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The SpaceX IPO Gives Elon Musk Even More Power w/ Sean O’Kane
SpaceX is finally going public, and it’s bad news for anyone who wants to rein in Elon Musk. Sean O’Kane joins Paris Marx to discuss the flimsy sci-fi ideas Elon Musk is using to justify the company’s massive valuation and the way corporate governance rules are shifting to give him even more power.
Sean O’Kane is a senior reporter at TechCrunch.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson.
Also mentioned in this episode:
- Paris asked listeners to fill out a survey. It will only take a few minutes!
- Sean wrote about the SpaceX IPO and the worrying ways it will increase Elon Musk’s power.
- After recording, Sean also wrote about how SpaceX is getting a major boost from the Trump administration.
- SpaceX has made a deal with Anthropic.
- Musk has a poor environmental regulation record.
- OpenAI bought a tech podcast.