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Fri 6 Nov
The Macro Paper says each $1 of Big Tech AI spending has coincided with $6.33 of market value lost
The Macro Paper says the Magnificent Seven spent about $766bn this year while their combined market value fell about $4.85tn from 2026 highs, roughly $6.33 lost per $1 spent. It says the spending and drawdown baselines are its own.
Jeff Park says Anthropic may fail and be acquired over balance-sheet mismatch
ParaFi Capital partner Jeff Park said AI company Anthropic will fail because of an extreme asset-liability mismatch, needing heavy equity support to cover large non-cancellable compute commitments. He said the best outcome would be failure followed by an acquisition, or a US-led international rescue with sovereign funds.
Anthropic may delay listing if AI assets stay under pressure, sources say
Four sources told Reuters that potential investors doubt Anthropic can complete its roadshow and list in November as planned, with some seeing a $1.5tn valuation cap as the expectation. Anthropic may postpone the listing until markets are steadier and declined to comment.
Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa says data centre building must stop for now
Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa said the state can build a strong partnership with Elon Musk and his companies on its own terms, but that current data centre construction must stop until measures protecting Texans are found.
Thu 5 Nov
Michael Saylor says AI-armed hackers pose the real threat to crypto
Michael Saylor, founder of Strategy, told the OrangeBTC Summit in Sao Paulo on 5 November that AI-assisted hackers are the crypto industry's real threat, with poorly tested exchange and financial software riskier than Bitcoin itself. He said exchanges, banks and custodians should run advanced AI models daily to check their own systems for weaknesses.
US Justice Department sets up superintelligence task force to curb AI misuse
The US Department of Justice has formed a superintelligence task force (DOJ-SITF), led by deputy attorneys general Stanley Woodward and Stephen Weiss, to police abuse of advanced AI by foreign governments, transnational crime groups and fraudsters. Attorney General Todd Blanche said it will work with SI Force chair Jay Clayton to keep critical AI technology out of the hands of criminals at home and abroad.
Anthropic says Claude adds personal finance feature via Plaid
Anthropic says Claude has launched a Personal Finance feature, rolling out in beta to Pro, Max and Ultra subscribers in the US. Users can link bank and credit card accounts through Plaid and ask about balances, spending and bills; access is read-only and chats are not used for training.
Shield AI to buy Echodyne for $5.3bn in deal valuing it at $28.8bn
Shield AI plans to acquire radar sensor firm Echodyne for $5.3bn, comprising $4.8bn in cash and equity plus up to $500m tied to milestones. It is raising $2.5bn to fund the deal, including $1bn in structural equity from Blackstone and $500m in debt from JPMorgan, valuing it at $28.8bn.
Microsoft tightens scrutiny of neocloud data centre projects, including IREN
Microsoft is tightening oversight of data centre projects at neoclouds including Nebius, IREN and Nscale, Bloomberg reported, with an IREN Texas project facing a revised timetable. IREN and Nebius shares fell about 20% on Thursday.
Previous related news
- Aterio says satellite imagery points to possible delays at IREN and Nebius AI data centres
- Microsoft forecasts Azure growth of up to 50% as third-party delays hit capex
- Microsoft guides to $96bn-$97.1bn second-quarter revenue and about $170bn calendar-year capex
OpenAI publishes community compact and compute campus policy blueprint
OpenAI has published a National Community Compact and a Compute Campus Policy Blueprint, calling AI data centres compute campuses. It commits not to require officials to sign NDAs to discuss or negotiate, to bear full power and infrastructure costs to protect other users' rates, and to disclose construction plans and impacts.
Nvidia says co-designed memory stack lifts inference throughput up to 30-fold
Nvidia says rising HBM costs and tighter supply are pushing it to co-design GPUs, CPUs, networking, storage and software for memory efficiency rather than adding HBM capacity. It says Vera Rubin NVL72 reaches up to 30 times the cost-per-throughput of GB300 NVL72 with only about 3% more HBM per GPU.
Semiconductor stocks slump as doubts grow over AI trade
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 9.2%, heading for its worst day since June and a fifth straight weekly loss, as investors questioned the AI trade after strong Democratic midterm results. Deutsche Bank still called semiconductors attractive versus software.
US midterms hand Democrats Congress control, clouding AI policy outlook
Democrats regained control of both chambers of Congress and won governorships in Texas and Georgia in the 3 November midterm elections, though some districts are still counting. Tech policy could shift, with data-centre approvals, AI rules and chip export controls in play.
Dropbox says it plans to buy Tigris Data for $350m and launch DBX Agent Cloud
Dropbox plans to acquire cloud technology firm Tigris Data for $350m, in what could be its largest deal, with completion expected in the fourth quarter of 2026. The move is meant to strengthen its AI infrastructure and support DBX Agent Cloud, a storage platform for enterprises and developers.
Commentary questions claim that Democrats would harm US AI
A commentary argues that the narrative of Democrats threatening the US AI industry overlooks the AI boom and heavy tech capital spending seen in 2023-2024 under a Democratic president. It says the 2026 midterms revived claims that data-centre construction and AI stocks face systemic risk.
Derek Thompson says anti-AI politics may help the industry absorb its bubble
Tech author Derek Thompson argues that growing anti-AI politics in the US, including pledges to pause or tighten data centre approvals after midterm wins, may weigh on AI stocks short term but help the industry avoid a bubble over the longer run.
De¹ releases Ginza 1.0 financial decision model in limited early access
De¹ has launched Ginza 1.0, the first AI model in its Financial World Model line, which it says gives fast, real-time forward-looking predictions so users can preview likely execution outcomes before signing a transaction. It is in limited early access.
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