Alternative-data player Thasos just laid off the majority of its staff and its CEO resigned. It might be a sign of tough times to come for a market set to grow to $7 billion.

It was worth $42 million, had ties to MIT, and boasted a blue-chip CEO whose prior company Sense Networks was once named "The Next Google" by Newsweek.

September 18, 2019   |   View Online »

Alternative-data player Thasos just laid off the majority of its staff and its CEO resigned. It might be a sign of tough times to come for a market set to grow to $7 billion. Bradley Saacks,Dan DeFrancesco | It was worth $42 million, had ties to MIT, and boasted a blue-chip CEO whose prior company Sense Networks was once named "The Next Google" by Newsweek. Read More »

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