NVIDIA Paying $22K for Your Backyard & $400K NBA Finals Tickets? Inflation Is Undefeated | Rich Takes

What would you do with $22,000 a year, and would your answer change if it meant letting NVIDIA build a mini AI data center in your backyard? This week on Rich Takes, Sheena and Sevetri break down NVIDIA's rumored residential data center program, what it actually costs when you factor in electricity, water, and city regulations, and why the internet is split clean down the middle on whether to sign up or pass.

Then, the Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time in decades, and Madison Square Garden tickets are running as high as $400,000 a seat! The co-hosts get into what that says about wealth, inflation, and the growing gap between who can afford to show up and who's watching from the couch.

Plus, the 2026 IPO race just got a third major player. Anthropic officially filed this week, joining SpaceX and OpenAI in what could be the biggest wave of tech companies going public since the dot-com era.

Which one would they actually put money into, and why does SpaceX feel like the safest bet? And to close: Is Meta quietly moving toward a real subscription model?

Also, people are watching their phones more than their televisions, and no, Sheena still does not want a humanoid robot in her kitchen. This week on Rich Takes, we break down: OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX IPO expectations NVIDIA's rumored $22K AI data center program The economics behind NBA Finals ticket prices Meta's future subscription strategy AI privacy concerns and smart technology Rich Takes drops every week as the pulse check companion to Rich Lessons.

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