{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/6ae076c0feb8d1e39c686d1a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Act of Claude: Anthropic’s IPO bid","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1793094920326-57b519be-4220-48d0-984a-d625a2520896.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>It would be the first public listing from a frontier-AI firm—and perhaps the largest IPO of all time. We comb through <u><a href=\"https://www.economist.com/business/2026/10/26/dont-expect-supersize-profits-from-anthropic-any-time-soon?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the filing</a></u> to understand how the company is thinking about itself and its industry. Our American-midterms series continues in the battleground state of <u><a href=\"https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/09/20/a-contentious-battle-in-alaska-may-determine-control-of-the-senate?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Alaska</a></u>. And scientists consider how to <u><a href=\"https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/09/20/a-contentious-battle-in-alaska-may-determine-control-of-the-senate?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">redefine the second</a></u>. </p><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>Miles Kruppa, technology correspondent</li><li>Aryn Braun, West Coast correspondent </li><li>David Adam, science writer</li><li>Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li></ul><p>Topics covered: </p><ul><li>Anthropic IPO, AI</li><li>America’s midterm elections, Alaska</li><li>the second, metrology, atomic clocks </li></ul><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—<u><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to The Economist</a></u>.</em></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}