VC React Podcast
By Ahmad Takatkah (VCpreneur)
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Episodes: 70
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Every week, we bring you insights and reactions from top VCs, reacting to the latest news on MENA startups, funds, and investment rounds.
Hosts:
Ahmad Takatkah, VCpreneur
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Jamie Lane, FWDstart
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#startups #vc #tech #ai #investments #founders #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #venturedebt #privatecredit #finance #business #ipo #acquisitions #revenuebasedfinancing #fintech #web3
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VC Funding Is Up 74%, Deals Are Up 6%, Saudi is Half of MENA VC - Magnitt’s 2025 State of VC In MENA
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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VC React MENA E64: Open's CX AI Agents, Breez's Voice AI Middleware, & Grove's Vertical AgriTech Bet
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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VC React SV E5: A16Z's $15B Raise, Gemini To Power Siri, Anthropic Health, Bizarre Tech at CES 2026!
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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VC React MENA E63: $230M To Seed Islamic Neo Bank, Data Governance, Disease Detection, IoT Transport
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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VC React MENA E62: Noon's $500M Raise & MENA IPO Roadmap, Algeria's Largest Local currency Round!
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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VC React SV E4: Lightspeed's $9B Mega Funds, Circles's Arc L1 Blockchain, & The Consumer AI Pivot.
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E61: Qatar Joins AI Race with Qai, Reno: Renovate Now-Pay Later, COGNNA's Agentic SOC
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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VC React SV E3: Paramount vs. Netflix, Kalshi Doubles Valuation, SpaceX's Secondary Sale at $800B
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E60: The Rise of Secondaries, What Happened to the Dubizzle lPO, and Egyptian Deeptech
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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VC React SV E2: OpenAl's Power Loop with Thrive, America's Chip Gambit, and Apple's Al Reset
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E59: xAI & HUMAIN Deal, Founders Fund Invests In Mnzil, Strataphy & Buildroid DeepTech
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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VC React SV E1: Quantum VCs, Founders Fund Invests In Mnzil, Gemini Dethrones ChatGPT, New AI Device
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E58: MAGNiTT Report-Series A Valuations Peak , Nabta & HealthTech, Ghanem & PropTech
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E57: Jahez + noon against Keeta, Shgardi shuts down, DataCamp acquires UAE’s Optima
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E56: HUMAIN Launches AI-OS! BRKZ $30M Debt Round. Tabby's $4.5B Premium Secondary Sale
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E55: Gitex, Dubizzle’s IPO by Prosus, Investcorp’s $750M Fund w/ China, & Chari’s BaaS
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E54: BECO’s $370M Fund, Aydi’s $7.5M AgriTech, PIF's $55B EA Deal, Fintech Migration!
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E53: Saudi lifts cap on foreign ownership, private stock market, $100M AI fund & more
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E52: Money20/20, Tamara: $1.4B Debt, HALA: $157M Round, Robinhood: Public Startup Fund
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E51: Property Finder's $525M Deal, Noon's IPO Plan, Orbii's $3.6M Seed, New $200M Fund
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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VC React E50 MENA: Qatar Backs Anthropic, Munify's Neobank for Diaspora, Intella's Digital Human
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E49: Local Games Go Global! PropTech Is Heating Up, Arabic First AI HumainChat & Allam
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E48: Robinhood Comes To MENA & Compete With Local Copies, Bulk Funding In Game Studios
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E47): Series B Gap? No More ARR, Expense Management or Banks! MENA LP Secondaries
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E46): Meta’s $1B Offers, AI In FoodTech, Arabic AI Voice, & Open Banking In UAE
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E45): Anthropic's hypocrisy, xAI In Saudi, Qlub $30M Round, 500 Global $300M Fund
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E44): Arabic AI Stack, Morocco’s SuperApp, Embedded Insurance, Wild AI Acquihires
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E43): MENA's FoodTech & PropTech, A Computer In Your Eyes, & VC's Political Storm!
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E42): Saudi’s New Unicorn, Startups Turn Corporations, Global Games, AI Talent War
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E41): Amazon Buys Into ValU, Careem Exits Pakistan, & OpenAI Takes On Microsoft.
