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Nick Wingfield @ The Information 1 place · 01/20/2024 09:00 EDT

Middle East Money Is Back on the Table

Hi, welcome to your Weekend.When a team of assassins killed the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul a little over five years ago, Silicon Valley for a moment found its vertebrae. At the time, tech investors and founders were growing increasingly intoxicated by funding from Saudi sources. But those days seemed like they might be over after western intelligence services pointed the finger at the country’s leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, for orchestrating the k

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