Jun 10, 2026 – 4.00pmAustralian fund managers and superannuation funds are sprinting towards windfalls as artificial intelligence giants Anthropic and OpenAI join SpaceX in the race to go public. But critics warn that amid the scramble for funding, safety threats from the new technology are being ignored.Elon Musk’s blockbuster SpaceX float this week is the first float of the AI frontier model makers, as he merged xAI, the company behind its Grok platform, into the company in February. OpenAI on Tuesday joined its main rival, Anthropic, in filing for a trillion-dollar listing this year.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Critics warn AI safety overlooked in sprint to go public
Super funds are eyeing a windfall as two AI giants follow SpaceX in a rush to go public, but a new model is causing fears safety is being discarded in the race.
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