TECH'S NEW POWER PLAYERS: MANGOS REPLACES FAANG
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SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI are preparing for massive public debuts, signaling a shift in which companies dominate the tech industry. The acronym MANGOS may soon replace FAANG as shorthand for Big Tech.
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