EP-186 Spacex Stock Insights 🚀, Robinhood’s Fintech Ambitions 📈, and Openai’s Content Controversy 🎨

welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for thursday, january 2nd! dive into today's top tech stories:

• spacex secondary stock deals: discover insights into spacex's secondary stock sales, offering investors like andreessen horowitz a substantial discount compared to previous primary rounds, as spacex aims for a $350 billion valuation.
• robinhood's ambitious path: robinhood, recognized as yahoo finance's "comeback stock" of the year, is preparing for a potential regulatory shift, considering strategies like copytrading and sports betting under a possible second trump administration.
• openai's media manager tool delay: openai faces criticism for not prioritizing its promised media manager tool, leading to ongoing concerns and lawsuits about content rights and ai training.
• ai regulation debates: silicon valley continues to debate ai regulation, with marc andreessen arguing for minimal barriers to foster innovation and maintain america's competitive edge, amidst optimism over generative ai's potential.
• cybertruck explosion incident: a tragic cybertruck explosion outside the trump international hotel in las vegas leads to one fatality. elon musk confirms it was unrelated to vehicle operation and promises cooperation with investigations.

stay tuned for tomorrow's tech updates!