The SpaceX IPO has finally arrived

About this episode

The episode discusses the historic SpaceX IPO and its implications for the tech industry.

The biggest IPO in history dropped this morning on the Nasdaq — a debut so big, our team thought it deserved its own bonus Equity podcast episode. On this special bonus episode, Senior Reporter Sean O'Kane called up our AI Editor Russell Brandom to help him break down the $2 trillion valuation, Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire, and what it all means for Anthropic and OpenAI still waiting in the wings. Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You can also follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Sean O'Kane

Guest: Russell Brandom

Topics covered

• IPO
• SpaceX
• Elon Musk
• technology
• business
• valuation

Keywords

• SpaceX
• IPO
• Elon Musk
• trillionaire
• valuation
• Anthropic
• OpenAI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SpaceX, Nasdaq, Anthropic, OpenAI

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