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8 news articles · 3 briefs · 0 guidesU.S. national debt has officially crossed $40 trillion for the first time, with borrowing rising rapidly and interest costs becoming an increasingly large part of federal spending.
OpenAI plans to go public by 2027 or earlier, according to CFO Sarah Friar, as the company prepares for one of the largest IPOs in technology history.
A new AI-themed bar in Beijing is giving customers free DeepSeek tokens instead of Wi-Fi, reflecting China's rapidly growing enthusiasm for artificial intelligence.
Gold, silver, Bitcoin, and Ethereum added roughly $1.2 trillion in combined market value after the U.S. Treasury expanded long-end bond buyback operations, pushing Treasury yields lower.
AI video startup Higgsfield has raised $400 million in Series B funding at a $5.4 billion valuation, with model and entrepreneur Natalia Vodianova joining the investor group.
Visa, Mastercard, and more than 25 companies have formed the Agentic Payments Alliance to develop standards for AI agent payments, identity, security, and fraud prevention.
Moderna and Merck reported the first successful Phase III trial of a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, sending Moderna shares sharply higher.
Unitree Robotics shares surged more than 500% on their Shanghai trading debut, briefly valuing the humanoid robot maker at around $50 billion.
Anthropic is reportedly considering issuing supervoting shares to its founders ahead of its expected IPO, helping preserve their control as the AI company prepares to go public.
QuantumLight, the venture capital firm founded by Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky, has raised $500 million for its second fund, doubling the size of its debut vehicle.
Anthropic generated more quarterly revenue than OpenAI for the first time, while OpenAI paused a major AI model training run over growing cybersecurity concerns.
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