{"version":"1.0","type":"stack","id":"7f731214-b66b-4d90-921a-0456279c87c5","url":"https://stacklist.com/c/finance/stack/7f731214-b66b-4d90-921a-0456279c87c5","title":"Signals Served #033 — The Questions Arrived Before the Prospectus","description":"Every source behind Signals Served #033 (week of October 13–17, 2026), The VC Concierge's weekly brief for founders. On October 14 the FTC sent OpenAI and Anthropic 50-plus-page demands on safety incidents (Axios reported), eight states sued OpenAI, and New York City's comptroller asked Anthropic to pause its IPO — questions a prospectus answers, asked before one is public. Modal raised at $15.75B on a self-reported run rate. Sources: Modal, Pillsbury, the FTC reporting, NYC Comptroller, PitchBook-NVCA, the Varonis 8-K, the IMF. 14 signals with a founder move for each.","privacy":"public","created_at":"2026-10-19T14:59:37.077Z","updated_at":"2026-10-19T14:59:37.077Z","author":{"username":"jdaudena","name":"JD Audena","url":"https://stacklist.com/jdaudena","type":"person"},"category":{"id":"finance","name":"finance","url":"https://stacklist.com/c/finance"},"items":[{"id":"e33dc45b-e4b2-40ee-a53d-82274b728caa","position":1,"title":"Signals Served #033 — The Questions Arrived Before the Prospectus","url":"https://www.thevcconcierge.com/insights/signals-served-033","note":"Issue #033 of Signals Served — The Questions Arrived Before the Prospectus. Week of October 13–17, 2026. 14 signals with a Founder Signal for each. How revenue is counted, what has gone wrong and who can stop a launch were asked of Anthropic in public while it is in registration.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/549e2484-fa72-4dd8-9431-5cf6764bf129/","alt":"Signals Served #033 — The Questions Arrived Before the Prospectus","width":1280,"height":800},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/e33dc45b-e4b2-40ee-a53d-82274b728caa","created_at":"2026-10-19T14:59:48.312Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"Signals Served #033 examines regulatory questions directed at AI companies OpenAI and Anthropic, alongside Modal's $750M Series D funding at a $15.75B valuation based on self-reported metrics. 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Modal's own announcement of its Accel-led Series D and an annualized run rate above $1 billion — the company's figure, with no stated counting method.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/f84d42a7-6119-4a3b-a054-cd45d2128e2d/","alt":"Modal: $750M Series D and a run rate above $1B","width":758,"height":424},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/660ef0c2-d300-4aa1-a1a8-dc4acad874f0","created_at":"2026-10-19T14:59:50.117Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"Modal announced a $750M Series D funding round and crossed $1B in annualized run rate, driven by tripled usage and 15x year-over-year growth. 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