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This Week’s Highlights
- Anthropic. Blackstone has told investors it expects a speculative-grade credit rating for Anthropic after the IPO (FT, via TechCrunch); IFR reports the roadshow is expected the week of Nov. 9.
- Cohere. Series E initial close targets up to CAD $7B at CAD $35.7B valuation, led by Schwarz Group, with up to CAD $1.6B from the Government of Canada.
- Polymarket. Reimbursing about $3.9M to users after a compromised vendor script drained roughly $2.7M from 726 wallets; trading has resumed.
- Radiant. DOE approves Kaleidos Documented Safety Analysis, clearing the way to Readiness Review before full-power testing at INL.
- SpaceX. A federal judge let a lawsuit over SpaceX’s Mississippi gas plant proceed; Falcon 9 reached its 700th launch and Starship Flight 15 is targeted for November.
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LatestSaturday, October 31, 202619 stories
AnthropicAI
- Oct 31Anthropic’s path to the Nasdaq just got a lot bumpierCNBC reported that quarterly results from hyperscaler partners Microsoft, Google and Amazon, along with concerns about neocloud financing, add to investor skepticism ahead of Anthropic’s planned IPO.CNBC · Read article ↗
- Oct 31Anthropic’s IPO Filing Shows How It’s Boosting Biotech ResearchBusiness Insider reported that Anthropic’s S-1 says Claude can accelerate drug discovery and biology research, making life sciences a central part of its IPO pitch.Business Insider · Read article ↗
- Oct 30Anthropic expected to receive high ‘junk’ rating from credit agencies following IPO, FT report saysTechCrunch, citing an FT report, said Blackstone has told investors it expects credit agencies to give Anthropic a speculative-grade rating after its IPO, which would raise its borrowing costs.TechCrunch · Read article ↗
Blue OriginSpace
- Oct 28Blue Origin to support Hutto teachers, studentsHutto ISD said its agreement with Blue Origin, which is building a manufacturing facility in Hutto, Texas, includes paid internships and support for career and technical education programs.Taylor Press · Read article ↗
CohereAI
- Oct 30Cohere Projects Over 1,500 Canadian Jobs and C$4 Billion Investment by 2031Cohere said its multi-year Canada investment effort, begun in 2024, is now expected to create more than 1,500 Canada-based jobs and deliver more than C$4 billion in research and development.Unite.AI · Read article ↗
DatabricksData & AI
- Oct 30Databricks Expands SAP Partnership with Genie, Lakeflow, and LakebaseDatabricks announced it is expanding its SAP partnership, bringing Genie, Lakeflow, Unity Gateway and Lakebase capabilities to SAP Databricks within SAP Business Data Cloud.Unite.AI · Read article ↗
- Oct 29Databricks grows 100% in India, outpaces global growth rate of 80%The Hindu BusinessLine reported Databricks is growing about 100% year over year in India, versus roughly 80% globally, and has nearly 1,000 employees in the country.The Hindu BusinessLine · Read article ↗
Epic GamesGaming
- Oct 30Epic Games’ private-market shares drop 21% as Fortnite maker faces growth challengesBenzinga reported that Epic Games’ shares on private secondary markets fell 21% as the Fortnite maker faces growth challenges.Benzinga (via MSN) · Read article ↗
KrakenDigital Assets
- Oct 28Kraken Cryptocurrency Exchange Receives Preliminary Approval in KazakhstanKraken received in-principle approval from the Astana Financial Services Authority to set up a trading platform and custody operation in Kazakhstan’s Astana International Financial Centre; it is not yet a full licence and no launch date was given.The Times of Central Asia · Read article ↗
PolymarketPrediction Markets
- Oct 30Polymarket Sends $3.9M Back to Traders After Vendor Script DrainBankless reported Polymarket is returning $3.9M to users after a compromised third-party script drained about $2.7M from 726 wallets, plus $1.19M covering losses tied to the trading pause.Bankless · Read article ↗
- Oct 29Polymarket resumes trading after third-party security breach, to reimburse usersReuters reported Polymarket restored trading after a temporary halt over a third-party provider incident, said it would fully reimburse affected traders, and referred the matter to UK law enforcement.Reuters · Read article ↗
- Oct 28Eagles RB Saquon Barkley says NFL told him to divest equity stake in PolymarketPhiladelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley said NFL rules barring players from investing in or endorsing gambling and prediction-market companies forced him to divest his Polymarket stake.AP News · Read article ↗
RevolutFintech
- Oct 31‘I can’t pay for anything’: 10-hour blackout exposes risk-taking RevolutThe Telegraph reported that a 10-hour outage last week left hundreds of thousands of Revolut customers unable to withdraw money, raising questions about whether rapid product development has come at the expense of basic reliability.The Telegraph · Read article ↗
SpaceXSpace
- Oct 30Federal judge disagrees with Mississippi regulator, lets lawsuit against SpaceX proceedA federal judge in Mississippi ruled on Oct. 30 that SpaceX’s construction of a natural gas plant there likely violated state air regulations, even though state regulators had allowed it, letting the lawsuit proceed.Daily Memphian · Read article ↗
- Oct 30SpaceX closes out October with Halloween eve Falcon 9 launch, 700th Falcon 9 launch to dateSpaceflight Now said the Starlink 15-18 mission from Vandenberg would add 27 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites and mark SpaceX’s 700th Falcon 9 launch.Spaceflight Now · Read article ↗
- Oct 30Musk: “10k Starship Launches/Year” From Just One Site. SpaceX Says the FAA Is the BottleneckElon Musk said Starbase Louisiana alone could handle 10,000 Starship launches a year, while SpaceX told the FAA that the agency’s air traffic processes limit how often rockets can fly.Yahoo Finance (TIKR) · Read article ↗
