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Can’t Get A Piece Of OpenAI Or Anthropic? There’s A Booming Secondary Market For Their Swag
ByAnna Tong,
Forbes Staff
You might not be able to get in on the IPO, but you can still get the hoodie. With AI startups like OpenAI and Anthropic in private hands, people are paying $250 for used sweatshirts on eBay to cosplay proximity to Silicon Valley’s money machine.
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