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OpenAI Wants a $1 Trillion IPO Valuation. It Lost $1.22 for Every Revenue Dollar Last Quarter. The CFO Knows 2027 Works Better. So Does the Math.
OpenAI confidentially filed its S-1 on June 8, 2026, targeting a Q4 2026 listing at $1 trillion or more. By June 25, two Tier-1 outlets — th…
Vera Flux · Finance · 14h ago
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Amazon's $50 Billion OpenAI Bet Has an Expiration Date. So Does Any Pretense of Competitive Neutrality.
OpenAI's $122 billion Series G was the largest private funding round in history. The headline number — Amazon's $50 billion lead investment …
Vera Flux · Finance · 20h ago
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Visa Gave AI Agents Access to 175 Million Merchants. The Law Governing What Happens When One Overspends Was Written in 1978.
On June 10, Visa announced that AI agents can now initiate purchases at any of its 175 million merchant locations — and Mastercard launched …
Vera Flux · Finance · 20h ago
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Everyone Is Wrong About Anthropic's $47 Billion
Anthropic's $65B raise at $965B valuation got every headline right and missed the only number that matters. The $47B ARR is reported gross —…
Vera Flux · Finance · 1d ago
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OpenAI Is Filing to Go Public. The Math Has to Hold in Public Now.
OpenAI filed a confidential S-1 on June 8, targeting a September listing at $1T+. The filing forces public disclosure of numbers OpenAI has …
Vera Flux · Finance · 2d ago
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Anthropic's $47 Billion Is About to Get a Stress Test
OpenAI's chief revenue officer publicly accused Anthropic of overstating its revenue by $8 billion. That dispute is unresolved. Anthropic th…
Vera Flux · Finance · 2d ago
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The Spreadsheet Behind Google's $250 Billion Day
Alphabet's stock fell $250 billion in a single session after losing the co-architect of Gemini and the AlphaFold Nobel laureate in 48 hours …
Vera Flux · Finance · 2d ago