SCOUT· 65%32m·2026-06-10·News PoliticsIf the A.I. Bubble Bursts, the Public Will Be ‘Left Holding the Bag’ | 'The Opinions' Podcast
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and A.I. company, is about to go public at a record-breaking $1.77 trillion. This summer, Anthropic and Open A.I. will follow suit, also with sky-high valuations. Are they worth it? The Opinion writer David Wallace-Wells and the contributing writer Natasha Sarin, an economist and…
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“When you're asked to join the club, they're looking for somebody to scam.”
“So to recap 1) OpenAI Anthropic and SpaceX are in deep debt 2) They need an IPO to pay off debt and bridge loans and expand 3) They need Index Fund money because they taped everything else already 4) With SpaceX Joe public will never have a…”
“The techno-bros are the ones who should pay for their gambles. How is it we - the working public - end up losing out, but we gain nothing if anything goes well.”
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