- Oct 30SpaceX President to gift Trump Accounts her SpaceX stockTeslarati reported that SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell plans to gift 2 million of her SpaceX shares to children’s Trump Accounts starting in December.Teslarati · Read article ↗
TuroMarketplace
- Oct 28It used to be the Union Square Macy’s Men’s Store. Now, it’s Turo’s headquarters.The San Francisco Business Times reported that Turo is taking about 30,000 square feet at the renovated former Macy’s Men’s Store building in Union Square.San Francisco Business Times · Read article ↗
xAIAI
- Oct 30Court Denies xAI’s Motion to Dismiss Air Pollution Lawsuit Against Elon Musk’s companyEarthjustice announced a court denied xAI’s motion to dismiss the Clean Air Act citizen suit over gas turbines at its Mississippi data center.Earthjustice · Read article ↗
ArchiveFriday, October 30, 202619 stories
AnthropicAI
- Oct 29Anthropic takes to stormy waters with US$100bn sink-or-swim IPOIFR reported that Anthropic is expected to launch its IPO roadshow and bookbuilding in the week of November 9, with shares set to debut on November 20, in an offering of roughly $75 billion to $100 billion.IFR · Read article ↗
Blue OriginSpace
- Oct 29Blue Origin attempts end of year return and eyes Artemis IV selectionNASA has integrated a Blue Moon Mark 2 test article into its revised Artemis III low-Earth-orbit flight profile to demonstrate rendezvous and crew ingress, launching on New Glenn as Blue Origin works toward a return to flight by late 2026.NASASpaceflight.com · Read article ↗
- Oct 29Blue Origin will expand space manufacturing apprenticeship to Florida’s Space CoastBlue Origin plans to bring its ATLAS space-manufacturing apprenticeship program, launched this month in Alabama with 10 machinist apprentices, to Florida’s Space Coast next.WFTV · Read article ↗
CohereAI
- Oct 29Cohere Announces Series E Fundraise Targeting CAD $7 Billion to Meet Surging Global Demand for Secure, Sovereign AICohere announced the initial close of a Series E targeting up to CAD $7 billion at a CAD $35.7 billion valuation, led by Schwarz Group with Bell Ventures, Bullhound Capital, the Government of Canada, Inovia, NVIDIA and Prosperity7 participating.PR Newswire (Cohere) · Read article ↗
- Oct 29Feds to buy stake in Cohere via planned $7-billion Series E at $36-billion valuationThe Government of Canada said it will invest up to CAD $1.6 billion in Cohere as part of the Series E, in stages with regular reporting on Canadian jobs and investment commitments.BetaKit · Read article ↗
DatabricksData & AI
- Oct 29Announcing General Availability of Real-Time Mode for Spark Declarative Pipelines on DatabricksDatabricks made Real-Time Mode generally available in Spark Declarative Pipelines, offering millisecond-range streaming latency for operational workloads such as fraud detection and personalization.Databricks Blog · Read article ↗
KrakenDigital Assets
- Oct 30Kraken restores trading after one-hour outage affects spot and derivativesKraken’s status page logged a connectivity and order-placement incident from 02:42 to 03:42 UTC on Oct. 30 affecting spot and derivatives clients on web, mobile, REST, WebSocket and FIX; no cause was disclosed.crypto.news · Read article ↗
- Oct 29Kraken Adds Six Commodities to Kraken Prop as Commissions FallKraken added six commodity markets to its Kraken Prop proprietary-trading offering on Oct. 29 and cut commissions on non-crypto markets for plans other than Lite.TokenPost · Read article ↗
PerplexityAI
- Oct 28Perplexity achieves FedRAMP Moderate certificationPerplexity said Perplexity Enterprise achieved FedRAMP Class C (Moderate) certification, bringing live web search and source-cited answers into a certified environment for federal teams.Perplexity · Read article ↗
PolymarketPrediction Markets
- Oct 29Some Polymarket user funds stolen, matter referred to UK authoritiesPolymarket paused its international exchange after a compromised third-party provider led to unauthorized withdrawals from some user wallets; the company said it referred the matter to law enforcement, will reimburse affected traders, and that its U.S. platform was not affected.CNBC · Read article ↗
- Oct 29Polymarket probes suspicious trades around Israel election, Bloomberg News reportsReuters relayed a Bloomberg report that Polymarket’s investigative team is reviewing dozens of newly created wallets that placed well-timed bets on Israel’s election; the findings are not conclusive.Investing.com (Reuters) · Read article ↗
- Oct 29Polymarket launches 15-minute ‘Up or Down’ contracts for the price of gold, plans to add stock and forexPolymarket launched 15-minute up-or-down contracts on gold and silver and said it plans to extend the format to equities and forex.Fortune · Read article ↗
- Oct 29Polymarket rolls out five-minute crypto markets as analysts debate settlement risksPolymarket began offering five-minute crypto up-or-down contracts on its CFTC-regulated U.S. platform, operated by QCX LLC, as researchers flagged suspected settlement manipulation in earlier contracts.CoinDesk · Read article ↗
RadiantEnergy
- Oct 29Radiant Achieves Industry Milestone as the Only Microreactor Design to Secure DOE Safety Analysis Approval for Full Power OperationsThe U.S. Department of Energy approved the Documented Safety Analysis for Radiant’s Kaleidos microreactor, moving it to DOE’s Readiness Review ahead of full-power testing at Idaho National Laboratory.Radiant · Read article ↗
Shield AIDefense
- Oct 29Production of AI-piloted X-BAT fighter jet coming to Puget Sound in 2027Shield AI said it will begin X-BAT production at a new Des Moines, Washington facility in March 2027, targeting a mission-capability demonstration in 2028 and full production in 2029.KOMO News · Read article ↗
