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Last week, Dow Jones rose 4.6%, S&P 500 gained 4.7%, and Nasdaq composite leaped 5.7% — all hitting record highs. Palantir climbed 13% on accelerating growth, and a higher revenue projection on Monday, as the company raised its full-year 2024 guidance for the third time this year. The retail favorite stock is now trading at ~35-40x sales. Palantir will also provide Anthropic’s Claude to the U.S. military. Amazon is discussing making another multi billion-dollar investment in Anthropic. VC’s are in talks about an investment in Perplexity, at a US$9 billion valuation, triple the valuation from a round earlier this year. Cryptocurrencies and related equities, Coinbase, Robinhood, and Microstrategy broadly rallied on Wednesday, after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election and Republicans took control of the Senate. Bitcoin hit an all time high, jumping more than 8% to US$75,450. Arm Holdings’ revenue growth slowed to just 5% in Q3, from 39% in Q2, the stock fell 4% in after-hours trading. SuperMicro showed disappointing earnings but “no evidence of fraud”, according to media reports. Airbnb’s growth slowed further in Q3, down eight points from Q1. Pinterest’s revenue growth slowed to 18% in Q3, the stock fell ~15% after the company projected even slower growth in Q4. Apple is reportedly exploring smart glasses in order to challenge Meta, and Snap. According to Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, Apple is ‘seriously considering’ developing a cheaper Apple Vision device that offloads all of the computing power to your iPhone, essentially developing a headset with primarily displays and a battery. Meta is opening a pop-up retail store for the Ray-Ban Meta glasses. Baidu will reportedly announce AI-powered smart glasses in China next week. Sophic Client, Kraken Robotics demonstrated a new KATFISH autonomous launch and recovery system to Navy customers. Sophic Client, Plurilock achieved CMMC Level 1 compliance for the United States Department of Defense.

Canadian Technology Capital Markets & Company News

Sophic Client Kraken Robotics (PNG-TSXV, KRKNF-OTC) Demonstrates New KATFISH autonomous launch and recovery system to Navy customers.

Kraken Robotics Inc. announces the completion of demonstrations for its new Autonomous Launch and Recovery System (ALARS) for KATFISH™ towed synthetic aperture sonar (SAS). The Company performed demonstrations for more than 40 naval customers and partners from October 21-25, 2024, in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia. The new ALARS was built to fit a 20-foot International Organization for Standardization (ISO) container footprint to increase interoperability with different vessels, allowing for rapid mobilization and demobilization on multi-role platforms. The system enables autonomous launch and recovery of KATFISH up to Sea State 5. During the demonstrations, participants were able to view the KATFISH SAS data live-streaming onboard the vessel, detecting, classifying, and identifying various seafloor contacts in real-time, including high-resolution imagery of the Governor Cornwallis shipwreck. High-resolution SAS data and command and control information were also streamed wirelessly back to shore and displayed to the attendees of Canadian Naval Mine Countermeasures Symposium taking place at HMCS Scotian in Halifax, Nova Scotia the same week. Kraken’s new ALARS will be delivered to an Asia-Pacific naval customer by the end of the year. https://tinyurl.com/4s8c5e3y

Sophic Client Plurilock (PLUR-TSXV, PLCKF-OTCQB) achieves CMMC Level 1 compliance for the United States Department of Defense.

Plurilock Security Inc. announces that the Company’s subsidiary, Aurora Systems Consulting Inc., has achieved Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 1 compliance for the United States Department of Defense (DoD). The DoD relies on private companies to provide essential goods and services. These companies, collectively known as the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), can pose considerable cybersecurity risks if there are vulnerabilities in their information systems. https://tinyurl.com/ycbbajwm

Shopify (SHOP-NYSE, SHOP-TSX) alums secure $7 million seed round for AI mobile commerce platform Reactiv.

Toronto-based Reactiv, which provides an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered mobile commerce platform, has exited stealth with the announcement of a US$5 million ($6.97 million) seed round. The round was led by Bonfire Ventures with backing from other American VC firms, including Foxe Capital, Anthemis Group, Daher Capital, and Alumni Ventures. The new fundraise follows a previously unannounced US$625,000 ($871,000) pre-seed round from undisclosed angel and institutional investors. The pre-seed round closed in February and the seed round closed in July, with some undisclosed angel investors participating in both rounds. https://tinyurl.com/bdaesvxm

Canada orders TikTok to dissolve Canadian subsidiary.

