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In 2017, Kevin Durant put $250,000 into an AI startup nobody had heard of. It just sold for $12.9 billion

NBA star Kevin Durant has secured a massive financial victory from an early business venture. Back in 2017, the basketball standout committed a $250,000 stake to an obscure artificial intelligence firm that had virtually no public recognition at the time.

That calculated bet has now reached a staggering conclusion. The very same technology enterprise recently completed a sale valued at an eye-popping $12.9 billion.

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