💯 Wins across the board

🔔 Your campaign updates feed

• Recently launched Flower Turbines is offering a unique perk for investors. With their tiered investment program, you can enjoy bonus shares and significant discounts on their advanced wind-turbine technology. Read more about it here.

• Starpax Biopharma closes next week! With nearly 1.9 million new U.S. cancer cases projected in 2024, Starpax is set to tackle a major resistance to cancer treatments and bring hope to patients and their families. Check out their campaign here.

🔔 Alumni updates

• Mindful FUD has won a $100K gift package from Canada Post for being 1 of 5 small businesses to be selected for their Tales of Triumph contest. Now they’re up to win $10k in cash and an additional $50k in media coverage, and for this, they could use your help! Vote for them to be Canada’s Choice!

• VoltSafe’s new game-changing Marina solution has been featured in the latest edition of Marina World.

✍ What’s on our mind?

With OpenAI’s recent $150 billion valuation in the spotlight, many investors ask: are today’s companies overvalued? Particularly in the tech sector, valuations are soaring, often outpacing current profitability. Companies like OpenAI aren’t being valued for what they earn today but for what they’re projected to achieve in the future, especially with AI’s boundless potential. But does this justify their sky-high price tags?

High valuations are often built on the promise of future growth. In sectors like AI, the optimism surrounding their potential has investors placing massive bets. OpenAI is a prime example, with its valuation driven by the belief that AI will revolutionize industries from healthcare to finance. But much of this promise is still theoretical—many AI applications are in their infancy, and companies like OpenAI are heavily investing in R&D, often operating at a loss while they work to develop cutting-edge products.

The risk of overvaluation is a concern. During the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, many companies had inflated valuations based on speculative futures, only to crash when those futures didn’t materialize. So, are we seeing a similar trend today?

It’s hard to tell, especially when major players like Microsoft and Nvidia are also backing these AI ventures, showing a credible belief in this technology's future profitability. This vote of confidence suggests that these valuations may have a more solid foundation than bubble-era companies.

Ultimately, the real question is whether these companies can deliver on their promises. For investors, it’s crucial to assess if they’re investing in genuine innovation or inflated expectations (hint: our recent blog post on assessing valuation may help with this). High valuations can signal enormous potential—but they can also carry significant risks. The future remains exciting but uncertain.

☕ Our coffee reads

Rea is reading: and feeling inspired by the first non-astronaut looking down on us from space as SpaceX billionaires complete the first commercial spacewalk.

Trieste is reading: that the Canadian stock market may outpace the American counterpart this year. At the end of August, the TSX was positive for the first time in 18 months and whenever it has been positive, it’s outperformed the S&P 500.

Jyoti is reading: about Canada’s big wins at the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games. 29 medals from 31 athletes, here are the highlights.

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