brex, spent most of the A.I. Forward conference at the end of May putting the finishing touches on a demo. He was sitting next to venture capitalist Steve Jang during a talk by Bill Gates when Asver pulled out his laptop. “He’s whispering, and he goes: Let me show you this prototype,” says Jang, founder of early-stage venture capital firm Kindred Ventures. Jang—an early Coinbase investor who had actually helped convince...

Ever so often, I get an email asking if I want to purchase a list of contact information. I’m not sure why any of these solicitors would think I’m interested in said contact information. I have no idea what I would do with a bunch of random people’s info. In fact, now that I think about it, I might even pay not to be sent said contact information. That way I don’t have to worry about keeping track of these strangers’ contact info and make sure nothing happens to it. But there are people who...

Welcome to 2023, and a very special edition of Term Sheet, where we ask readers—a slew of VCs, founders, private equity investors, and bankers—to look into their crystal ball and tell us what to expect in the year ahead. For this year’s issue, we dug through more than 100 predictions, ranging from quick takes on whether venture capitalists would run for office to thoughtful analysis on whether philosophy majors will be at the top of the hire list in an artificial intelligence-powered world....