# Holy IPO

URL: /show/the-launch/68/
> Anthropic went to the Vatican to tell the Pope their AI is experiencing "fear and grief." A genuine moral warning, or the most brilliant pre-IPO marketing stunt in tech history?

- Show: [The Launch 🚀](/show/the-launch/)
- Episode: 68
- Date: 2026-05-27
- Hosts: angela-fisher, chris
- Duration: 00:44:27
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/6391542445281085144efb7730-8a1b-4561-9d2b-836b6786c310.mp3


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