Cobie: $5 Trillion of AI Wealth Locked Private Could Trigger Social Revolution
Rewkang · x · 2026-09-22
Cobie argues that keeping generational AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic private is 'a complete betrayal of the capitalist system.'
- 1B investors can access US public stocks, but likely only tens of thousands have had access to legitimate Anthropic/OpenAI directs or SPVs
- He estimates roughly $5 trillion in value has been effectively privatized, warning this could lead to social revolution as elites diverge from the public
- Rewkang adds that this represents an unprecedented privatization of wealth-building opportunity
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