Canada’s government has ordered TikTok to shut down its Canadian subsidiary, citing national security risks. Canada, however, is not banning the app itself. Canada’s move comes as TikTok, owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, continues to face scrutiny from Western governments and regulators due to security concerns stemming from the popular app’s Chinese ownership. In the U.S., the Biden administration earlier this year signed a new law that requires TikTok to cut its ties with ByteDance or be banned, and TikTok has sued the U.S. government to block the law. Canada has ordered the wind-up of the subsidiary, TikTok Technology Canada, “as a result of a multi-step national security review process,“ François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s minister of innovation, science and industry, said in a statement. In Canada, TikTok has local offices in Toronto and Vancouver. Champagne, however, also said that the government is not blocking Canadians’ access to TikTok. “The decision to use a social media application or platform is a personal choice,” he said. https://tinyurl.com/3c97s86k

Global Markets: IPOs, Venture Capital, M&A

Palantir stock climbs 13% on accelerating growth, higher revenue projection.

Palantir, which sells artificial intelligence for analyzing data, on Monday raised its full-year 2024 revenue projection for the third time this year after growth accelerated in the third quarter. Demand for its software boosted revenue 30% to US$725 million in the quarter, compared to the same period a year earlier, or roughly 5 percentage points higher than what Palantir previously told investors to expect. Revenue grew 27% year over year in the second quarter. Prior to reporting third quarter results, Palantir shares were up 150% this year, compared with a 23% increase in the Nasdaq Composite index. Its stock rose 13% in after-hours trading on Monday. Palantir’s stock has benefitted from a cult following of individual investors buying up shares in response to CEO Alex Karp’s tough talk about its work assisting the U.S. military—making it one of the priciest cloud software stocks. Deals with the U.S. government were a major driver for Palantir in the quarter, with U.S. government revenue rising 40% year over year to US$320 million. One contributor to Palantir’s revenue growth could also be the fact that it prices its suite of products and services higher than similar tools from competitors like Google and Microsoft, in part because Palantir’s are more customizable and sophisticated. Palantir said it expected revenue of US$2.8 billion for the full year—2.2% higher than last quarter’s estimate—meaning its revenue is projected to rise 26.4% to around US$769 million in the fourth quarter compared to a year ago. It also said full-year free cash flow would be higher than US$1 billion, whereas it previously estimated free cash flow of between US$800 million and US$1 billion for the year. https://tinyurl.com/58ztx28f

Arm’s revenue growth slows to just 5%.

Arm Holdings’ revenue growth slowed to just 5% in the September quarter, from 39% in the previous quarter, as a decline in licensing revenue was offset by higher royalty revenue. Arm stock fell 4% in after-hours trading. Arm creates blueprints for central processing units, the brains of computers, which are used in almost every mobile phone as well as cars and a growing number of data center servers. Customers pay a licensing fee to use its designs and a royalty fee for each chip they make incorporating the tech. Arm noted on Wednesday that growth in its royalty revenue resulted from a recovery in the smartphone market and adoption of a new chip blueprint which carries higher royalty rates. The company said the decline in licensing revenue reflected “fluctuations in timing and size” of license agreements. Arm reported a net profit of US$107 million, in contrast to a loss of about the same amount a year earlier. https://tinyurl.com/55evmjac

Bitcoin, Coinbase, Robinhood surge after Trump victory.

Cryptocurrencies and related equities broadly rallied on Wednesday, after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election and Republicans took control of the Senate. Bitcoin hit all time high, jumping more than 8% to US$75,450. Coinbase shares rose 33%, bringing the crypto exchange’s market capitalization to US$64 billion. Robinhood shares surged 20%. Trump has vowed to end the current administration’s crackdown on the crypto industry and remove SEC Chair Gary Gensler. The crypto industry also expects to gain more allies in the Congress, according to a tally by Stand With Crypto, an industry group, which could increase the chances of crypto-friendly legislation. Those include Bernie Moreno, a pro-crypto Republican who defeated Senator Sherrod Brown, the chair of the Senate Banking Committee and a crypto critic, in this week’s election. It’s not clear yet which party will take control of the House. https://tinyurl.com/yh6bw2b5

Rivian sales drop, forecasts first gross profit.

