Fed Expected to Hold Rates as Inflation Tops Voters' Worries
TL;DR: The Federal Reserve is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged at its Wednesday meeting, according to NBC News, even though September inflation rose to 3.7% from 3.4%. Fed funds futu…
October 28, 2026
Anthropic's IPO Filing Flags Hackers Misusing Its AI
TL;DR: Anthropic's S 1, filed with the SEC on October 26, 2026, warns that hackers misusing its AI models could cause financial, legal or physical damage, trigger lawsuits and weaken its ability to i…
October 28, 2026
Inside Anthropic's Massive, Wild IPO Prospectus
TL;DR: Anthropic's 318 page prospectus went public on October 26, 2026, according to Fortune . Axios summed up the filing in one line: the company owes almost $650 billion for computing, generates ey…
October 27, 2026
Stryv, Ailytics, Anthropic: Deals Roundup
TL;DR: Stryv raised $11.5 million in a Series B led by ACV Capital, according to KrASIA . Ailytics raised $7.4 million in a Series A led by Tin Men Capital. Separately, Anthropic said it intends to l…
October 27, 2026
Weekly Market Commentary: Oil, AI Debt and the Fed
TL;DR: BlackRock reports Brent crude hit a five month high last week. Global equities slipped for a second week on doubts about debt funded AI spending, and the Fed's policy statement arrives Wednesd…
October 27, 2026
Could High Treasury Yields Trigger a US Recession?
TL;DR: Not yet, but the risk is rising. The Fed raised rates to 3.75%–4.00% in September, inflation is 3.7% , and the 10 year Treasury yield sits at a quarter century high . Growth hasn't broken, but…
October 27, 2026
Intel to Acquire Classiq for a Full-Stack Quantum Play
TL;DR: Intel Corporation said on October 26, 2026 that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Classiq , a leading provider of quantum computing software. Briefs Finance reported the de…
October 27, 2026
Non-AI Stocks Catch the S&P 500 as Tech Slides
TL;DR: Through Oct. 22, a Goldman Sachs index that tracks the S&P 500 without stocks classified as "AI enablers" was up 12.4%, ahead of the standard S&P 500's 12%, CNBC reported . T…
October 27, 2026
Anthropic's S-1: Why AI Faces Cigarette-Level Scrutiny
TL;DR: Anthropic filed its S 1 on Monday, and Yahoo Finance reports that the document shows the AI business under a level of scrutiny seldom seen, one with comparisons to social media and even the to…
October 27, 2026
Cantilever Takes Minority Stake in Ghost Tree Partners
TL;DR: Cantilever Group, which describes itself as an independent investment firm specializing in minority investments in alternative asset managers, has made a strategic minority equity investment i…
October 27, 2026
Who Are the Big Investors Backing Anthropic in 2026?
TL;DR: Reuters' list of Anthropic's key backers starts with Amazon, which has invested at least $13 billion, and Google, which has committed up to $40 billion. Anthropic also filed an S 1 with the SE…
October 27, 2026
Wood Smith Henning & Berman Takes Charlesbank PE Deal
TL;DR: Charlesbank Capital Partners has invested in a new management services organization (MSO) tied to Los Angeles insurance defense firm Wood Smith Henning & Berman. The firm stays an independ…
October 27, 2026