Market cap, Musk wealth, and retail mechanics collide with acquisition-driven AI spend and looming investor scrutiny.

Lovable, Replit, and others are raising billions as Big Tech both bets on and panics about AI-built software.

The ChatGPT maker’s filing joins Anthropic’s AI listing wave and turns “someday” into a real timing option.

SpaceX wants to raise up to $75bn at $135 a share, but critics say the fixed-price deal may leave buyers overpaying before book building even starts.