EMJ Capital’s founder posted a thesis on X that Better Home & Finance is “the Shopify of mortgages” with the potential for AI to boost capacity and fuel explosive growth.
Source: Inman News
Better shares soar on bullish thesis by activist investor Eric Jackson
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