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Public Investors Missed the AI Growth, Baillie Gifford’s Singlehurst Says
SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI are among the high-valuation companies expected to go public in the coming months. But Peter Singlehurst, head of the private companies team at Baillie Gifford, says public market investors have already missed out on a l
Editor's take
Baillie Gifford argues that public market investors have already ceded significant upside in the AI sector, referencing private valuations for companies like SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI.
This perspective highlights the persistent capital advantage of private markets in funding deeply research-intensive, long-term AI development, a stark contrast to the often quarterly-focused pressures of public exchanges. It suggests a potential widening gap in accessibility to early-stage AI innovation for retail and institutional investors alike.
The critical question is whether these private valuations are sustainable or if anticipated IPOs will offer a delayed, yet still substantial, entry point. Increased regulatory scrutiny on AI monopolies and the actual path to profitability for these massive R&D-heavy ventures will be key indicators to monitor.
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