“The process was extremely onerous,” says Erik Bethel, a general partner at Mare Liberum, who says the vetting process took about 10 months, and that Mare Liberum underwent reference checks and rigorous due diligence, and spent more than “six figures of legal” bills to become one of 23 firms to be selected by the Office of Strategic Capital. More than 386 firms have applied for the program since it launched, according to a memo the firm put together that was shared with Fortune. The Office of Strategic Capital did not respond to Fortune’s request for comment about the loan.
Alex Imas, professor of behavioral science, economics, and applied AI at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, agreed, with an important clarification. It’s “trivially true” that businesses ideally wouldn’t need any human workers, he told Fortune, “but from the perspective of, like, if you did that tomorrow, you would end up in a very bad place for many, many different reasons.”
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The recall affects the Ford Maverick (model years 2022–2026), Ford Ranger (MY 2024–2026), Ford Expedition (MY 2022–2026), Ford E-Transit (MY 2026), Ford F-150 (MY 2021–2026), Ford F-250 SD (MY 2022–2026), and the Lincoln Navigator (MY 2022–2026). Just the F-150s alone number 2.3 million.
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