Early Chinese-style IPOs might be an underestimated vehicle to fund frontier research. Yeah value is speculative but that's actually the point: frontier-level work is prestigious in itself.
1:18 PM · Jun 26, 2026 · 1.3K Views
Pleias CTO Pierre-Carl Langlais proposes using early Chinese-style IPOs to fund speculative frontier research
Speculative public valuations could bypass traditional research funding constraints.
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Alexander Doria@Dorialexander
Typically what could unlock Europe AI: aura-farming lab, drawing dormant boomer capital in for a thrill. But we can't have nice things.
Alexander Doria@Dorialexander
Early Chinese-style IPOs might be an underestimated vehicle to fund frontier research. Yeah value is speculative but that's actually the point: frontier-level work is prestigious in itself.
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will brown@willccbb
@Dorialexander chinese investment markets
Alexander Doria@Dorialexander
Early Chinese-style IPOs might be an underestimated vehicle to fund frontier research. Yeah value is speculative but that's actually the point: frontier-level work is prestigious in itself.
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Owen@owens_account
@Dorialexander *family-style IPOs
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Healthy Anon@arimedai
@Dorialexander Both fund work that won't ship for years. Sovereign balance sheets just skip the speculative layer. MGX deploys on decade horizons without needing market confidence to sustain anything.
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metabaron@jonnyhoober
@Dorialexander What dormant boomer would give their sacrosant capital for anything better then bonds and taxes? I have not met many.
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