Electric vehicle maker Rivian reported lower deliveries and a 35% decline in third-quarter revenue in part because of a shortage of a key part. The company’s quarterly loss declined from a year earlier because of lower expenses, and Rivian said it expects to post its first gross profit, meaning revenue will exceed the cost of making its vehicles, in the current quarter. Shares, which have lost more than half their value this year, rose slightly in after-hours trading. Rivian has cut production because of a shortage of a part for its motors. The shortage has affected Rivian’s production of delivery vans for Amazon, among other customers. The company said it had reached an agreement with LG Energy Solution to supply battery cells for its forthcoming R2 sport utility vehicle. In June, Volkswagen agreed to invest up to $5 billion in Rivian to help the company fund its continued losses. https://tinyurl.com/m7rx3an4

Airbnb’s growth slows further in Q3.

Airbnb’s growth slowed further in the third quarter, with revenue expanding 10%, down one percentage point from the second quarter by eight points from the first quarter. The accommodation-booking service continues to churn out huge amounts of cash however, reporting US$1.1 billion in free cash flow for the quarter. For the fiscal year so far, Airbnb has generated US$4 billion in free cash flow. Airbnb forecast that fourth quarter growth could slow further, projecting growth of between 7.8% and 10%. Despite the slowdown, Airbnb stock was trading up 7.6% in after hours trading. https://tinyurl.com/3rx59epb

Pinterest reports slower revenue growth.

Pinterest’s revenue growth slowed to 18% in the third quarter, even as its net income soared to US$30.55 million and users grew steadily. Pinterest stock fell nearly 15% after the company projected even slower growth in the fourth quarter. The online scrapbooking company’s growth had accelerated to above 20% in the first half, following a relatively weak 2023, after the company added features to make it easier for users to buy items they see on the site. For the fourth quarter, Pinterest projected growth of between 15% and 17%. At the same time, Pinterest showed relatively steady user growth of 11% globally. https://tinyurl.com/bd8p6ftn

SuperMicro shows disappointing earnings but “no evidence of fraud”.

SuperMicro, which makes computer servers, had net sales for the quarter between US$5.9 billion and US$6.0 billion, up 178% from the same quarter last year, but below its previous guidance of US$6.0 billion to US$7.0 billion, according to preliminary earnings released on Tuesday. The company’s stock fell 16% in after-hours trading to its lowest price in over a year. The company’s financial results are preliminary because its auditor Ernst & Young resigned over concerns about SuperMicro’s accounting practices. SuperMicro said Tuesday an independent audit committee found “no evidence of fraud or misconduct on the part of management or the Board of Directors.” The committee will deliver a full report in the next week or two, including recommendations to strengthen internal governance at SuperMicro, the company said. SuperMicro anticipates a slowdown or a reversal of net sales for the quarter ending December 31, projecting net sales of US$5.5 billion to US$6.1 billion. https://tinyurl.com/2s45vyw8

Thoma Bravo, H.I.G. Capital to buy CompTIA.

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo and alternative asset manager H.I.G. Capital said Monday they plan to acquire the Computing Technology Industry Association, which trains and certifies professionals to work in information technology and advocates for tech workers. H.I.G. and Thoma Bravo plan to split off the nonprofit CompTIA from the for-profit training and certification business. The price of the deal was not disclosed, but a tax filing from CompTIA shows revenue of US$145 million in 2022 and two subsidiaries with combined assets of over US$332 million, meaning the deal price could be in the hundreds of millions. That would be a relatively small figure for Thoma Bravo, whose average acquisition to-date has cost US$2.7 billion, according to Tracxn. While acquiring a trade group is an unusual move, it has happened before, such as in 2019 when the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society sold its analytics business to Definitive Healthcare. https://tinyurl.com/y6rhs8ub

Amazon discussing new multibillion-dollar investment in Anthropic.

