The SpaceX IPO Gives Elon Musk Even More Power w/ Sean O’Kane

2026-06-04 · 63 min · episode 331 · 13 entities

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SpaceX is finally going public, and it’s bad news for anyone who wants to rein in Elon Musk. Sean O’Kane joins Paris Marx to discuss the flimsy sci-fi ideas Elon Musk is using to justify the company’s massive valuation and the way corporate governance rules are shifting to give him even more power. Sean O’Kane is a senior reporter at TechCrunch. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon . The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation . Production is by Kyla Hewson. Also mentioned in this episode: Paris asked listeners to fill out a survey . It will only take a few minutes! Sean wrote about the SpaceX IPO and the worrying ways it will increase Elon Musk’s power . After recording, Sean also wrote about how SpaceX is getting a major boost from the Trump administration . SpaceX has made a deal with Anthropic . Musk has a poor environmental regulation record . OpenAI bought a tech podcast . Support the show