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GLJ Research analyst Gordon Johnson has repeatedly reiterated a Sell rating on Tesla with a $24.86 price target, most recently in September 2026. The stock trades around $355–$386, so the target is roughly 93% below current levels. This is an engagement-bait question asking followers whether they like a purple Tesla; no factual claim to check.

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TechCrunch reported that a16z Crypto is rebranding as a16z Frontier and broadening its scope beyond digital assets, with Chris Dixon still leading the unit.

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GLJ Research analyst Gordon Johnson has repeatedly reiterated a Sell rating on Tesla with a $24.86 price target, most recently in September 2026. The stock trades around $355–$386, so the target is roughly 93% below current levels. This is an engagement-bait question asking followers whether they like a purple Tesla; no factual claim to check.

$24.86 price target on Tesla.. That’s very precisely insane. $TSLA https://t.co/808irN9DKH

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Images from yesterday's reveal of the Tesla Roadster II A car that refuses to stay on the ground. Tesla’s new Roadster II blurs the line between automotive engineering and science fiction, bringing the idea of a flying supercar one step The question is no longer just how 💨 https

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TechCrunch reported that a16z Crypto is rebranding as a16z Frontier and broadening its scope beyond digital assets, with Chris Dixon still leading the unit.

As blockchain investing falls out of vogue, a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier - The digital asset unit, helmed by Chris Dixon, broadens its scope.

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TechCrunch NAMES: a16z = Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital firm.

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MTech headlines at the top of the hour. A new record on the table for OpenAI.
MTechCrunch is reporting that OpenAI is working on a new thirty billion dollar raise at a one-point-two-five trillion dollar valuation.
CThat would make it the most valuable private company ever. By a wide margin.
MThe report says it's pre-IPO financing. The deal is not closed yet, so treat the number as a target, not a done deal.
CStill — one point two five trillion. That's a statement. They're setting the reference point for the public listing.
MAnd in venture capital, a rebrand worth noting. a16z Crypto is becoming a16z Frontier.
CChris Dixon still runs the unit, but the name says it all. Crypto's not the whole story anymore.
MThey're broadening into digital assets, AI, and frontier tech. Blockchain investing has cooled off, and a16z is adjusting.
CSmart move. The word 'crypto' was limiting the checkbook.
MA quick reality check on a Tesla rumor floating around. One account says Optimus production has begun at Fremont.
CAnd that's a big claim. If true, it changes the robotics timeline.
MBut we can't confirm it. Tesla has discussed building Optimus at Fremont, and there's talk of an Optimus Academy training site. No credible reporting says production has started.
CSo watch that space. But don't take the rumor as fact.
MAnd one analyst target making people do a double take. GLJ Research's Gordon Johnson sits at a twenty-four dollar and eighty-six cent price target on Tesla.
CThe stock trades around three hundred sixty. That target is more than ninety percent below today's price.
MJohnson has held that sell rating for months. It's a wildly bearish call, but it's real.
CAnd it's been wrong for a while if you measure by the tape. But that's his call.
MThat's your tech briefing for this hour. More after the break.

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