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Kara and Scott discuss Anthropic's IPO, campaign controversies in Maine, and setbacks faced by Blue Origin.

Kara and Scott discuss Anthropic's IPO filing, and how the company surpassed OpenAI's valuation in record time. Then, Maine's Graham Platner deals with yet another campaign controversy, but do voters care? Plus, Blue Origin suffers a major setback, Trump faces a Freedom 250 concert fiasco, and Jay Shetty lands a blockbuster deal with Netflix and Spotify. Watch this episode on the ⁠⁠Pivot YouTube channel⁠⁠.Follow us on Instagram and Threads at ⁠⁠@pivotpodcastofficial⁠⁠.Follow us on Bluesky at ⁠⁠@pivotpod.bsky.social⁠⁠Follow us on TikTok at ⁠⁠@pivotpodcast⁠⁠.Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email Pivot@voxmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Kara, Scott

Topics covered

• IPO
• campaign controversies
• technology setbacks
• media deals
• voter engagement

Keywords

• Anthropic
• IPO
• Graham Platner
• Blue Origin
• Trump
• Jay Shetty
• Netflix
• Spotify

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Organizations: Anthropic, OpenAI, Blue Origin, Netflix, Spotify

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