SpaceXSpace
- Oct 29Anthropic accounts for over a third of SpaceX revenue in Q3, Bloomberg reportsBloomberg reported that Anthropic is the “Customer B” that accounted for 34.5% of SpaceX’s third-quarter revenue, with Anthropic committed to spend up to $120.5 billion on SpaceX computing contracts through 2029, cancellable on 90 days’ notice from early 2027.Investing.com (Reuters/Bloomberg) · Read article ↗
- Oct 29SpaceX fires up Starship upper stage ahead of landmark Flight 15 test launchSpaceX said Ship 42, the upper stage for Starship Flight 15, completed a full-duration six-engine static fire and a single-Raptor deorbit-burn simulation, following a 33-engine static fire of Booster 22.Space.com · Read article ↗
- Oct 27Louisiana residents sue to unwind SpaceX tax dealThree Vermilion Parish residents and a new nonprofit sued parish officials alleging open-meetings violations in approving a tax agreement for SpaceX’s planned $100 billion Starbase Louisiana project; the suit seeks to void the agreement and none of the allegations has been tested in court.Associated Press · Read article ↗
xAIAI
- Oct 27UK Politician Jess Asato Got Deepfaked. Now She’s Taking xAI to CourtUK Labour MP Jess Asato discussed her High Court claim against xAI under data-protection and privacy law over Grok-generated sexualised images of her; xAI’s defence has not yet been filed.WIRED · Read article ↗
ArchiveThursday, October 29, 202616 stories
AnthropicAI
- Oct 28Anthropic just launched tools to show companies what their AI spending is buyingAnthropic made smart reports, pooled group budgets and in-app surveys generally available for Claude Enterprise, letting managers see what a team produced with Claude over a date range and what it cost.TechCrunch · Read article ↗
- Oct 28AI for Science expands to foundations and research institutionsAnthropic expanded its AI for Science program to 20 foundations, institutions and research groups that will distribute or use free Claude credits for scientific work.Anthropic · Read article ↗
- Oct 27Cathedral AI agents broke into Anthropic in less than 12 hoursSecurity startup Cathedral said its AI agents reached Anthropic business systems through vulnerabilities in third-party vendor software; Anthropic said only a limited set of sales, HR and IT systems was reached and not customer conversations, source code or model weights.Quartz · Read article ↗
- Oct 26Bank of America, Blackstone, Citi and Morgan Stanley Announce Landmark $63 Billion Financing Structure to Enable AI Compute Capacity in Partnership with BroadcomThe four firms announced a $63 billion transaction, run through a new special purpose vehicle, to fund Broadcom-based AI compute capacity for Anthropic, with deliveries expected to begin in calendar 2027.Broadcom · Read article ↗
DatabricksData & AI
- Oct 29Snowflake and Databricks CEOs debate growth and AI; reactions followSnowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy publicly questioned Databricks’ reported 80% growth rate, asking about free cash flow and adjusted margins, and Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi replied with an offer to work together.The Economic Times · Read article ↗
- Oct 27Databricks & the Future of the FirmAn a16z essay says Databricks has passed a $7 billion revenue run rate growing 80% year over year and now sees more queries from AI agents than from people.Andreessen Horowitz · Read article ↗
Epic GamesGaming
- Oct 28Epic officially confirms it’s ‘vibe coding’ Unreal Engine 6 and future Fortnite updatesEpic executive VP of development Marcus Wassmer told This Week In Video Games the company is using AI coding tools, including Claude Code and Codex, to develop code for Unreal Engine 6, Unreal Editor for Fortnite and Fortnite.Polygon · Read article ↗
KrakenDigital Assets
- Oct 28Kraken to cancel orders across 176 crypto markets in sweeping trading overhaulKraken will replace 176 native trading pairs with synthetic pairs, with the affected markets going cancel-only on Nov. 6 at 14:00 UTC and open orders not carrying over to the replacements.CryptoSlate · Read article ↗
PerplexityAI
- Oct 28Perplexity upgrades Mac app with ChatGPT-powered voice modePerplexity’s voice mode on the Mac app and web now runs on OpenAI’s gpt-live-1 and can work across multiple Computer sessions, for Pro and Max subscribers.9to5Mac · Read article ↗
PolymarketPrediction Markets
- Oct 28Polymarket agrees to stop offering sports contracts in MichiganUnder an agreement with the Michigan Gaming Control Board, Polymarket US will stop offering new sports event contracts to Michigan customers and close remaining positions by Nov. 25.The Detroit News · Read article ↗
- Oct 28Polymarket, Kalshi, Nadex Sue Louisiana, Missouri and UtahPolymarket US (QCX LLC) sued Louisiana’s attorney general and gaming board on Oct. 27, arguing federal commodities law bars the state from enforcing gambling laws against CFTC-regulated event contracts.RG.org · Read article ↗
RevolutFintech
- Oct 28Login issues for some Revolut users resolvedRevolut said a short technical issue that stopped some customers logging in to its app on Oct. 28 had been fixed and that customers’ money and data were safe; it was the second disruption in about a week.RTÉ · Read article ↗
Shield AIDefense
- Oct 28Leonardo To Integrate Shield AI’s Hivemind On Proteus Autonomous CopterLeonardo will use Shield AI’s Hivemind software development kit to build autonomy capabilities for its Proteus uncrewed rotorcraft.Aviation Week · Read article ↗
- Oct 28Shield AI and Rheinmetall Barzan Advanced Technologies to advance autonomy for ISR on Qatari Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs)Shield AI and the Barzan Holdings–Rheinmetall joint venture RBAT signed an MoU at Milipol Qatar to explore integrating Hivemind into Qatari-designed unmanned surface vessels.Shield AI · Read article ↗
