SpaceX Has Filed Confidentially For IPO, The AI Divide In Venture Capital | Bloomberg Deals 4/1/2026

Posted on 04/01/2026
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A weekly, midday program that delivers high-impact, editorially driven coverage of the most important corporate transactions shaping the global market. Today's guests: Bain Capital Managing Partner David Gross, Axiom Partners Founder Sandhya Venkatachalam, Salesforce Ventures Managing Partner Paul Drews, Westbridge Capital Principal and Head of US Investments Manthan Shah, and Morgan Stanley Global Co-Head of M&A Tom Miles.



Chapters:

00:01:14 - SpaceX has Filed Confidentially For IPO

00:03:36 - McCormick Acquires Unilever Food Arm in $44.8B Merger

00:06:54 - Biogen Buys Apellis for $5.6B

00:10:08 - SNAP Attracts Activist Investor IRENIC

00:12:29 - David Gross, Bain Capital Managing Partner

00:14:31 - Gross: Gross: Starting to See AI Mean Less Hiring

00:16:13 - Gross: Not Leaning Into Public Listed Growth

00:17:29 - Gross: Any New Innovation Needs To Be Improved

00:21:45 - Gross: 5% Redemption Cap not A ‘Magic Number’

00:22:37 - Gross on IPO Markets

00:26:17 - The Investment Committee: Venture Capital Tackling AI Boom

00:39:01 - om Miles, Morgan Stanley Global Co-Head of M&A

00:40:03 - Miles: AI Driving Both Demand and Disruption

00:41:27 - Miles: Seeing Increase in Strategic Dialogues

00:43:59 - Miles on Growing Advisory Business

00:45:14 - Mergers & Acquisitions League Table

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