TNB Tech Minute: SpaceX IPO Draws $5 Billion Order From BlackRock

About this episode

The episode discusses SpaceX's IPO and BlackRock's significant investment, along with Amazon's water usage and Jeff Bezos's new AI venture.

Plus: Amazon says its data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water last year. And Jeff Bezos launches new AI venture Prometheus while batting down AI job loss fears. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Julie Chang

Topics covered

• SpaceX IPO
• BlackRock investment
• Amazon data centers
• Jeff Bezos AI venture
• AI job loss fears

Keywords

• SpaceX
• BlackRock
• IPO
• Amazon
• Jeff Bezos
• AI
• Prometheus
• data centers
• water usage

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Organizations: SpaceX, BlackRock, Amazon, Prometheus

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