AI goes IPO
6/2/202626 min
Some of the richest companies on Earth want your money. OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX are racing to raise as much of it as possible by going public. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. SpaceX's Starship 39 rocket launching from Starbase during the 12th test flight. Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsSean Rameswaram· Host0:00
Big news this week for all my Gordon Gekkos, my Robin Hooders, my Claude Squad. Anthropic, which is newly the most valuable AI company in the world, announced it would be going public. That news follows reporting that OpenAI plans to go public as soon as September, and that that news follows reporting that SpaceX, which also considers itself an AI company, will be going public in maybe just a few weeks from now. Welcome to the era of the omega IPO. [upbeat music] We are about to see millionaires, billionaires, and yes, probably even the world's first trillionaire, created overnight. And yes, it's that guy.
Speaker 1· Soundbite0:42
This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy. Chainsaw.
Sean Rameswaram· Host0:47
But all the tech bros who are gonna make all the money, they need our money way more than we need their products, and we're gonna remind you why on Today Explained from Vox.
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