2026-06-02
12 分钟I'm Joe Davis.
And I'm Christine Kashkari.
And this is Season 2 of Better Vantage by Vanguard,
an eight-part video podcast series hosted by custom content from WSJ and Vanguard.
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Anthropic, the company behind the AI tool Claude, files for an IPO.
Plus, the Trump administration signals a retreat on its, quote,
"anti-weaponization fund." And this weekend's box office shows the rising power of the Gen Z movie.
"What we've actually learned this weekend is they will go to theaters,
but they're really interested in creators and story ideas that emerge from the Internet
because that's what culture is to them." It's Monday, June 1st.
I'm Alex Ossola of The Wall Street Journal.
This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
First up today, an update on the year that's shaping up to be all about blockbuster IPOs.
Anthropic says it has filed confidential paperwork for an initial public offering
that would put the company on a path to go public this fall.
Anthropic makes the Claude family of AI models.
It's valued at $965 billion, and it's emerged as a frontrunner in the AI wars.
SpaceX's huge IPO is expected this month.
Asa Fitch covers technology for WSJ's Heard on the Street column,