Hard Fork

Monday gave us the release of Anthropic’s S-1 filing, providing the clearest view yet into the business side of the A.I. boom and setting the stage for what could be the largest initial public offering in history. We’ll talk to Erin Griffith, who has been reporting on the story, about what it means for the company, the tech industry and the broader economy. Then we’re joined by the tech reporter Mike Isaac and the writer Jasmine Sun to break down the rest of this week’s tech news, including how the midterm elections next week could affect the future of tech policy, as well as the latest round of cybersecurity worries and Microsoft’s offer of buyouts to 60,000 employees. Guests: Erin Griffith, a technology reporter at The New York Times Mike Isaac, a technology reporter at The New York Times Jasmine Sun, journalist and writer at jasmi.news Additional Reading: Anthropic Reveals Skyrocketing Growth and Spending Plans in I.P.O. Filing What’s Riding on Anthropic’s Market Debut? Nearly Everything. Anthropic’s I.P.O. Prospectus Spells Out a Future of Promise and Peril Why Anger About Data Centers and Energy Prices May Not Swing Votes What Is PHP? Why Are Government and Business Websites Going Offline? Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Employees as It Spends on A.I. We want to hear from you. Email us at hardfork@nytimes.com. Find “Hard Fork” on YouTube and TikTok. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week, we focus on Billy Evans, the breakout character of the documentary “You Can See Everything,” and his Theranos-esque new blood-testing start-up. Rob Copeland, a New York Times finance reporter, and Erin Griffith, a tech reporter, join Max Read to discuss what Evans is like when the cameras are off, whether his start-up is a real company and how Silicon Valley is reacting to the film. Then, we break down CoreWeave’s debt, a possible SpaceX-Tesla merger and Joel Kaplan’s Meta exit. Finally, a returning guest: John Carreyrou joins us to answer listener questions about Elizabeth Holmes. Guests: Erin Griffith, a technology reporter at The New York Times Rob Copeland, a finance reporter at The New York Times John Carreyrou, an investigative reporter at The New York Times and author of “Bad Blood” Additional Reading: Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up The Elizabeth Holmes Documentary, Through the Eyes of the Reporter Who Exposed Her Weak Links Start to Show in A.I. Borrowing SpaceX and Tesla Explore Merger to Create a De Facto Elon Inc. Meta’s Global Policy Chief to Leave After 15 Years We want to hear from you. Email us at hardfork@nytimes.com. Find “Hard Fork” on YouTube and TikTok. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the wild frontier of tech. What’s real? What’s hype? “Hard Fork” is here to help you make sense of it. Tune in every Friday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.