Amazon, the largest cloud computing provider, is discussing making another multi billion-dollar investment in Anthropic, The Information reported on Thursday. During negotiations, Amazon has asked the OpenAI rival to use a large number of servers powered by AI chips the cloud provider developed in-house. Anthropic prefers to use Amazon servers powered by Nvidia-designed AI chips. The size of Amazon’s total investment in Anthropic could depend on the outcome of this discussion, specifically on the number of Amazon chips Anthropic agrees to use. The deal talks show how even though both companies rely on each other, cloud providers and leading AI developers sometimes have competing priorities. Amazon a year ago agreed to invest up to US$4 billion into Anthropic in a similar deal that was completed earlier this year. https://tinyurl.com/yc4b775b

Perplexity nears US$9 billion valuation in investment led by IVP.

Institutional Venture Partners is in talks to lead a US$500 million investment in Perplexity, which has developed an artificial intelligence-powered search engine that competes with Google, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. The company is set to raise the round at a US$9 billion valuation, triple the valuation from a round earlier this year. The new round, which is close to being complete, would be Perplexity’s fourth round of funding this year, which is unusual even in the frenzy of artificial intelligence fundraising. IVP has already made several investments into Perplexity, including leading its Series B last year. The pace of funding underscores the intense capital demands of building an AI company and investors’ willingness to fund those bets. The deal is not finalized and the terms could change. Perplexity is currently generating around US$50 million in annual recurring revenue, The Information previously reported, up from US$2.5 million last October. The company isn’t yet profitable. The AI-powered search engine startup was an acquisition target for X, OpenAI and Notion last year, The Information previously reported. Microsoft also expressed interest in the company. https://tinyurl.com/4fkr73hp

Nvidia has been in talks to invest in xAI’s multibillion-dollar financing.

Nvidia has had discussions to invest in xAI’s latest financing round, which could value the OpenAI rival at around US$45 billion, representatives for xAI told a prospective investor. The talks come just five months after xAI raised US$6 billion at a US$24 billion valuation. The 18-month-old startup has developed Grok, a chatbot that aims to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. It’s building a massive data center in Memphis using Nvidia’s chips that has caused concern among rivals including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, The Information has reported. Existing xAI investors Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Vy Capital—as well as prospective investor MGX, a Abu Dhabi-backed wealth fund—have also been in talks to invest in xAI, The Information reported. The New York Post first reported on the Nvidia discussions. Nvidia has invested in numerous AI startups that use its chips, though it hasn’t written large checks to startups the way Microsoft, Google and Amazon have. https://tinyurl.com/42r9879e

Robotics startup physical intelligence raises US$400 million.

Physical Intelligence, a startup developing software for robots, has raised US$400 million in a round led by Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital and Lux Capital, according to The New York Times. OpenAI, Redpoint Ventures and Bond also participated in the financing, which valued the startup at US$2 billion. The Information earlier reported that Physical Intelligence was in talks to raise money at a US$2 billion value despite not having unveiled its product. The San Francisco-based company was incorporated in Delaware earlier this year and subsequently raised US$70 million at a valuation of about US$400 million, a reflection of the heightened demand for startups utilizing artificial intelligence to help robots perform complex tasks. https://tinyurl.com/bddcfmue

Apple is snapping up one of the best non-Adobe image editors, Pixelmator.

Pixelmator, the Lithuania-based firm that makes popular Mac-based photo editing tools, has agreed to be acquired by Apple. The company says that, pending regulatory approval, there will be “no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time,” but to “Stay tuned for exciting updates to come.” The Pixelmator team, now 17 years old, states that its staff will join Apple. Details of the acquisition price were not made public. Regulatory approval may not be a rubber stamp. Adobe had to abandon its US$20 billion proposed acquisition of design software firm Figma after UK and European Union regulators signaled opposition to the deal and launched investigations. Similar objections from Europe arose over Amazon’s attempted purchase of iRobot, while Microsoft’s biggest acquisition ever, the US$69 billion Activision Blizzard purchase, found a way through. https://tinyurl.com/d5bke2mn

Emerging Technologies

Apple explores smart glasses in challenge to Meta, Snap.

