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The $2 Trillion AI Bet Just Went Public
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- What the AI?!
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- Jun 16, 2026
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- 1685
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Summary
AI just crossed another line. This week, SpaceX moved toward the largest IPO in history at a valuation approaching $2 trillion, OpenAI confirmed plans to go public, and a quiet price war began between the biggest AI companies in the world. In Episode 82 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the economics behind the AI boom, why data centers have become some of the most valuable assets on Earth, and what happens when trillion-dollar companies start fighting for users. We also cover Apple's long-awaited AI-powered Siri, Anthropic's newest model, OpenAI's march toward one billion users, and the growing debate over whether AI will create more jobs than it destroys.