Bloomberg Tech OpenAI Tops $850 Billion Valuation
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Apr 1, 2026 
Hema Parmar, a Bloomberg reporter on hedge funds and secondary markets, and Shireen Ghaffari, a Bloomberg AI reporter, discuss OpenAI’s $852B fundraising and investor appetite for AI startups. They cover Anthropic’s accidental source-code exposure and its fallout. The conversation also touches on cybersecurity risks, secondary trading dynamics, and implications for future AI financings.
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Anthropic Source Code Leak Was Human Error
- Anthropic accidentally exposed source code behind Claude Code due to human error, not a hack.
- Shireen Ghaffari reported users are already trying to replicate and publish the leaked code snippets.
Secondary Market Favours Anthropic Over OpenAI
- Secondary markets showed sellers trying to offload OpenAI shares with weak demand while interest surged for Anthropic secondary stakes.
- Hema Parmar noted a valuation gap: Anthropic at $380B vs OpenAI at $852B drives traders to buy Anthropic expecting future re-rating.
SpaceX Confidential Filing Signals Massive IPO
- SpaceX filed confidential IPO paperwork, likely paving the way for a June IPO that could raise $50–75 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation.
- Ed Ludlow called this a psychological moment that would require a huge banking syndicate for the biggest IPO ever.