# IPOs Need Hype & Puffery; “We Are So Awesome It Could Become Dangerous” Is Hype & Puffery by Michael Burry > “IPOs need hype & puffery; “we are so awesome it could become dangerous” is hype & puffery.” > **— Michael Burry**, *Sep. 14, 2026; Investor; founder of Scion Asset Management; author of Cassandra Unchained* ## Sources and Context - **Direct or near-primary source:** [Open source](https://substack.com/@michaeljburry/note/c-336629794) — PRIMARY / AUTHOR POST • Cassandra Unchained — Substack note by Michael Burry Supplied exact wording: “IPOs need hype & puffery; “we are so awesome it could become dangerous” is hype & puffery.” Context supplied in the dossier: “On frontier-lab warnings that their own technology may become dangerously powerful ahead of IPOs:” ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] - [[wiki/AI Safety|AI Safety]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “IPOs need hype & puffery; “we are so awesome it could become dangerous” is hype & puffery.” — Michael Burry, Sep. 14, 2026; Investor; founder of Scion Asset Management; author of Cassandra Unchained https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-michael-burry-ipos-need-hype-puffery-we-are-so-awesome-it ```