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Re:Anthropic IPO by A_D_E_P_T on Thursday November 12, 2026 @07:08AM (#50466012)
I unironically believe that bitcoin -- and, downstream, the memestock -- have everything to do with this.

Old-school fundamentals are laughed at or handwaved away. FOMO rules the day. "If Anthropic is the first to AGI, it'll take over every industry and go to the moon!"

Re:Anthropic IPO by p-e-w on Thursday November 12, 2026 @07:10AM (#50466041)
Sure, and if it isn’t, investors just flushed a freight train loaded with dollar bills down the world’s largest toilet.
Re:Anthropic IPO by mxschumacher on Thursday November 12, 2026 @07:15AM (#50466083)
the question is: who will rise in the ashes of the bust, in a world of abundant compute availability and an upgraded power system?
Re:Anthropic IPO by Avicebron on Thursday November 12, 2026 @07:40AM (#50466305)
Do we have an upgraded power system? I'm all for reforming our electrical infrastructure, but what I'm hearing is that we've got creaking infrastructure and the "supplement" is huge generators towed outside the datacenter...
Re:Anthropic IPO by mxschumacher on Thursday November 12, 2026 @07:42AM (#50466323)
gigantic order books for gas turbines and power grid infra, unless projects get cancelled, massive additional capacity is coming, yes.
Re:Anthropic IPO by dotancohen on Thursday November 12, 2026 @07:17AM (#50466099)
Nobody is buying these companies because they believe that the company is valuable. They are buying these stocks because they believe that the stock may be more valuable tomorrow than it is today. Whatever the company behind the stock does or does not do, really doesn't matter. AI glitters like gold today.

Yet to be seen if it tarnishes.

Re:Anthropic IPO by datakan on Thursday November 12, 2026 @07:38AM (#50466291)
>"If Anthropic is the first to AGI, it'll take over every industry and go to the moon!"

Meanwhile the hyper advanced software company's shitty electron app still flickers so bad on a high refresh monitor that it should require an epilepsy warning. I'll never understand the love for Anthropic, they legitimately have the worst software I have used outside of Microsoft.