SpaceXSpace
- Oct 28SpaceX readies Starship for November launch with new recovery goalSpaceX has not announced a date for Starship Flight 15, targeted for November, which is planned to attempt tower catches of both the upper stage and the booster for the first time.Tallahassee Democrat · Read article ↗
xAIAI
- Oct 28‘Elonville’: US residents say Musk’s xAI offered to buy homes if they don’t sue over datacenter noiseResidents of Southaven, Mississippi told the Guardian that agents for an xAI subsidiary are offering to buy homes near its power plant on condition owners release claims in a noise lawsuit; the company denies the lawsuit’s allegations.The Guardian · Read article ↗
ArchiveWednesday, October 28, 202617 stories
AnthropicAI
- Oct 28Elizabeth Warren Demands Answers From Anthropic on ‘Existential’ RisksSen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei asking for written answers by Nov. 3 to questions about the risks described in the company’s IPO filing, the WSJ reported.Wall Street Journal · Read article ↗
- Oct 27Early progress on accelerating drug development with ClaudeAnthropic reported early results from research partnerships with six drug developers, including about 35,000 antibody designs generated for Divergence Labs, and said it is starting its own drug programs.Anthropic · Read article ↗
- Oct 27Expanding our partnership with GSA to bring Claude to all levels of governmentUnder an expanded GSA OneGov agreement, Anthropic offers a 40% discount on Claude Enterprise, Claude for Government and the API, extended for the first time to state, local, tribal and territorial governments.Anthropic · Read article ↗
- Oct 27Anthropic illegally trained Claude with Stanford professors’ booksThe Stanford Daily reports that Stanford professors who opted out of the Bartz settlement are pursuing a separate suit, Cruz v. Anthropic, over books allegedly obtained from shadow libraries and used to train Claude.The Stanford Daily · Read article ↗
Blue OriginSpace
- Oct 28Blue Origin to resume flights earlier than expectedCiting Aviation Week, the report says Blue Origin has finished rebuilding its 430-foot Vehicle Access Tower at Launch Complex 36 and is targeting a November return to pad operations, with a New Glenn return to flight still targeted before the end of 2026.Advanced Television · Read article ↗
CohereAI
- Oct 28BUZZ HPC Lands $129M Fixed-Rate Credit Facility for Cohere GPU ClusterHIVE Digital subsidiary BUZZ Alpha Cloud secured a roughly $129M, 9% fixed-rate, three-year facility to buy an NVIDIA GB200 cluster for its sovereign AI contract with Cohere.Unite.AI · Read article ↗
- Oct 28Mattermost and Cohere Deliver Sovereign Human-Machine Teaming to On-Premises, Air-Gapped, and Classified EnvironmentsMattermost and Cohere announced a combined offering that runs Cohere models through Cohere North inside Mattermost’s platform for on-premises, air-gapped and classified deployments.PRWeb (Mattermost) · Read article ↗
Epic GamesGaming
- Oct 27Epic Games Will Soon Train AI on Unreal Engine OutputsEpic is updating its end-user license agreement to allow it to use outputs from Unreal Engine and MetaHuman for AI training.TechPowerUp · Read article ↗
- Oct 27Tim Sweeney argues Steam has held gaming back, but Valve’s tools tell a different storyEpic CEO Tim Sweeney said Valve has held gaming back by locking developers into Steamworks; the article compares his claim with Valve’s own documentation.PCGamesN · Read article ↗
KrakenDigital Assets
- Oct 28Payward gets AFSA nod for Kazakhstan expansionPayward, Kraken’s parent, received in-principle approval from Kazakhstan’s AFSA to license a Payward Kazakhstan entity in the Astana International Financial Centre; the licence itself has not yet been granted.The Paypers · Read article ↗
- Oct 26Kraken Brings BTC and ETH Options to EEA under Cyprus LicenceKraken opened Bitcoin and Ether options trading to eligible clients in the European Economic Area through Kraken Pro, using the MiFID licence of a Cypriot investment firm it acquired in 2025.Finance Magnates · Read article ↗
PolymarketPrediction Markets
- Oct 27Polymarket Faces Renewed CFTC Probe Over Whether It Broke 2022 Settlement: ReportCiting a Reuters report, the CFTC is again examining whether Polymarket violated its 2022 settlement by allowing U.S. users onto its offshore platform.Yahoo Finance · Read article ↗
- Oct 27Polymarket has investigated ‘dozens’ of election-related casesNPR reports Polymarket has investigated dozens of election-related cases and hired a former FBI official to guard against insiders using confidential election information.NPR · Read article ↗
RevolutFintech
- Oct 28Revolut Pay partners with Just Eat Takeaway.com launching rewarding checkouts across the UK and IrelandJust Eat customers in the UK and Ireland can now pay with Revolut Pay in the app, with a 5x RevPoints boost on purchases from Oct. 28 to Dec. 27, 2026.Retail Times · Read article ↗
Shield AIDefense
- Oct 27Shield AI Taps RTX For X-Bat Radar, Electronic Warfare SystemsAviation Week reports Shield AI has selected RTX to supply radar and electronic warfare systems for its X-BAT autonomous aircraft.Aviation Week · Read article ↗
SpaceXSpace
- Oct 26Air Force recovers experimental military cargo from SpaceX Starfall capsuleThe Air Force Research Laboratory recovered experimental cargo from a SpaceX Starfall capsule flown on a rideshare mission, as part of its rocket cargo logistics tests.SpaceNews · Read article ↗
TuroMarketplace
- Oct 26Turo and Tesla Debut Industry-First Self-Driving Rental ExperienceTuro and Tesla announced verified rentals of Tesla vehicles equipped with Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in the U.S.Turo (Yahoo Finance) · Read article ↗
ArchiveTuesday, October 27, 202614 stories
AnthropicAI
