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EPISODE · Jun 9, 2026 · 38 MIN

OpenAI and SpaceX Test Wall Street’s Appetite for Mega IPOs

from The Financial Exchange Show · host The Financial Exchange Network

The AI investment boom is entering a major new phase as OpenAI files to go public, SpaceX prepares for one of the largest IPOs in market history, and investors question where hundreds of billions of dollars in new capital will come from.Mike Armstrong and Marc Fandetti break down the wave of AI-related fundraising, why SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Alphabet are all testing investor demand at the same time, and how that money could affect other parts of the market. They also discuss the latest existing home sales data, why higher mortgage rates continue to pressure the housing market, how AI spending may be adding to inflationary forces, and what the bond market is telling new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh about interest rates.

The AI investment boom is entering a major new phase as OpenAI files to go public, SpaceX prepares for one of the largest IPOs in market history, and investors question where hundreds of billions of dollars in new capital will come from.Mike Armstrong and Marc Fandetti break down the wave of AI-related fundraising, why SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Alphabet are all testing investor demand at the same time, and how that money could affect other parts of the market. They also discuss the latest existing home sales data, why higher mortgage rates continue to pressure the housing market, how AI spending may be adding to inflationary forces, and what the bond market is telling new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh about interest rates.

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