Apple has invited select employees to join a focus group that will provide feedback about smart glasses currently on the market, Bloomberg reported. The move could be a sign that Apple is exploring the development of its own smart glasses, a product category that Snap and Meta have popularized in recent years. Smart glasses don’t have displays in their lenses but can contain prescription or polarized lenses. They typically have the ability to record video, take photos and play music with cameras, microphones and speakers built into the frames. Over the past year, Meta has added AI features to its smart glasses, allowing them to describe and provide information about a wearer’s surroundings. Bloomberg said Apple typically creates focus groups made up of employees to understand what they like about existing products that Apple might want to make in the future. The company uses employees rather than customers to keep the efforts secret, it said. https://tinyurl.com/4k5u8eca

Apple is ‘seriously considering’ Vision device that offloads compute to your iPhone.

According to Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, Apple is ‘seriously considering’ developing a cheaper Apple Vision device that offloads all of the computing power to your iPhone, essentially developing a headset with primarily displays and battery. Gurman has mentioned this idea in the past, but it was just one of the many ideas Apple was toying with for future products in the Apple Vision family, however it sounds like the idea might have more merit now. This product would be similar to other products on the market like the Xreal glasses, which show content from your iPhone through the displays of the glasses. Earlier this morning, Ming Chi-Kuo reported that Apple’s cheaper Vision headset has been delayed beyond 2027, so it’s highly possible that this “Vision as an iPhone accessory” product could come in place of it. Gurman says this product “would reinforce the iPhone as the center of [Apple’s] product ecosystem.” This product would also likely be far more accessible than Apple Vision Pro, and with how much overhead our iPhone’s A18 chips have, it could make quite a bit of sense in the not-so-distant future. https://tinyurl.com/5cvkzh85

Meta is opening a pop-up retail store for the Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

Meta announced it is opening up Meta Lab, a pop-up experiential retail space for its Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses starting November 8th in Los Angeles. The temporary store will be around through the end of the year and allow customers to try out the glasses and customize their glasses cases as they shop. Meta Lab will also have local events with various creators, including stand-up comedians, live podcasts, and cooking classes. This particular retail store is an extension of the Meta Lab experience earlier this year at Connect 2024. At that time, Meta had unveiled the transparent versions of its Ray-Bans. The company says that over 90 percent of Connect attendees had attended, with more than 25 percent then purchasing a pair. It appears the LA pop-up won’t be exactly the same thing, as it’s themed to tie-in with LA and Southern Californian lowrider culture. It’ll also include an “immersion experience room” that allows people to view an AI-generated Malibu beach. https://tinyurl.com/2zr9ctfe

Baidu to announce AI-powered smart glasses in China next week.

Baidu, which operates China’s largest search engine, plans to announce a pair of AI-powered smart glasses amid the rising popularity of the products globally, Bloomberg reported. The move could accelerate demand for AI-powered smart glasses in China, a market that is currently served by local startups rather than big name players. Baidu’s product will have cameras and microphones for capturing images and audio and will work with its main large-language model, known as Ernie, Bloomberg said. The Chinese company plans to unveil the glasses at an annual event in Shanghai next week and could launch it as soon as early next year, it added. Smart glasses don’t have displays in their lenses but can contain prescription or polarized lenses. Over the past year, Meta has added AI features to its smart glasses in the U.S., allowing them to describe and provide information about a wearer’s surroundings. However, U.S. companies like Meta currently don’t offer AI services in China due to the country’s tight regulations governing the industry. https://tinyurl.com/3prbepys

Palantir to provide Anthropic’s Claude to U.S. military.

Palantir, which sells software to governments and enterprise firms, announced on Thursday that Anthropic’s Claude 3 and 3.5 models became available earlier this month to U.S. defense agencies through its AI platform, which allows customers to automate tasks, such as responding to emails. Previously, the Claude models were only an option for Palantir’s commercial customers. Palantir is providing access to Claude through Amazon Web Services, a cloud computing provider. Palantir says it’s the first company to offer Claude in “classified environments.” Claude can help with government operations like processing data, preparing documents, and “helping U.S. officials to make more informed decisions in time-sensitive situations,” Palantir said in a statement. The announcement follows a policy change from Meta on Monday that allows its Llama models to be used for military purposes, including by Palantir. Providing AI models for military applications has prompted backlash from employees and the public in the past. Google DeepMind employees signed a letter protesting military contracts in August, and OpenAI triggered protests by changing its policies to allow military use in January. Palantir and Anthropic did not immediately respond to requests for comment. https://tinyurl.com/bdea28js

Adtech, Privacy & Regulatory

French regulator examines Polymarket after bets on Trump.