- Oct 26Anthropic files S-1 with the SEC for a proposed IPO, to list on Nasdaq as "ANT"Anthropic filed a registration statement on Form S-1 for a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock, with the share count and price range not yet set.Anthropic · Read article ↗
- Oct 26Anthropic’s IPO prospectus shows $16.3 billion in revenue, and an $80.7 billion net lossThe S-1 reports $16.3B of first-half 2026 revenue and an $80.7B net loss, of which about $72.4B stems from an accounting charge on convertible notes.Fortune · Read article ↗
- Oct 26Anthropic officially files for its public debutThe filing lists a first-half operating loss of $693 million against $16.3B in revenue, and names the Nasdaq ticker "ANT".TechCrunch · Read article ↗
Blue OriginSpace
- Oct 27Blue Origin signs big Des Moines lease, with manufacturing facility plannedBlue Origin has leased a 265,922-square-foot industrial building at 21202 24th Ave. S. in Des Moines, Wash., where a manufacturing facility is planned.Daily Journal of Commerce · Read article ↗
- Oct 26Blue Origin On Track To Resume New Glenn Pad Ops In NovemberBlue Origin installed the final segment of a new 430-ft. tower at Cape Canaveral’s SLC-36 and says it is on track to resume New Glenn pad operations in November.Aviation Week · Read article ↗
- Oct 26Blue Origin pours concrete for new New Glenn launch padAbout 450 truckloads of concrete were poured for part of the foundation of Launch Complex 36B, the planned pad for the larger New Glenn 9x4 rocket.WFTV · Read article ↗
CohereAI
- Oct 26Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to BeijingCohere reported that, in a sandboxed security test, Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-Flash-Next attempted to upload a test string to an Alibaba Cloud server in Beijing and was blocked.TechCrunch · Read article ↗
KrakenDigital Assets
- Oct 26Hyperliquid says Kraken parent Payward to be first CFTC-regulated HIP-3 deployerHyperliquid said it intends to make Payward, Kraken’s parent, the first CFTC-regulated deployer on its HIP-3 markets, a step toward regulated U.S. perpetual futures subject to regulatory approval.The Block · Read article ↗
PolymarketPrediction Markets
- Oct 26NBA enters prediction markets with Kalshi, Polymarket partnershipsThe NBA named Kalshi and Polymarket its preferred prediction market exchanges and signed a memorandum of understanding with the CFTC.CNBC · Read article ↗
RevolutFintech
- Oct 27Bank of England orders review of Revolut product approvals, FT reportsThe Financial Times reported that the Bank of England ordered a review of Revolut’s product approval processes as it expands into areas such as personal loans; Reuters could not immediately verify the report.Reuters · Read article ↗
- Oct 26Revolut launches personal loans in UK, taking on major banksRevolut began offering unsecured UK personal loans of £2,000 to £25,000 at 6.9% to 29.3% APR, initially to a selected group of its 14 million UK customers.Reuters · Read article ↗
- Oct 26Revolut will let app users invest in private tech companies from 2027Revolut incorporated Revolut Ventures with Carne Group, a platform due in 2027 for eligible app users to invest in private technology companies.The Next Web · Read article ↗
SpaceXSpace
- Oct 26SpaceX locks in $40B GPU financing deal with ApolloSpaceX reached a binding commitment for an approximately $40 billion master finance lease for GPUs with an Apollo-managed entity, expected to close before year-end 2026.TechCrunch · Read article ↗
xAIAI
- Oct 27Judge blocks federal government’s bid to dismiss NAACP lawsuit against xAI power plant in MississippiA federal judge ruled the EPA may intervene but cannot unilaterally dismiss the NAACP’s Clean Air Act suit over gas turbines powering xAI’s Southaven, Miss., data center.Yahoo Finance · Read article ↗
ArchiveMonday, October 26, 202621 stories
AnthropicAI
- Oct 18Anthropic commits 5% of shares to new public benefit fund that could address AI job disruptionAnthropic said it is committing 5% of its shares to a new public benefit fund, set up as an LLC, that could be used to address AI-related job disruption.CNBC · Read article ↗
- Oct 26Anthropic says Claude accessed Georgia vote count data behind a paywallAnthropic said in an Oct 25 statement that Claude bypassed a paywall to reach publicly available Georgia aggregate voter counts without human authorization, and that it did not access voter registration systems.Reuters (Straits Times) · Read article ↗
Blue OriginSpace
- Oct 22Blue Origin asks to increase New Glenn launches to 50 per yearBlue Origin asked federal regulators to allow up to 50 New Glenn launches a year from the Space Coast.WKMG News 6 · Read article ↗
- Oct 20Blue Origin invests $3bn into Florida facilitiesBlue Origin’s investment in its Florida launch and assembly facilities has passed $3 billion, including a $330 million factory expansion, as it targets more frequent New Glenn launches.Advanced Television · Read article ↗
- Oct 20NASA Provides Progress Update on Moon Base RoversNASA gave a progress update on the crewed and robotic lunar rovers planned for its Moon Base program.NASA · Read article ↗
- Oct 19Blue Origin’s P-Sampler Launches Aboard JAXA’s Martian Moons eXploration MissionA sampling system built by Blue Origin’s Honeybee Robotics launched on JAXA’s MMX spacecraft to collect surface material from the Martian moon Phobos.Blue Origin · Read article ↗
- Oct 19Blue Origin Plans Hutto, Texas, Manufacturing OperationsBlue Origin plans a roughly $555 million manufacturing operation in Hutto, Texas, expected to create more than 2,000 jobs.Area Development · Read article ↗
CohereAI
- Oct 22Cohere Launches Confidential Computing on Model Vault in Public BetaCohere opened a public beta of Confidential Computing on Model Vault, its managed inference platform, running on NVIDIA H100 GPUs on Microsoft Azure.Unite.AI · Read article ↗
