Welcome to Game Souk, where we explore all aspects of the UGC gaming world from tech, finance, culture, and beyond. Airs live every Thursday at 9am Eastern on X @daltonan @popdotplay. Topics covered in this episode:

• Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro name-drops Epic Games in first shareholder address

• Star Wars IP assets now live in UEFN

• Baobab Studios acquires media rights to three Roblox IPs

• Roblox IP-to-media strategy: viral peaks vs. long-standing communities

• Updated COPPA rules take effect in 20 days

• Age verification, zero-knowledge proofs, and proof of personhood

• SpaceX files IPO confidentially – could be largest ever at ~$75B

• OpenAI's $10B raise and commercial partner struggles

• Anthropic source code leak and upcoming "Mythos" model release

• The AI race: Anthropic vs. OpenAI heading into potential IPOs

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