4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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Shares in quasi-public companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks are increasingly viewed almost as cash rather than speculative private-company currency, reflecting the companies' perceived quality and late stage.

Jamin Ball · Deep Dive: Anthropic S-1 Myths and Mythos — Jamin Ball, Altimeter · 7 Nov 2026

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“Um, I would say these quasi-public companies, you know, OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, I think their currency has almost started to be viewed as cash, not monopoly money, because they're very high quality, they're very late stage.”
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