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Upstart Holdings: Leadership Change
Paul Gu, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Upstart Holdings, is named as a defendant in a securities class action lawsuit related to allegedly flawed model oversight
Source: PRN — Economy & Policy
The leadership read
Leadership transitions often precede broader technology bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.
“Our funding of loans will continue to be one that relies primarily on third-party capital”
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 105.8 (Hot) (down 2.4 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-2.8pts) on signal share.
Upstart Holdings: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Technology median of 1 across 211 tracked companies.
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