Berkshire Bets on AI and Housing as Canadian Banks Keep Delivering
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Investing is simple, but don't confuse that with thinking it's easy. A stock is not just a ticker. At the end of the day, you have to remember that it's a business.
Just my reminder to people who own cyclicals, don't be surprised when there's a cycle.
If there's uncertainty in the markets, there's going to be some great opportunities for investors. This has to be one of the biggest quarters I've seen from this company in quite some time. Welcome back to the Canadian Investor Podcast. I'm Simon Belanger and I'll be doing a solo episode today because unfortunately Dan is under the weather. He's not feeling well, has been dealing with some fever, barely has a voice. Of course, he was in no condition to record this episode along with me. But it should still be a fun one. I'll try to keep this around 30, 35 minutes maximum just because it's more draining recording that on your own talking for 30, 35, 40 minutes straight. But I'll power through. Hopefully you like the format.
It'll be a bit different because it's harder to debate with myself or have a conversation than it is for when I have a co-host here. And just a quick note here, for those who'd like more content from us, you can always go to our YouTube channel. So we do post some content regularly there. And we also have joined TCI where we post our monthly update. We also have our podcast ad free. And we also I also post my parents retirement portfolio update once a month as well. So give another overview of me managing portfolio, not just my own, but my parents as well. Now, for today's episode, it's going to cover quite a few major stories across the AI space, tech, Berkshire as well, making some investments in Canadian banks.
I'll start with the latest development in the AI IPO race, including Antropic. Moving closer to potential public listing and what that could mean for other private companies like an OpenAI, then I'll touch on the latest SpaceX IPO update and why investors appear to be valuing the company as much more than that rocket launch business, which is fair. It does include... XAI, for example, and it also includes Starlink. So definitely a bit of a different business there. I'll also break down Alphabet's major equity raise and why it highlights just how expensive that AI infrastructure race is becoming. From there, I'll look at Berkshire's acquisition of homebuilder Taylor Morrison and what it says about their view of the housing sector in the U.S.,
Finally, we'll wrap up with Canadian bank earnings, where the big picture was definitely better than feared. Now, let's start off, like I mentioned, Antropic filing confidentially for an IPO. So they submitted that draft paperwork for an IPO. And what that means is that they are sending a draft S-1. That S-1 document is the one that needs to be submitted for an IPO. Companies do that when they are seriously considering an IPO, and by submitting a draft, they also get feedback from the SEC, so the Securities and Exchange Commission, which allows them to then be able to submit the actual S-1 and move quickly for an IPO when they are ready to do so. This is just a draft, though, so they can still decide to not go ahead with the IPO if they decide not to do so.
And my understanding is a company can basically not go ahead with the IPO pretty much until the IPO. Of course, they'll have incurred a whole lot of different costs, but it's never a done deal until it actually happens. And based on reporting from Bloomberg, it seems like Antropin is looking to IPO sometimes this fall. It's noteworthy because Antropic is announcing this before OpenAI because, let's be honest, whoever IPOs first will likely attract capital from larger pools of investors. Bloomberg also reported that Antropic will surpass $50 billion run rate in revenues by the end of the month. That's up from $4 billion run rate last July. So just in a span of a little less than a year, that would be a 12.5x increase.
in revenue, which is actually massive. Obviously the run rate is just projecting on a full year basis.
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