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The single most authoritative secondary source on the lane so far. The Economist's "Giga-IPOs" piece + companion Buttonwood column ("Giga-IPOs are a symptom of public markets' giga-problem — the incredible shrinking stockmarket") land squarely on the parent-lane question: can the market absorb the AI mega-IPO stack? Its answer is the lane's near-term/long-term split made explicit: "America's extraordinary stockmarket will gulp it down. In the years to follow, though, expect some indigestion."

Confirms desk-pass #1 facts (independent corroboration):

• SpaceX hopes to raise ~$75bn, shares trade on Nasdaq June 12 (pricing June 11). Anthropic filed draft IPO paperwork June 1; OpenAI expected soon; Anthropic + OpenAI rumored ~$60bn apiece. Three giga-IPOs may add ~$4trn to listed US market value "in a matter of months."
• Staggered lockup matches our S-1/A read: Musk's stake (~half of the remainder) locked 366 days, no early release, outsize voting rights; first-quarter report (Aug/Sep) → insiders can sell 20%; +10% if shares ≥30% above IPO; further tranches on set dates + after the second quarterly report. Initial free float ≈ 4% at $75bn / $1.75trn.
• Methodology: Nasdaq seasoning 15 trading days; FTSE Russell cut to 5 days; S&P DJI "reportedly considering something similar" (i.e., NOT yet decided — confirms our "no decision posted / conditional" read).

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