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

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 -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video? Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos from Bloomberg Markets & Finance: https://tinyurl.com/ysu5b8a9 Visit http://www.bloomberg.com for business news & analysis, up-to-the-minute market data, features, profiles and more. Connect with Bloomberg Television on: X:   / bloombergtv   Facebook:   / bloombergtelevision   Instagram:   / bloombergtv   Connect with Bloomberg Business on: X:   / business   Facebook:   / bloombergbusiness   Instagram:   / bloombergbusiness   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bloombergbusi... Reddit:   / bloomberg   LinkedIn:   / bloomberg-news   More from Bloomberg: Bloomberg Radio:   / bloombergradio   Bloomberg Surveillance:   / bsurveillance   Bloomberg Politics:   / bpolitics   Bloomberg Originals:   / bbgoriginals   Watch more on YouTube: Bloomberg Technology:    / @bloombergtechnology   Bloomberg Originals:    / @business   Bloomberg Quicktake:    / @bloombergquicktake   Bloomberg Espanol:    / @bloomberg_espanol   Bloomberg Podcasts:    / @bloombergpodcasts