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Poppi’s cofounder pitched her startup on Shark Tank while 9 months pregnant and landed a $400,000 deal—now it’s worth $2 billion | Flipboard

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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Poppi’s cofounder pitched her startup on Shark Tank while 9 months pregnant and landed a $400,000 deal”
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While multiple sources confirm Allison Ellsworth pitched Poppi on Shark Tank in 2018, the specific details regarding her being 9 months pregnant and the exact $400,000 deal amount are not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, though the general event is corroborated.
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web search NEUTRAL — Poppi offers delicious and healthy prebiotic sodas made with apple cider vinegar, available nationwide in various flavors.
https://drinkpoppi.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — More From Poppi Indulge in that mouth-watering swirl of flavors and bubbles without the baggage.
https://www.pepsico.com/brands/poppi
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web search NEUTRAL — Poppi (stylized in all-lowercase as poppi) is an American brand of prebiotic soda known for its "gut healthy" approach to the carbonated-beverage market. Launched in 2018, Poppi offers a variety of lo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppi_(drink)
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“now it’s worth $2 billion”
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Multiple sources report that PepsiCo agreed to purchase Poppi for nearly $2 billion (specifically $1.95 billion).
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web search NEUTRAL — Poppi has not yet filed for an IPO. However, it’s important to note that IPOs are not the sole avenue for a private company to transition to public trading.The deal includes $300 million of anticipate…
https://forgeglobal.com/poppi_ipo/
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web search NEUTRAL — Poppi has raised $40M in funding from CAVU Consumer Partners. The company has 160 active competitors, including 20 funded and 22 that have exited.
https://tracxn.com/d/companies/poppi/__o4kaV4j-kZhSoN5jh5T0X…
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web search NEUTRAL — Pepsi has agreed to purchase healthy-soda maker Poppi for nearly $2 billion, the latest sign interest in the sector is far from fizzling.
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/pepsico-to-buy-poppi-sod…
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“When Poppi cofounder Allison Ellsworth pitched her business with her husband on Shark Tank in 2018”
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Multiple sources confirm that Allison Ellsworth and her husband pitched the business on Shark Tank in 2018.
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web search NEUTRAL — In this episode I'm joined by Allison Ellsworth, founder of the fastest growing beverage brand in the US, Poppi.Poppi was started as Mother Beverage in 2018 ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwqKVGlBCeQ
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web search NEUTRAL — Poppi cofounder Allison Ellsworth’s 2018 Shark Tank pitch helped catapult the brand into beverage fame.
https://fortune.com/2026/04/17/poppi-cofounder-allison-ellsw…
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web search NEUTRAL — PepsiCo has acquired prebiotic soda brand Poppi for $1.95 billion. Poppi - which took off in 2018 when co-founder Allison Ellsworth and her husband pitched it on Shark Tank - is the fast-growing brand…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/poppi-pepsico-bu…
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“President Donald Trump blamed his predecessor Joe Biden for making the United States "a nation in decline"”
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The claim is reported by Flipboard and corroborated by Fox News and other reports stating Trump attributed the 'nation in decline' sentiment to Biden's policies.
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web search NEUTRAL — Further information: United States presidential election § Procedure. Joe Biden, the incumbent president in 2024, whose term expired at noon on January 20, 2025. A general election absentee ballot fro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidentia…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump went on to say that the United States "suffered immeasurably" under Biden-era policies like open borders, increased taxes, DEI, "transgender for everybody," and sanctuary city ordinances. He agr…
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-xi-agreed-us-bec…
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump claims Xi Jinping's 'declining nation' comment targeted Joe Biden, not his administration, during a summit focused on US-China relations and Taiwan tensions.But now, the United States is …
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-xi-declining-nation-comment-…
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“Chinese President Xi Jinping invoked the name of an ancient Greek general to discuss U.S.-Chinese relations”
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Web search results explicitly state that President Xi Jinping invoked the 'Thucydides Trap' (an ancient Greek historian/general context) regarding U.S.-China relations.
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web search NEUTRAL — Elizabeth Economy thinks China's President Xi Jinping has an "ambitious sense" of China's global destiny. The US is also shifting its position. Washington has branded China, along with Russia, a revis…
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-47613416
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web search NEUTRAL — The Chinese president invoked a warning from the Classical world, when the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta went to war, saying that the United States and China should beware the “Thucydides Tra…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/world/asia/trump-xi-thucy…
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump has left China after holding more talks with Xi Jinping over tea, a "working lunch" and a rare tour of a leadership compound. Trump and Xi both say the trip succeeded, with the US boastin…
https://news.sky.com/story/trump-state-visit-latest-us-presi…
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“Xi, speaking to Trump on May 14 during their high-stakes Beijing”
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Multiple sources (AFP via web search and Getty Images) confirm that President Xi Jinping hosted President Donald Trump in Beijing on May 14, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks as he hosts a state banquet for U.S. President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxp0g4q3q2o
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web search NEUTRAL — Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, speaks with US President Donald Trump as they attend a state banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026 [Brendan Smialowski/AFP].
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/14/chinas-xi-warns-tru…
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web search NEUTRAL — Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks as he hosts a state banquet for U.S. President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxp0g4q3q2o
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“Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of election conspiracy theorist Tina Peters following pressure from President Donald Trump”
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The claim is repeated multiple times across cross-references, but all cross-references are from the same source (Flipboard), which does not constitute multiple independent sources.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of election conspiracy theorist Tina Peters following pressure from President Donald Trump
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/pete-hegseth-attacks-unpatr…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of election conspiracy theorist Tina Peters following pressure from President Donald Trump
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/colorado-s-democratic-gover…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of election conspiracy theorist Tina Peters following pressure from President Donald Trump
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/lutnick-blasts-canada-ahead…
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“Julie Fradella, a baker and business coach near New Orleans, Louisiana, posted on Instagram about how [she set fire to a $600 birthday cake]”
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A web search result explicitly confirms that Julie Fradella, a baker near New Orleans, posted on Instagram about setting fire to a birthday cake for a client's cheating boyfriend.
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web search NEUTRAL — Julie Fradella, a baker and business coach near New Orleans, Louisiana, posted on Instagram about how happy she was to help a client with an out of the ordinary, yet understandable, last-minute reques…
https://www.today.com/food/trends/baker-sets-fire-to-birthda…
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web search NEUTRAL — Happy Birthday to Talking Tom! This cool cartoon cat is about to have the best birthday ever! Just wait until you see the cake that his friends made hi...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfYS3kyEE0w
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web search NEUTRAL — Birthday/Luxury Cakes in Southampton on Instagram: "I found a new hack to making the best Swiss meringue buttercream guys!!!!! You don’t have to whisk granulated sugar and eggs on heat anymore!!!
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/julie-fradella-on-instagram-be…
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“Meta posted record profits in the first quarter of 2026”
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The claim is mentioned in a Flipboard cross-reference, but the other provided evidence for Meta is general company information and does not confirm the specific Q1 2026 profit record.
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web search NEUTRAL — By logging in, you can navigate to all business tools like Meta Business Suite, Ads Manager and more to help you connect with your customers and get better business results.
https://business.facebook.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Meta Platforms, Inc. (doing business as Meta) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms a…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms
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web search NEUTRAL — Learn more about Meta and stay updated on our role in social technology, virtual reality, augmented reality, and the future of human connection.
https://www.meta.com/about/
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