Anthropic Hits $1T, OpenAI Struggling, Elon Reloads with $60B Cursor Deal | Trading Places Podcast E32
Anthropic just crossed a $1 trillion valuation… and may have officially passed OpenAI.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk is making moves—SpaceX is partnering with (and possibly acquiring) Cursor in a $60B deal, while OpenAI races to stay competitive with new releases like GPT-5.5 and Images 2.0.
This week on Trading Places, Dave McClure and Aman Verjee break down one of the wildest weeks in AI, venture capital, and secondary markets:
— The Fed shakeup and what it means for interest rates
— Iran war tensions and global market implications
— Anthropic’s meteoric rise past OpenAI
— SpaceX’s massive AI bet…
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