Inquiry follows publicity around French trader’s huge bets New evidence on whale’s profit grows haul to more than US$85 million. France’s gambling regulator is examining the operations of cryptocurrency-based prediction markets platform Polymarket to see if it complies with its rules following a surge in user demand around the US presidential election. The scrutiny comes after a pseudonymous trader, identified by Polymarket as a French national, made large bets using four separate accounts on the platform in favor of Donald Trump winning the race. https://tinyurl.com/3n2nfb2r

Semiconductors

Trump likely to uphold CHIPS Act despite his campaign rhetoric, policy experts say.

President-elect Donald Trump is unlikely to roll back the Biden administration’s CHIPS and Science Act, despite his campaign rhetoric on the bill, experts say. The legislation, which provides incentives for chipmakers to set up manufacturing in the U.S., became a point of contention in the final month of the election cycle. Trump criticized the bill and its price tag. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, then said that his party “probably will” try to repeal the law. Johnson later walked the statement back. Still, the key Biden policy, which has massive implications for Asian chips makers like TSMC and Samsung, is likely safe in the near term, according to chip experts. Despite signaling he’s “not thrilled” about the bill, Trump is probably not going to roll it back, Paul Triolo, senior vice president for China and technology policy lead at Albright Stonebridge, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Thursday. “There’s support for this kind of onshoring of advanced manufacturing,” he added. Both Democrats and Republicans supported the passage of efforts to boost semiconductor manufacturing investment in the U.S., Chris Miller, author of “Chip War,” said earlier this year. He expected such policies would remain a priority regardless of the elections. The Biden administration signed the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act in August 2022, committing almost US$53 billion to invest in domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research with the aim of boosting U.S. competitiveness with China. The former president made headlines in October by attacking the legislation as a “bad” deal during a three hour interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan. “We put up billions of dollars for rich companies to come in and borrow the money and build chip companies here, and they’re not going to give us the good companies anyway,” he said, arguing instead that his proposal to increase tariffs would attract chip companies for free. The allocation of the CHIPS Act has been slow, with the lion’s share of the earmarked funds yet to be doled out. So far, the bill has attracted Asian chip makers such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Samsung to build U.S. facilities. The two companies have already been offered US$6.6 billion and US$6.4 billion, respectively. The largest CHIPS Act beneficiary has been the American chip maker Intel, which has been awarded US$8.5 billion in funding. While Trump may want to modify and change some of the priorities of the bill and its fund allocation, he’s expected to leave most of it intact. The Trump administration will probably try to reinterpret the bill “so they can spread the money a little differently than Biden, but I don’t think they’re going to roll it back,” Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. https://tinyurl.com/9jxjsumy

Sophic Capital Client Insights

Sophic Client American Aires (WIFI-CSE, AAIRF-OTCQB): Sophic Insights – Aires to Success.

Airing Out Opportunities with the CEO. In Sophic Capital’s Clearing the Aires report, we discussed how the technology of our client American Aires Inc. (CSE:WiFi, OTCQB:AAIRF), (“Aires” or the “Company”) protects against electromagnetic (EMF) radiation and optimizes human health. In this report, we highlight how CEO Josh Bruni, who brings 25 years of proven success in building international brands and supercharging revenue growth through predictable and scalable data-driven marketing and e-commerce models, has developed, and is successfully executing against a business model that leverages high-impact partnerships. Key to American Aires’ growth model is CEO Josh Bruni bringing his 25 years of proven success in building international brands and methodically accelerating revenue. Mr. Bruni has built and led strategy for consumer brands across multi-billion-dollar categories, including fashion & apparel, footwear, health & wellness, food & beverage, and tech, including large brands such as Pacsun, NordicTrack, 7 For All Mankind, Reckitt Benckiser, Ancestry.com, and others. He lends his expertise for growing Aires Tech’s sales via a strategy that leverages partnerships, efficient data-driven marketing practices, and a strong operational framework. https://t.co/h168DTCOUc

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