@atlasberry008: GoPro is merging with Starman Optical — a photonics company making optical transceivers, the components that move data inside AI data centers. Shareholders get $285 million at $1.14 a share, keep about 10% of the combined company, and the $92 million of debt gets wiped. The stock jumped 38%. Markiplier filed passive two weeks ago. Woodman controls two-thirds of the vote. So the largest individual shareholder found out with the rest of us. That said — he paid roughly $9 million and his stake pays out around $15 million at closing. Wrong on control, right on price. The bigger pattern: dying hardware brands with clean Nasdaq listings are becoming vehicles for the AI buildout. The shells are wearing famous names. GoPro Starman merger, GoPro stock, Markiplier GoPro, AI data centers, optical transceivers, reverse merger, AI infrastructure, activist investing, dual class shares, creator investing, Nasdaq, special situations #venturecapital #gopro #markiplier #aiinfrastructure #investing

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