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E40): Exclusive: Stryde Acquires Qora71, AI-Native Sales, Labubu, Arabs at Cannes.
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E39): Valu IPO Twist, Fixing SME Cashflow, Boring Startups, A Nation of AI Coders!
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E38): Serial Founders, Quantitative VCs, AI Use Cases, Profitable Impact Tech.
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E37): Stargate, Builder AI's Collapse, Iraq's Startups, Diaspora Founders & More!
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E36): Egypt Funding Surge, Nawy, Thndr, Sylndr, MoneyFellows, Tarjama, & SARsatX
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May 22, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E35): Saudi's Humain AI, Nvidia AI Chips, Two New AI Funds, & The New VC Model!
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May 15, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E34): State-Owned or Built vs VC-Backed Tech? Is Saudi A New Global IPO Market?
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May 11, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E33): Holding Model vs Typical VC! SME Finance Boom, Secondaries Infra, and More!
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May 04, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E32): Why EdTech Acquisitions! Crypto Crashes, & Copy Cats In Emerging Markets
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E31): Consolidation, Investing In Hardware, Traitorous Eight-MENA Version & More!
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E30): Build quietly? Credit Score or AI, FinTech In Africa, Freaky AI Dubbing!
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E29): QED's Investment In NymCard, Impact46's 10x IPO Exit, & Yango's CVC Fund!
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E28): Stock Market Reactions, Quick Commerce, BNPL vs. Credit Cards, FashionTech!
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E27): Good vs. Great, EdTech Wave In MENA, Revenue Based Financing, Cars, & Cake!
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E26): Five Acquisitions, Startups Investing In Startups, Qatar and Global VCs!
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E25): Six new funds! The Rise of ConstructTech, Startups Too Large For Acquisition
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E24): Lendo's $690M Facility Led by J.P. Morgan, & qeen.ai’s $10M Seed round
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E23): DeepSeek Moment! New Growth Funds In MENA, New Sector Focus For MENA VCs!
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E22): New Funding Tends for 2025 In MENA's PropTech, FinTech, AgriTech & AI AdTech
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E21): 2 Tech IPOs, 3 Big Rounds, 9 New VC Funds, 2024 VC Activity Report, & More!
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E20): 2025 Predictions, Small Acquisitions, VC Transparency, $81.5m Gaming Fund
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E19): More Global VCs In MENA, Talabat IPO, The AI Startup That Got Away, & More
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E18): DeepTech and TelecomTech News, Revenue Based Fund, More Global VCs in MENA
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E17): PIF vs NDF, What's an AI Startup, The AI Future, NICE Non-Dilutive Capital
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E16): Dual Funds, Pioneer VCs, Financing Revolution! Global VCs Are In, New IPOs!
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E15): Managing a Large Seed Fund, FoFs in MENA, Global vs. Local Startups & VCs
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E14): Podcasts, Climate Tech, Carbon Credits, AdTech, Data Privacy In MENA & More
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E13): Growth Funds, Debt Funds, Mobility, EdTech, and Good News From Palestine!
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E12): Global Fintechs In MENA, Round Extension, Secondaries, Selling Foundr Shares
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E11): Fintech Consolidations, Open Banking, Payments Solutions, Wealth Managers
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E10): Family Office VCs, VC Competition, eCommerce Mergers, Co-CEOs, Crowdfunding
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E9): Web3 Summer In MENA! Dirham StableCoin, Global Outlook, Alternative Financing
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E8): VC Surge In July, Founders’ Harassment, Connected Founders, & Sunken Cost
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E7): NVIDIA Acquisitions, Technical VCs, BNPL Model, Accelerator Startup Reviews
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E6): Big Series A Rounds, Enterprise AI for Decision Making, EdTech and AI Trends
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E5): Saudi's AI Investments, Egypt's Mega Round In FinTech, Jordan's Accelerators
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E4): Banking The Unbanked, Tech Moonshots, Climate Tech, & MENA AI Consolidations
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E3): On Gov VC Mandates, India & MENA, Venture Debt, Market Stats in H1-2024
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E2): On Acquiring Silicon Valley Startups, Global VCs In MENA, eSports.
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E1): Tech IPOs in MENA, $8M Seed Startup Round, AI VC Fund, and more.
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Jun 27, 2024 |