We’re near a wrap on 2022, which means it’s time to grade The Information’s predictions on technology and media. Each year our journalists check in with their sources and then tee up their forecasts for the most important mergers and acquisitions, stock offerings and CEO exits they expect to transpire.
We got some predictions spot on: Several startups did implode, starting with e-commerce software Fast and concluding with the mega-collapse of crypto exchange FTX and its affiliates. As anticipated, TikTok revenue surged as advertisers scrambled to get in front of its hooked viewers.