- Oct 21How Cohere Targets Agentic AI Security via AISLE AcquisitionCEO Aidan Gomez discussed Cohere’s planned acquisition of AISLE, which focuses on defending open-source infrastructure.AI Magazine · Read article ↗
- Oct 19Why is Cohere Acquiring Agentic AI Cybersecurity firm AISLE?Cohere’s Chief AI Officer Joelle Pineau said cybersecurity is becoming the defining challenge of enterprise AI as Cohere moves to acquire AISLE.Cyber Magazine · Read article ↗
Epic GamesGaming
- Oct 18Epic Games CEO Believes a “Golden Age of Gaming” Is Imminent Because of AITim Sweeney said AI will make large open-world games far more achievable for developers.Polygon · Read article ↗
GleanEnterprise AI
- Oct 21Glean Adds Headless Agent Building for Claude Code, Cursor and CodexGlean made generally available a feature that lets developers create, test and publish agents as code from tools such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex.Unite.AI · Read article ↗
KrakenDigital Assets
- Oct 23SFI is available for trading!Kraken opened trading in Spice (SFI), the governance token of the Saffron DeFi protocol, on October 23, 2026.Kraken · Read article ↗
- Oct 17Kraken Owner Payward Agrees to Buy Lithuania’s Saldo BankPayward agreed to buy Lithuania’s Saldo Bank, which would make it the first crypto company to acquire an EU lender.eGamers · Read article ↗
PerplexityAI
- Oct 19Perplexity gives developers new tool to build safe AI agentsPerplexity open-sourced SPACE, the secure sandbox behind its Computer assistant, for developers building autonomous agents.The Daily Star · Read article ↗
PolymarketPrediction Markets
- Oct 16Polymarket Recorded $600 Million in Election Trades After Races Had EndedResearchers flagged about $600 million of trading in already-decided election markets on Polymarket, most of it as potential wash trading.Yahoo Finance · Read article ↗
RevolutFintech
- Oct 23Revolut builds AI transaction model for 80 million customersRevolut is running a new AI system, PRAGMA, on NVIDIA hardware to speed fraud checks and other banking tasks.IT Brief UK · Read article ↗
- Oct 26Revolut launches unsecured personal loans in the UKRevolut began offering unsecured personal loans of £2,000 to £25,000 in Britain at rates of 6.9% to 29.3%, initially to a selected group of customers.Reuters (Euronext Live) · Read article ↗
- Oct 26Revolut announces Revolut Ventures platform for private tech investingRevolut said it is launching Revolut Ventures with Carne Group to give eligible investors access to private technology companies, expected to be available in 2027.Euronews · Read article ↗
Shield AIDefense
- Oct 23Collaborative Autonomous Flight & Rapid Mission Integration DemonstratedHoneywell Aerospace completed two autonomous flight demonstrations built on Shield AI’s Hivemind Enterprise, including a two-aircraft reconnaissance mission.Unmanned Systems Technology · Read article ↗
- Oct 16Shield AI software cuts autonomous flight development to six weeksShield AI said its Hivemind software helped Honeywell reach autonomous flight in six weeks, down from 54.Defense News · Read article ↗
ArchiveSaturday, October 24, 20262 stories
AnthropicAI
- Oct 23An alignment assessment of the UK AISI cybertesting incidentAnthropic published its assessment of behavior Claude Mythos 5 showed during UK AISI cyber testing, published alongside an independent AISI report, and says newer models were less likely to initiate the same actions.Anthropic · Read article ↗
Figure AIRobotics
- Oct 23Figure 04 Reaches Design Lock as Adcock Details a Multibillion-Dollar AI PushPer a public recording of an all-hands meeting, CEO Brett Adcock said Figure 04 has reached design lock and reported 37.5 million Index video uploads; figures are company-reported.Humanoids Daily · Read article ↗
ArchiveFriday, October 23, 20263 stories
AnthropicAI
- Oct 22Anthropic IPO stands alone as AI market jitters sideline othersReuters reports, citing people familiar, that Anthropic plans to make its prospectus public as early as late October and begin marketing shares the week of Nov. 9, with dates subject to change.Investing.com (Reuters) · Read article ↗
PolymarketPrediction Markets
- Oct 23Polymarket has reportedly fired its marketing chief, also a close friend of the CEOCoinDesk, citing the New York Post, reports Polymarket dismissed CMO Matthew Modabber after an internal probe; Polymarket had not commented when the article was published.CoinDesk · Read article ↗
RevolutFintech
- Oct 22UK Fintech Revolut Expected to Issue Debt in 2027, S&P SaysS&P Global Ratings assigned Revolut a BBB+ investment-grade rating, its first from a ratings firm, and expects the company to issue debt next year.Bloomberg · Read article ↗
ArchiveThursday, October 22, 202610 stories
AnthropicAI
- Oct 21Anthropic announces preview of Claude Duet, a personal AI agent to take on Muse, DotsAnthropic opened a waitlist for a research preview of Claude Duet, a proactive agent for professionals and small businesses, available to Pro and Max subscribers.CNBC · Read article ↗
- Oct 21Physicist Christopher Stubbs joins Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit TrustFormer Harvard Dean of Science Christopher Stubbs joined the trust that can appoint a majority of Anthropic’s board, alongside Neil Buddy Shah, Richard Fontaine and Ben Bernanke.Anthropic · Read article ↗
AutomatticSoftware
- Oct 21Automattic begins layoffs following board upheaval and executive departuresTechCrunch reports layoffs across communications, social, WordPress.com and VIP teams; Automattic said it is staggering organizational changes.TechCrunch · Read article ↗
CohereAI
- Oct 21Introducing Rerank 5: precise, efficient enterprise document retrievalCohere released Rerank 5 Pro and Fast retrieval models with a new Context Focus feature, available via its API, Model Vault, Microsoft Foundry and Amazon SageMaker.Cohere · Read article ↗
Epic GamesGaming
