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Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2024
Britt Morin: M&A activity and IPOs will increase in 2024
“I still think there's going to be more MNA next year too, because a lot of companies are continuing to like dwindle and can't find footing and funding. But I also do predict, and I don't know if we're in prediction territory yet, but I do predict the IPOs beco…”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
OpenAI will never release a consumer hardware device
“I don't think there ever will be an open AI hardware device.”
Prediction Held up
Brit Morin: Gemini and Anthropic will match OpenAI's health data integration
“Gemini's gonna do this. Anthropoc's gonna do this.”
Prediction Held up
Brit Morin: Waymo is testing autonomous driving on Highway 101
“They're going to go on the highways soon. They're already testing on the one-on-one.”
Prediction Held up
Brit Morin predicts Apple will acquire a major AI company like Anthropic
“Speaking of Apple, I think they come back next year, both in the AI realm, like they're going to make either one big acquisition, like an topic.”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Brit Morin: Elon Musk's STEM university will launch by late 2025
“And so I do think like, This will get off the ground by the end of the next year.”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Brit Morin: Radar breast cancer detection technology will launch commercially in 2025
“This technology will be launching next year though, so soon you won't have to do a stupid mammogram.”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Britt Morin: Discord will pursue an IPO in 2025
“Discord is now going to go out for an IPO this year.”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Swift's podcast appearance will rival Super Bowl viewership numbers
“I think she will be close to Super Bowl numbers.”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Brit Morin: Mattel will open an Arizona theme park in 2024
“It's opening a Mattel theme park next year in Arizona, by the way, to start driving its experiential business.”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Brit Morin Predicts Kamala Harris Will Choose Mark Kelly or Josh Shapiro
“I know it'll be Kelly or Shapiro”