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Benjamin Felix

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The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

In this case of this ETF, XOVR, they got burned.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

They ended up losing.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

Some good news, and this is also quite interesting, is that while it's generally difficult to get access to the private company shares that you want, a lot of public companies will make strategic investments into private companies.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

From that perspective, public market investors are not entirely locked out of private.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

markets.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

Google invested in SpaceX in 2015.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

More recently, Echo Star received SpaceX stock as part of a deal for wireless spectrum.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia are major investors in OpenAI.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

There was a leak of OpenAI's cap table.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

Microsoft owns a huge portion of their equity.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

I don't know, man.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

The hottest private companies, in many cases, public companies who saw potential in that now hot private company have invested in them.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

And so if you're a public market investor, you're indirectly or not even indirectly, like you're participating in some of those private market successes before they trade on public markets.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

I think Microsoft stock actually popped on.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

It was an open AI announcement about their valuation, I think.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

It's there.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

You're not totally locked out of private market growth.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

I agree.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

Microsoft owns a huge portion of OpenAI.

The Rational Reminder Podcast
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public

Does it make sense for you to go out and