Analysis
The Financial Times reports that Blackstone, an anchor lender in Anthropic's $63bn chip financing, now expects a high junk credit rating once the company lists. What is reported, what is not, and why borrowing costs matter for AI infrastructure.
Salesforce has reportedly agreed to buy Rune Technologies, a US military logistics software start-up, for $375m in cash and shares. A look at the deal, the price paid and what it signals to European defence-tech founders and their investors.
OpenAI has reportedly cut the size of its new round to about $20bn from $30bn, and its first close may be smaller still. What the shortfall says about late-stage AI pricing, and what UK and EU founders and investors should watch.
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Binance says it will absorb a loss of about $6.3bn from its own funds. The first 72 hours show how much depends on balance-sheet depth, stablecoin issuers and operational controls, and what founders and investors should check next.
Headline Series A valuations for GenAI look steady, but the recalibration has moved into ARR definitions, gross-margin adjustments and preference stacks that decide what founders receive.
