Diamandis podcast: Anthropic S-1 commits $75-100B, OpenAI engineer arrested by FBI
PeterDiamandis · x · 2026-10-23
Peter Diamandis teases his latest WTF podcast episode covering a packed October news cycle:
- Anthropic's S-1 reportedly commits roughly $75-100B in shares as part of its IPO-related disclosures (full details in the episode).
- Chamath says Bitcoin goes to zero, calls the Giving Pledge "reputation washing," and claims he's the least invested he's been in 15 years.
- Elon Musk argues the $40 trillion national debt is only solvable by AI and robots.
- The FBI arrested an OpenAI engineer for allegedly planting a recording device in an executive conference room.
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