
THIS WEEK IN AI: Anthropic SpaceXAI Deal | Elon vs OpenAI Trial
From Limitless: An AI Podcast by Limitless
May 8, 2026 · 30 min · Episode 171
About this episode
The episode discusses the new alliance between SpaceX and Anthropic, their $5 billion deal, and various developments in the AI industry.
There's now a surprising alliance between SpaceX and Anthropic, as they team up to challenge OpenAI after Musk’s unexpected pivot from criticism to collaboration. The $5 billion deal for Anthropic to utilize SpaceX's Colossus One data center aims to meet their escalating compute demands. We also discuss Anthropic's new AI templates for financial services, a significant $200 billion Google partnership, and other industry developments like floating data centers. ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 SpaceXAI Anthropic Deal 9:43 Elon vs OpenAI Trial 15:39 Anthropic Templates 21:23 Google Anthropic's Deal 24:58 Audio AI 26:08 Robotics 27:07 Hantavirus 28:39 Closing ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
Topics covered
- AI partnerships
- technology developments
- financial services
- data centers
- legal challenges in AI
Keywords
- SpaceX
- Anthropic
- OpenAI
- Elon Musk
- AI templates
- Google partnership
- data centers
- AI trial
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google
Products: Colossus One
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