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      <amendmentNo>1</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>12/31/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0001920406</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Strive, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>862945102</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <street1 xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">200 Crescent Court, Suite 1400</street1>
          <city xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">Dallas</city>
          <stateOrCountry xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">TX</stateOrCountry>
          <zipCode xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">75201</zipCode>
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      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>A6</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>22258925</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>22258925</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>22258925</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>3.1</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>FI</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>In reference to Rows 5, 7 and 9 above, amount consists of 7,444,110 shares of Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share ("Class A Shares"), of Strive, Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of Nevada (the "Issuer"), and 14,814,815 Class A Shares issuable upon exercise of warrants of the Issuer ("Warrants") held by the Reporting Person.

In reference to Row 11 above, percentage ownership is based on 698,734,905 Class A Shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2025 as reported on the Issuer's current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2026.
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        <issuerName>Strive, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>200 Crescent Court, Suite 1400, Dallas, TX 75201</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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        <filingPersonName>Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund ("HOOPP")</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>1 York Street, Suite 1900, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 0B6</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>Ontario, Canada</citizenship>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>FI</typeOfPersonFiling>
        <otherTypeOfPersonFiling>A pension plan formed as a trust under the laws of Ontario, Canada and registered with the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario.</otherTypeOfPersonFiling>
      </item3>
      <item4>
        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>See Item 9 on page 2.</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>See Item 11 on page 2.</classPercent>
        <numberOfSharesPersonHas>
          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>See Item 5 on page 2.</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>See Item 6 on page 2.</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>See Item 7 on page 2.</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>See Item 8 on page 2.</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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      </item4>
      <item5>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <classOwnership5PercentOrLess>Y</classOwnership5PercentOrLess>
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      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item7>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item10>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the regulatory scheme applicable to a pension plan formed as a trust under the laws of Ontario, Canada and registered with the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario is substantially comparable to the regulatory scheme applicable to the functionally equivalent U.S. institution(s). I also undertake to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, upon request, information that would otherwise be disclosed in a Schedule 13D.</certifications>
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    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Abas Kanu</signature>
        <title>Abas Kanu, VP, HOOPP Compliance Officer</title>
        <date>02/13/2026</date>
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