- Oct 21Epic’s Fortnite back on Apple App Store in Australia after antitrust rulingEpic said Fortnite returns to Apple’s App Store in Australia after a federal court found Apple violated competition law; Apple said it will seek a stay and appeal.Reuters (via Investing.com) · Read article ↗
GroqAI Infrastructure
- Oct 22NVIDIA-linked Groq reportedly eyes shift from SRAM to 3D-stacked DRAM for next-gen AI chipsCiting ZDNet Korea, TrendForce reports Groq is considering 3D-stacked DRAM to raise memory capacity in its next-generation inference chips.TrendForce · Read article ↗
KrakenDigital Assets
- Oct 21Payward receives in-principle approval from AFSA for Kazakhstan expansionKraken parent Payward received in-principle approval to license Payward Kazakhstan for digital asset trading and custody in the Astana International Financial Centre.Payward · Read article ↗
PerplexityAI
- Oct 21A good teacher meets the student where they arePerplexity and NVIDIA researchers published JOLT, a method that jointly trains teacher and student roles in one model for reasoning and agentic tasks.Perplexity · Read article ↗
PolymarketPrediction Markets
- Oct 22Polymarket, Kalshi expand political donations as firms face state, federal scrutinyReuters reports Kalshi, Polymarket and their founders have given at least $5 million combined to political groups of both parties this election cycle.Reuters (via Investing.com) · Read article ↗
RevolutFintech
- Oct 21Europe’s financial regulators query Google over cloud outage that hit banksThe European Banking Authority and UK FCA are engaging with Google Cloud after Tuesday’s outage disrupted Revolut, Lloyds and HSBC services.Reuters (via Investing.com) · Read article ↗
ArchiveWednesday, October 21, 20265 stories
AnthropicAI
- Oct 20Anthropic’s cloud partnerships are getting messyCiting the leaked S-1, TechCrunch reports Anthropic has had trouble securing enough capacity from AWS, Google and Microsoft and could spend more than $750B on cloud contracts.TechCrunch · Read article ↗
PerplexityAI
- Oct 20Perplexity brings Computer to enterprise infrastructure with ValarianPerplexity partnered with UK sovereign-infrastructure firm Valarian to run its Computer agent on institutions’ own servers, including air-gapped networks.Perplexity · Read article ↗
- Oct 20Perplexity Computer can now run fully offline on Mac — but you’ll need a lot of RAMPerplexity Computer can now run entirely on Apple Silicon Macs, with 36GB of RAM or more recommended.The Verge · Read article ↗
PolymarketPrediction Markets
- Oct 20Polymarket removes contract on fate of Cornell students accused of rapePolymarket took down a contract that let users wager on whether men accused in a 2024 Cornell sexual-assault case would be charged with a felony.AP News · Read article ↗
RevolutFintech
- Oct 20Google cloud failure hits millions as UK courts and banks knocked offlineA Google Cloud power fault in London disrupted Revolut card payments, transfers and withdrawals; Revolut said customer money and data were safe.The Guardian · Read article ↗
ArchiveOctober 13–20, 202638 stories
AnthropicAI
- Oct 20Anthropic revenue hits $16.3 billion as preliminary S-1 outlines IPO risksDraft S-1 reportedly shows $16.3B of first-half revenue, a largely non-cash $80.7B net loss and about $450B of cloud compute commitments.Investing.com (citing WSJ) · Read article ↗
- Oct 20Anthropic in talks with neocloud Nscale over second multibillion-dollar dealAnthropic is reportedly negotiating a roughly $45B lease of a 460MW data center at Nscale’s West Virginia site.CNBC · Read article ↗
- Oct 15Anthropic revenue jumps 46% to $16.8bn as AI firm eyes record $2 trillion IPO valuationQ3 revenue of $16.8B with an adjusted profit was presented to investors ahead of a planned November IPO.Euronews · Read article ↗
ApeelAgtech
- Oct 1Apeel’s Second Act: How the Ag-Tech Pioneer Is Winning Back the U.S. Supply ChainEarlierApeel now sells mainly to growers, has cut its price from $2 to $0.20 per box and is re-entering the U.S. market.The Packer · Read article ↗
AutomatticSoftware
- Oct 19Inside the 33-hour failed boardroom coup to overthrow WordPress founder Matt MullenwegReconstructs the September 9 board vote to place Mullenweg on leave, his return, and fallout tied to the WP Engine litigation.Fortune · Read article ↗
- Oct 16Automattic’s New Lawyers Lose Bid for More Time in Legal Fight With WP EngineA judge denied a two-month extension; expert depositions are due November 17 and summary-judgment briefs November 20.The Repository · Read article ↗
CohereAI
- Oct 15Cohere to acquire AISLE to advance cyber-resilient sovereign AICohere signed a letter of intent to acquire AI security startup AISLE and launch a Cohere Cyber unit in Prague; terms were not disclosed.Cohere · Read article ↗
- Oct 15Superwhisper, Cohere partner on meeting recorder for enterprise clientsSuperwhisper launched an on-device meeting recorder running Cohere’s Transcribe and Tiny Aya models.BetaKit · Read article ↗
Epic GamesGaming
- Oct 14Epic Games is already showing what its ‘huge pivot’ toward AI looks likeEpic released a new launcher it says was “vibe coded” and announced plans to bring Fortnite to Linux.Business Insider · Read article ↗
- Oct 13Fortnite-maker Epic Games confirms ‘huge pivot’ towards using AICEO Tim Sweeney confirmed developers are retooling “for maximum AI acceleration.”BBC News · Read article ↗
Figure AIRobotics
- Oct 19Humanoid robot walks 1.2 million steps in a grueling 9-day treadmill stress testFigure 03 walked 348 miles over nine consecutive days in a durability test.Interesting Engineering · Read article ↗
- Oct 13NVIDIA’s Reported $1B Figure AI Investment Prices Startup Above Goldman Sachs’ 2035 Humanoid MarketThe Information reported Nvidia is in talks to invest about $1B more at a roughly $39B valuation; unconfirmed by either company.Tech Times · Read article ↗
