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Jersey Mike's S-1 mentions AI 22 times but describes no product, tool, or strategy - a sign of where the hype cycle now stands.
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Jersey Mike's S-1 mentions AI 22 times but describes no product, tool, or strategy - a sign of where the hype cycle now stands.

Sam Altman has rejected any sub-trillion IPO valuation as a nonstarter, pushing the listing to 2027 while SoftBank takes a 13% hit and SpaceX's stumbling debut makes the wait look smarter.

Cerebras beat Q1 revenue estimates with 92% growth but a dramatic margin guidance cut sent shares down 20%, erasing nearly all gains since its landmark semiconductor IPO.

Agility Robotics merges with Churchill Capital XI at a $2.5B valuation, becoming the first publicly traded pure-play humanoid robot company with robots already earning commercial revenue.

A coalition of 42 state attorneys general has opened a sweeping investigation into OpenAI, served via subpoena just five days after the company filed confidentially for a $1 trillion IPO.

A former xAI engineer filed a California whistleblower lawsuit claiming he was fired for warning that Grok could spread dangerous content - the day before SpaceX prices its historic $75B IPO.

Anthropic opens Mythos-class capabilities to the public with Claude Fable 5 at $10/$50 per million tokens, days after calling for a global AI pause.

OpenAI filed a confidential S-1 with the SEC on June 8, targeting a public debut above $1 trillion as early as September 2026, following Anthropic by one week.

Anthropic published internal data showing Claude writes 80% of its own codebase - and called for a coordinated global AI pause - four days after filing a $965B IPO.

The Trump administration is in talks with OpenAI about donating equity to a US sovereign-style fund, a deal that would make American taxpayers co-owners of the most valuable AI startup on Earth.

Anthropic confidentially filed its S-1 with the SEC on June 1, targeting an October 2026 IPO at a near-$1 trillion valuation after a 5x revenue surge in six months.

Anthropic's $65 billion Series H closes at a $965 billion post-money valuation, pushing it past OpenAI as the most valuable private AI company - driven by $47B in run-rate revenue and a clear IPO runway.