SpaceX’s IPO Triumph, Anthropic’s Fable Fumble, OpenAI’s Price War

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.7 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

🔗️ Recording | Apple Podcasts | RSS

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Summary

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) SpaceX's massive IPO 2) What SpaceX's success means for its AI competitors, OpenAI and Anthropic 3) Is SpaceX's outsized valuation a feature, not a bug? 4) Goldman Sachs eats Big Bang burritos 5) Anthropic's flubbed Fable rollout 6) Does the gaffe mean Anthropic really believes in the power of Mythos? 7) A fun Fable conspiracy theory 8) OpenAI may drastically lower prices 9) Are AI models a commodity? 10) Wait, does Siri work now? --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	SpaceX IPOs soars and makes Elon Musk's the world's first trillionaire.
0:05.2	Anthropics' fable rollout doesn't go as planned, and OpenAI may drop rates drastically.
0:11.1	That's coming up on a big technology podcast Friday edition right after this.
0:15.8	Okay, Micah, what do you want now?
0:18.2	Roy!
0:19.5	It's coming home, baby.
0:21.3	Can't you feel it?
0:22.5	The excitement, the group chat, the atmosphere.
0:26.2	Well...
0:27.6	Come on!
0:29.6	I've got a good feeling about this one, Roy.
0:33.0	The world's gone football!
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1:20.7	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition where we break down the news in our traditional cool-headed and nuanced format.
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