The Trillion-Dollar TAM Mirage in AI IPOs

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AI IPOs hype enormous total addressable market figures to signal growth, but TAM is a long‑term, speculative estimate rather than a precise target. Anthropic reportedly cites a $30 trillion TAM that would surpass SpaceX’s $28.5 trillion, illustrating TAM inflation in tech markets; examples like Reddit and Nvidia show how hype can outpace actual results.
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