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Is OpenAI Ready To IPO?, The Datacenters in Space Myth, The Kids Boo AI May 25, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 13:07 Ranjan Roy Okay, I had forgotten your theory, which actually makes this all make sense to me, that the Gulf states are not going to be available to be that final, final tranche of financing or the next few rounds even, especially with the Iran war.

The Unlikely Anthropic & SpaceX Marriage, OpenAI Trial Revelations, AI Layoffs Or Cope? May 11, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 29:09 Alex Kantrowitz And this Iran war made the Gulf states more hesitant to put all this money into U.S. companies, and hence they have to go IPO.

Mark Cuban: AI Hype vs. Reality, OpenAI's Wasting $1 Trillion, Lebron vs. Jordan Apr 29, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 10:43 Mark Cuban It's like if you just went to NEAI right now and just said, tell me how the war in Iran is going to turn out.

Are We Too Obsessed With AI Predictions? — With Carissa Véliz Apr 22, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 43:26 Carissa Véliz Uh, another case that is concerning is six anonymous accounts earned 1.2 million dollars on a prediction market betting for the attack on Iran, and some of those wallets were funded hours before, which suggests that they might have had…

The Pentagon's AI Plan + Behind the Anthropic Fight — With Under Secretary of War Emil Michael Apr 15, 2026 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 6:27 Alex Kantrowitz Right, and, and it is interesting to see what's happened with this digitalization, whereas before, this is from Pirate Wires, um, they say, by the start of the conflict with Iran this year, targeting processes were connected with…
  • ▶ 13:55 Alex Kantrowitz I mean, I'm thinking in the context of the war with Iran. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 20:34 Alex Kantrowitz So, for instance, the, the school in Manab, Iran, where there was markings outside of playground and hopscotch, uh, outside.
  • ▶ 21:58 Alex Kantrowitz Um, very interesting uses of drones in Ukraine right now, and we saw, I think, unprecedented uses of drones in the Iran war. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 24:32 Emil Michael They have the same, you know, the idea is that, um, the Shahid drones that the Iranians had, a one, we call it a one-way attack drone, long distance, can go fast, but cheap to manufacture.
  • ▶ 49:21 Emil Michael So something happens in Iran, and we need companies to move fast, you have to have some trust with them.

Anthropic’s Mythos Dilemma, Violence Against AI, Tokenmaxxing at Meta Apr 13, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 38:21 Ranjan Roy Like announcements about slowing data center growth or lack of actual follow through in terms of like planned data centers and the Iran war or kind of like geopolitics or like access to the resources required will be front and center to…

More OpenAI C-Suite Drama, Is Siri Seriously Broken?, Meta’s Elusive Next Hit Apr 10, 2026 · 1 mention

OpenAI's TBPN Mistake, SpaceX’s $2 Trillion IPO?, Iran Disables Amazon Infrastructure Apr 6, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 0:03 Alex Kantrowitz SpaceX files for an IPO, and it's a big one, and Iran has hit Amazon targets in the Gulf, rendering at least a few inoperable. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 35:57 Alex Kantrowitz Um, we have some reporting that Iran has hit, um, enough sites in Bahrain and Dubai that belong to Amazon that there are a couple of availability zones in those regions that are hard down, according to some internal communication that I… 2 times in the scene

Senator Mark Warner: Nobody’s Ready for What AI Could Do To Us Mar 26, 2026 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 6:31 Senator Mark Warner And we ought to have, if we were not in this war with Iran at this point, I think, you know, that would have been a major focus.
  • ▶ 35:51 Alex Kantrowitz And, um, when you think about the war in Iran right now, are, is just, is it Palantir selecting the target? 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 41:13 Alex Kantrowitz Now, who knows if that's necessarily connected to the fact that the Iran war was brewing, but it doesn't look great.

OpenAI’s Superapp Is Coming, Jensen on Jobs, Bezos’s $100 Billion Automation Fund Mar 23, 2026 · 1 mention

Are We Screwed If AI Works? — With Andrew Ross Sorkin Mar 18, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 55:16 Andrew Ross Sorkin Especially, by the way, if you have a continued war in the Middle East and Iran, and, you know, we have this jobs issue.

AI Backlash Intensifies, Nvidia GTC Preview, Meta’s Embarrassing Delay Mar 16, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 17:00 Alex Kantrowitz Donald Trump, the Republican Party, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, all more likable than AI, ICE, that is Immigration and Customs Enforcement, more likable than AI, then AI, then the Democratic Party, then Iran, end of list.

AI’s Unpopularity + Competing With ChatGPT — With Olivia Moore Mar 12, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:27 Alex Kantrowitz They're only popular, uh, more popular than the Democratic Party and, and Iran, uh, in this poll.

Pentagon Insider: What's Next For Anthropic and The Department of War — With Michael Horowitz Mar 6, 2026 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 6:27 Michael Horowitz This, uh, this contract, uh, more or, like, more or less, and the, then this, you know, Maduro trigger essentially happens, and what you end up with, I think, is fundamentally a breakdown in trust between Anthropic and the Pentagon, where… 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 12:06 Alex Kantrowitz And, and, you know, there's been talk about how, you know, despite this dispute, the Pentagon still used anthropics tool and tools in the Iran strike. 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 31:35 Michael Horowitz The U.S. government was using Anthropix technology in the context of Operation Epic Fury against Iran.

Dario’s Choice and Anthropic’s Future, Apple’s AI Devices, Netflix Loses WBD Mar 4, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 7:13 Alex Kantrowitz That they can't use it, but, um, already at with it, with the Iran strikes, 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 30:43 Alex Kantrowitz I, I do think taco really did apply, uh, with the tariffs, but maybe after this Iran thing, it's going to be tougher for that, that label to stick.

Anthropic vs. The Pentagon, Bloodbath at Block, The Citrini Selloff Mar 2, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 25:56 Ranjan Roy They were like about to capture, uh, actually that's, uh, this might be too dark, but I was going to say that's why we didn't invade Iran yet.

Condoleezza Rice: U.S. Tech at Risk Amid University Cuts, China Threat Jul 16, 2025 · 1 mention

Tom Lee: Decoding the AI Trade, Bitcoin Predictions & What an AI Black Swan Event Might Look Like Jun 25, 2025 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 32:01 Alex Kantrowitz Uh, we're talking literally in the aftermath of the US bombing Iran and the S&P 500 is up on a Monday. 5 times in the scene

OpenAI and Microsoft Tension Boils, Amazon’s Job Automation, Zuck’s Spending Spree Jun 23, 2025 · 1 mention

Fear Buying AI & Automation Stocks — With Downtown Josh Brown Oct 16, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 57:26 Josh Brown Iran's, Iran's, uh, I don't know, within minutes of, of obtaining their first, uh, nuclear bomb.

Hamas vs. Israel Rewrites Social Media Norms Oct 16, 2023 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 27:19 Reed Albergotti It's like, cause he, and at the time there was like the Iran hostage crisis was, was going on. 2 times in the scene

Palmer Luckey - Future of Virtual Reality, AI War, Autonomous Killing Machines, Militarized Policing Apr 4, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 38:14 Palmer Luckey They're great partners for us to give weapons to that they can use to deter aggression from China, Russia, Iran, other people who are up and coming, and I think artificial intelligence is gonna lead to some very unexpected up and comers,…
  • ▶ 41:27 Palmer Luckey Like, you could say, oh, by, by helping Taiwan, you know, maintain their independence and making sure that we have access to their chips, are, you know, are we bringing China and Russia and Iran closer together? 2 times in the scene
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