The Case For Companies Going Public

The Information's Martin Peers and Laura Mandaro break down Anthropic’s legal battle with the Department of Defense and OpenAI’s decision to narrow its scope by deprioritizing shopping and advertising efforts. We also talk with Robinhood CFO Shiv Verma about the company’s new publicly traded venture fund and its rapid expansion into prediction markets. Then, we get into the global memory chip crunch with Jing Yang and Qianer Liu to see how it’s driving a massive shift toward domestic suppliers in China. Finally, we explore Anne Wojcicki’s radical plan to revive 23andMe as a non-profit with our health and science reporter Amy Dockser Marcus.

Articles discussed on this episode: 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/quince-talks-double-valuation-10-billion 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-cloud-ally-together-ai-talks-raise-7-5-billion-valuation 

https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/the-briefing/openais-shopping-glitch 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/demand-alibaba-giants-boosts-chinas-homegrown-memory-suppliers 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anne-wojcickis-plan-revive-23andme-rich-donors-improved-tests-maybe-maha

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