Foxtel battling Nine for NRL takeover | Anthropic's $1.3 trillion IPO ambition | WiseTech cuts staff... then blocks them

About this episode

The episode discusses Foxtel's bid for NRL rights, Anthropic's IPO plans, and WiseTech's controversial staff changes.

Foxtel is making a $4 billion power play to kick Nine off the NRL.. and it's shopping for a free-to-air mate to make it happen. Anthropic has confidentially filed for an IPO at a $965 billion valuation USD. WiseTech told the world it’s replacing 2,000 employees with AI… then prevented some of its employees it fired from working for its rivals. _ Download the free app (App Store):  http://bit.ly/FluxAppStore Download the free app (Google Play): http://bit.ly/FluxappGooglePlay   Daily newsletter: https://bit.ly/fluxnewsletter   Flux on Instagram: http://bit.ly/fluxinsta   Flux on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@flux.finance   —- The content in this podcast reflects the views and opinions of the hosts, and is intended for personal and not commercial use. We do not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, statement or other information provided or distributed in these episodes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Flux

Topics covered

• NRL takeover
• IPO
• AI in workforce
• business news
• media competition

Keywords

• Foxtel
• Nine
• NRL
• Anthropic
• IPO
• WiseTech
• AI
• business news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Foxtel, Nine, Anthropic, WiseTech

Places: Australia

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