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While the race between Anthropic and OpenAI is capturing most of the headlines in tech, another company just released a serious AI product with less (initial) fanfare and doomerism. It’s called Muse,
The European Union just invited Canada to become its first associate member. The proposal came from the European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, during her State of the Union address.
Last week, oil hit $110 a barrel for the first time since May, and diesel prices passed $6 a gallon for the first time in history. The spike came after the U.S. destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in
There are two blockbuster IPOs on the horizon: OpenAI and Anthropic. Both companies are reportedly preparing to go public — Anthropic, as soon as November, and OpenAI in 2027 — and they could be the
Last week, the S&P 500 hit fresh record highs … twice. On Tuesday, the index climbed nearly 2% to its first record close since June, and the following day it notched another intraday all-time high.
Capital expenditures guidance and commentary moved markets this earning season — and shaped analysts’ outlook on the broader AI economy. The numbers were astonishing: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and
South Korea’s main stock index, the KOSPI, fell 44% from its June 19 high last week — its worst crash since the Great Recession. Then, on Friday, after bullish reports of AI demand from Big Tech
It was another terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for OpenAI. The company was caught selling advanced AI models to Chinese firms blacklisted by the Pentagon, its first AI device leaked (it’s
The crypto market has now erased more than half of its value in the past eight months, and bitcoin ETFs have seen $8 billion in outflows in the past eight weeks. Meanwhile, AI has become the new
SpaceX officially joined the Nasdaq 100 last week. It qualified under new fast-track listing rules, which reduced the required trading history from at least three months to just 15 days and eliminated
The first half of 2026 is coming to a close. It’s been a volatile six months — marked by a war with Iran, persistent inflation, and a major transition in the AI trade. The old winners have become the
Last week, leaked financial statements revealed that OpenAI lost $39 billion in 2025, raising questions about how long the company can sustain its current level of spending, and whether its $852