privately

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Domestic sponsorship money is expected to be the largest revenue source for what the organizing committee promised to be a privately funded Games.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The hard-drive maker on Tuesday entered into privately negotiated exchange agreements with certain holders of its 3% convertible senior notes due 2028, covering about $858.4 million in aggregate principal, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

I didn’t hear back from Ai² after the newsletter came out, but I did receive this email from Darren Kimura, CEO of AI Squared Holdings, a privately held company in Mountain View, Calif.:

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Superior algorithms are held privately, run with institutional capital and protected like trade secrets.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

We started walking to his room where we could talk privately.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson