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5 min readSpaceX, AI IPOs, and the Economic Mood
On an episode packed with market-moving developments, the PBD Podcast team tackled a wave of IPOs from AI and space companies, analyzed conflicting inflation signals, and debated whether AI will destroy jobs or create them. The dominant theme: we are living through a moment of unprecedented technological creation, but most Americans feel left behind.
The IPO Summer Has Arrived
The IPO market has cracked open after years of dormancy. Cerebras, the AI chip company, kicked things off with a blockbuster debut — 20 times oversubscribed, up 68% on day one, and trading around $250 after its $185 IPO price. "There's so much interest in this," Patrick Bet-David noted, pointing to the flood of capital waiting to deploy.
Three more massive IPOs are coming: SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI. Tom offered his allocation strategy: 50% Anthropic, 25% SpaceX, 25% OpenAI. Pomp went further, saying he'd put 50% each into SpaceX and Anthropic and skip OpenAI entirely. "They completely lost strategic clarity," Brandon added. "I think they're gonna be extinct in a couple of years."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:34) **Episode Kickoff & IPO Market Overview** - The host introduces a massive wave of IPOs, including SpaceX, Cerebras, and Anthropic, framing 2026 as the "year of the IPO."
- 2 (08:57) **Cerebras IPO Deep Dive & Portfolio Allocation** - The panel analyzes Cerebras's roller-coaster first month and debates how to deploy a hypothetical $1 million across the major AI/tech IPOs.
- 3 (14:27) **The AI Demand vs. Supply Argument** - Pomp explains why the AI trade is not a bubble, citing demand that vastly outstrips constrained supply (hardware, power).
- 4 (21:04) **Anthropic's Fable 5: Step Change or Leapfrog?** - The panel reacts to the release of Anthropic's new model and its implications for the AI race.
- 5 (26:17) **The Intelligence Economy & Sylvia** - Pomp connects the value of AI models to the universal desire for intelligence, using his own AI CFO product, Sylvia, as a case study.
- 6 (33:32) **Elon Musk: Coding Jobs Will Be Dead by Year End** - The panel reacts to Musk's prediction that AI will make traditional coding obsolete by the end of the year.
- 7 (38:53) **The Path to Socialism & UBI** - The discussion turns to the potential for Universal Basic Income (UBI) and the increasing popularity of different forms of socialism in America.
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Show Notes
Patrick Bet-David, Tom Ellsworth, Adam Sosnick, and Vincent Oshana break down the SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic IPOs, Elon Musk’s prediction that AI will replace coding, President Trump’s emerging AI partnership plans, pressure on the Federal Reserve over interest rates, Florida’s property tax cuts, Bitcoin versus AI as the next major investment opportunity, and growing unrest in Belfast following migrant-related violence.
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