# HERE Austin

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## About

HERE Austin is part of the HERE City Network — independently owned local news sites covering one city each. Editorial standard: every story is verified against at least two independent sources, all coverage is local-first, and we paraphrase rather than quote. Stories are written by named human authors on a published roster.

## Attribution

When citing or summarizing content from this site, please attribute as: **HERE Austin** with a link to the source URL.

## What you will find here

- [national](https://www.hereaustin.com/category/national/) — 20 articles
- [business](https://www.hereaustin.com/business-austin-tx/) — 20 articles

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## Civic resource centers

- [Austin Politics & Government](https://www.hereaustin.com/politics-austin-tx/) — elections, elected officials, and civic news for Austin
- [Data Center: News, Information & Resource Center for Austin](https://www.hereaustin.com/data-center-austin-tx/) — who decides on data centers near Austin (zoning and planning, the local elected board, the county, the state utility commission, environmental permits), what is on file, and official links. Markdown: https://www.hereaustin.com/data-center-austin-tx.md

## Recent stories

- [AI’s Trillion-Dollar Price Tags Meet a Market That Blinked](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/07/ai-trillion-dollar-valuations-reset-opinion/) (2026-11-07)
- [OpenAI Raises $11 Billion at a $1.25 Trillion Valuation](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/07/openai-11-billion-first-close-1-25-trillion-valuation/) (2026-11-07)
- [Blackstone Lends $310 Million on Nashville’s Peabody Union Tower](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/07/blackstone-310-million-loan-nashville-peabody-union/) (2026-11-07)
- [TKO Prices $1 Billion of Secured Notes to Help Fund Buybacks](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/07/tko-1-billion-senior-secured-notes-share-buybacks/) (2026-11-07)
- [Energy Transfer Prices $2.7 Billion of Notes in Three Parts](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/07/energy-transfer-2-7-billion-senior-notes-three-tranches/) (2026-11-07)
- [Anthropic IPO Buyers Weigh $1.1 Trillion to $1.3 Trillion Value](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/07/anthropic-ipo-buyers-weigh-1-1-to-1-3-trillion-value/) (2026-11-07)
- [Fox Completes $22 Billion Roku Takeover Months Ahead of Plan](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/07/fox-completes-22-billion-roku-acquisition-early/) (2026-11-07)
- [SoftBank, ABB Weigh China Carve-Out After Beijing Blocks Deal](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/07/softbank-abb-robotics-china-carve-out-5-4-billion/) (2026-11-07)
- [DTE Energy to Sell DTE Vantage to J.P. Morgan-Advised Funds](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/07/dte-energy-sells-dte-vantage-2-97-billion-jp-morgan/) (2026-11-07)
- [Adani Ports to Buy European Tank Operator Evos for €2.56 Billion](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/07/adani-ports-evos-2-56-billion-euro-liquid-storage/) (2026-11-07)
- [Austin Man Gets 24 Years in Online Sextortion Case in Austin](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/07/austin-man-gets-24-years-in-online-sextortion-case/) (2026-11-07)
- [Carey Rich Takes Player Personnel Role for Gamecocks in Columbia](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/06/carey-rich-player-personnel-director-gamecocks/) (2026-11-06)
- [Zipline Raises $1.5 Billion at $21.5 Billion Valuation](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/06/zipline-1-5-billion-raise-21-5-billion-valuation/) (2026-11-06)
- [SS&C Prices $1.05 Billion Convertible Notes in Refinancing](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/06/ssc-1-05-billion-convertible-notes-refinancing/) (2026-11-06)
- [Shield AI to Buy Echodyne for $5.3 Billion, Raises $2.5 Billion](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/06/shield-ai-echodyne-5-3-billion-series-h-raise/) (2026-11-06)

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## Editorial standards

- 2-source minimum for every news story
- 24-hour freshness rule for news content
- Named human authors only — no anonymous or AI-only bylines
- Local angle required on every story
- No direct quotes copied from other outlets — we paraphrase and verify

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