AI Company Swag Becomes a Speculative Market
annatonger · x · 2026-07-17
Unable to buy OpenAI or Anthropic stock, some people are turning to eBay to purchase second-hand employee hoodies and T-shirts, driving prices sky-high. The article describes this as a "bubble within a bubble": the branded merchandise of AI companies has taken on speculative properties similar to investment assets.
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