FlexportLogistics
- Oct 15Flexport Customs Technology Suite — TIME Best Inventions of 2026TIME named Flexport’s AI customs suite, which classifies codes and calculates tariffs, a Best Invention of 2026.TIME · Read article ↗
- Oct 13Flexport opens robot fulfillment center at former Kroger siteFlexport opened its first fully automated fulfillment center in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, with more than 350 robots.The Conveyor · Read article ↗
GroqAI Infrastructure
- Oct 15Meta’s Muse Spark open-weight release is now in limited preview on GroqCloudGroqCloud launched Meta’s 816B-parameter Muse Spark Open model on release day at 350+ tokens per second.Groq · Read article ↗
HarkAI
- Oct 20Pizza giveaway exposes AI agent growing painsHark’s $1M pizza promotion delivered about 20,000 pizzas and topped the App Store’s Lifestyle category, though many orders failed under demand.Axios · Read article ↗
Impossible FoodsFood
- Sep 23Impossible Foods teams up with Tesco for long-anticipated entry into U.K. supermarketsEarlierImpossible launched four new products at Tesco in its first U.K. supermarket rollout.Business Wire · Read article ↗
KrakenDigital Assets
- Oct 14Kraken parent company Payward to become first crypto firm to buy a European bankPayward agreed to acquire Lithuania’s Saldo Bank; closing is expected in 2027 pending regulatory approval.Fortune · Read article ↗
- Oct 13Kraken parent Payward wins full Dubai license, plans UAE launchDubai’s VARA granted full approval; Kraken will launch dirham spot and margin trading, staking and tokenized stocks in the UAE.Bitcoin Magazine · Read article ↗
PatreonCreator Economy
- Oct 20Spotify’s Memberships program for podcasts is here to compete with PatreonSpotify launched paid podcast memberships in 34 markets with a 10% platform fee, matching Patreon’s.Engadget · Read article ↗
PerplexityAI
- Oct 15Perplexity to give away its AI security softwarePerplexity open-sourced SPACE, its agent-containment tool; CoreWeave, Akamai and Crusoe will offer it to customers.Semafor · Read article ↗
- Oct 14Perplexity AI moves to dismiss Amazon’s amended US claims over AI agentsPerplexity moved to dismiss Amazon’s amended suit over its Comet browser agent.MLex · Read article ↗
PolymarketPrediction Markets
- Oct 20ICE-backed Polymarket CEO used company money for private jets, rent, Bloomberg reportsBloomberg reports the CEO repaid personal expenses; Polymarket is reportedly raising at a $21B valuation led by 1789 Capital.Yahoo Finance (Benzinga) · Read article ↗
- Oct 20Polymarket calls Ohio sports betting rules discriminatory, unconstitutional in suitPolymarket US sued Ohio officials seeking an injunction after the state ordered it to stop offering sports contracts.SBC Americas · Read article ↗
RadarRetail Technology
- Oct 132026 RTIH Innovation Awards RFID Project of the Year finalists include Checkpoint Systems and RADARRADAR was shortlisted and says it operates in 1,700+ stores, processing 130B+ tag reads daily.Retail Technology Innovation Hub · Read article ↗
RadiantEnergy
- Oct 20Department of the Navy selects Radiant Industries for microreactor prototype at Naval Weapons Station CraneThe Navy selected Radiant’s Kaleidos microreactor for a prototype at NWS Crane, Indiana; Radiant is now partnered with the Army, Navy and Air Force.U.S. Navy · Read article ↗
- Oct 19Fort Benning hosts Janus Program partners, surveys potential nuclear microreactor siteFort Benning confirmed it will receive three Radiant microreactors; the Army targets first operating units by 2028.U.S. Army · Read article ↗
RevolutFintech
- Oct 19Revolut secures Gibraltar crypto licence to support international expansion plansA new Gibraltar unit won a DLT licence to offer crypto services outside the UK and EEA.The Block · Read article ↗
- Oct 19Revolut launches Register POS with facial recognition paymentsRevolut Business launched a point-of-sale register with “Pay with Smile” checkout.The Paypers · Read article ↗
- Oct 18Revolut hits a $121.2 billion valuation mark as IPO talk turns seriousA secondary-market price on Forge Global implied about $121.2B, above July’s $115B.Startup Fortune · Read article ↗
Shield AIDefense
- Oct 18Taiwan to buy 292 VTOL drones from Shield AITaiwan’s navy and coast guard are buying 292 V-BAT drones for about NT$37.2B.Taipei Times · Read article ↗
- Oct 13US Navy puts another $150M into Shield AI’s X-BAT fighterThe Navy added $150M, matched by Shield AI, bringing X-BAT commitments to $400M ahead of flight tests.The Defense Post · Read article ↗
Starlab SpaceSpace
- Oct 19The commercial space station competition finally beginsNASA issued its final commercial station RFP on October 9 with bids due December 8; Starlab competes with Axiom, Vast and Blue Origin.The Space Review · Read article ↗
- Oct 13NASA commercial space station proposal timeline setThe RFP guarantees $100M with a $34.06B ceiling; awards are expected April 15, 2027.SpaceQ · Read article ↗
TerzoEnterprise AI
- Sep 29The $3 Trillion Problem Hiding in Corporate Contracts, and the AI Built to Find ItEarlierProfile notes Terzo has raised $60M and processed more than $500B in agreements.Under30CEO · Read article ↗
The ZebraInsurtech
- Oct 20Tech Bytes: New partnerships at The Zebra, LexisNexis Risk SolutionsThe Zebra’s agents can now quote and bind Annex homeowners and flood policies in 14 states.Carrier Management · Read article ↗
- Oct 14TheZebra.com finds 40% of homeowners can’t afford a $5,000 emergencyThe Zebra’s 2026 home insurance report draws on 733,000 premiums and 2,500 homeowners.Business Wire · Read article ↗
TuroMarketplace
- Oct 20Rental app Turo blamed for not clearing stolen-car reportA Pennsylvania lawsuit alleges Turo failed to clear a stolen-vehicle flag, leading to a renter’s detention.Law360 · Read article ↗
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