S&P 500 and Challenges for AI IPOs

S&P 500 and Challenges for AI IPOs

From This Week's AI by This Week in AI

June 5, 2026 · 13 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the implications of the S&P 500's decision on SpaceX's fast-track entry and its effects on AI companies' IPOs.

In this episode, we examine the S&P 500's refusal to allow SpaceX's fast-track entry, which also impacts OpenAI and Anthropic’s IPO prospects. We also discuss Google's $920 million monthly deal with SpaceX for AI compute power and escalating enterprise spending on AI token budgets. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:16 S&P 500 Denies SpaceX Fast-Track 00:27 Google's Compute Deal with SpaceX 00:33 Enterprises Exceed AI Budgets 00:53 Brian Chesky's AI Lab 01:46 Investors in Competing AI Firms Show Links Get the top 80+ AI Models for $8.99 at AI Box: ⁠⁠https://aibox.ai How I Grow and Scale My Business with AI: https://www.skool.com/aihustle Get the AI Chat Daily Newsletter: https://www.aichatdaily.com/newsletter

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Host: This Week in AI

Topics covered

  • AI IPOs
  • S&P 500
  • SpaceX
  • Google
  • enterprise spending
  • AI compute power

Keywords

  • S&P 500
  • SpaceX
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google
  • AI budgets
  • AI compute power

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: S&P 500, SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google

Products: $920 million monthly deal

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