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CoreWeave explores Wall Street playbook to hedge against volatile memory chip prices

AI cloud company CoreWeave is exploring financial derivatives like put options to protect against falling memory chip prices after signing long-term supply agreements with price floors. The move highlights how deeply AI infrastructure demand has entangled cloud providers with volatile chip markets, as memory prices have nearly doubled this year but historically collapse when new manufacturing capacity comes online.

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CoreWeave explores Wall Street playbook to hedge against volatile memory chip prices

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Wall Street banks ride AI super cycle to record investment banking revenues this quarter

Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase reported record quarterly revenues, driven by surging AI-related dealmaking and financing activity. Goldman's revenue jumped 39% to $20.3 billion, while JPMorgan saw a 27% rise to $58 billion. Wall Street banks are capitalizing on massive capital flows into AI infrastructure, advising on deals, financing data centers, and underwriting offerings as the AI boom creates opportunities far beyond Silicon Valley.

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Wall Street banks ride AI super cycle to record investment banking revenues this quarter

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Kalshi builds forward curve for computing power as exchanges race to financialize AI infrastructure

Prediction market platform Kalshi has developed a forward curve tracking the future price of computing power, using weekly and monthly event contracts to predict GPU rental costs up to a year ahead. The move positions Kalshi alongside CME and ICE in the race to transform AI infrastructure into a tradable commodity, as GPU capacity becomes increasingly constrained and expensive.

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Kalshi builds forward curve for computing power as exchanges race to financialize AI infrastructure

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Jamie Dimon reveals AI eliminated 30-40% of jobs in some JPMorgan divisions during earnings call

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon disclosed that AI has already eliminated 30 to 40 percent of jobs in certain bank divisions, though most affected employees found positions elsewhere. Despite these significant staffing reductions, competitive dynamics mean the cost savings will benefit customers rather than inflate profit margins, as every bank deploys similar AI capabilities.

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Jamie Dimon reveals AI eliminated 30-40% of jobs in some JPMorgan divisions during earnings call

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Goldman Sachs Posts Record Earnings as CEO Says AI Investment Boom Still in Early Innings

Goldman Sachs reported record quarterly earnings of $20.98 per share, crushing analyst expectations with net revenue of $20.34 billion—up 39% year over year. CEO David Solomon emphasized that the AI investment cycle remains in its early stages, driving unprecedented demand across infrastructure, energy, and data centers while creating opportunities throughout the bank's operations.

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Goldman Sachs Posts Record Earnings as CEO Says AI Investment Boom Still in Early Innings

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Visa launches AI Financial Assistant to transform banking apps into conversational hubs

Visa announced its AI Financial Assistant, a new service enabling financial institutions to deliver AI-powered financial insights directly within their banking apps. The assistant provides proactive spending insights, answers natural-language queries, and allows actions like locking cards—all under the bank's own brand. A U.S. pilot program launches in August 2026, with global rollout planned thereafter.

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Visa launches AI Financial Assistant to transform banking apps into conversational hubs

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AI Investment Boom Could Mirror Dotcom Bust as BIS Warns of $1 Trillion Spending Spree

The Bank for International Settlements warns that the AI investment boom could collapse into a financial bust, drawing parallels to the dotcom crash. Five major hyperscalers are set to spend over $1 trillion on AI infrastructure through 2026, but economic risks from debt-fueled expansion and circular financing threaten sustainability.

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AI Investment Boom Could Mirror Dotcom Bust as BIS Warns of $1 Trillion Spending Spree

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Morgan Stanley defends Broadcom as core AI winner amid MediaTek competition fears over Google TPU share

Morgan Stanley has defended Broadcom against investor concerns about rising competition, calling it a core AI winner second only to Nvidia. The firm projects Broadcom will retain roughly 80% of Google's tensor processing unit business despite MediaTek's entry, dismissing bearish forecasts as premature. Broadcom shares have dropped 22% from their June peak despite recent chip deals with Apple, Meta, and Google.

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Morgan Stanley defends Broadcom as core AI winner amid MediaTek competition fears over Google TPU share

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IBM Stock Plunges 25% as Customers Divert IT Spending to AI Infrastructure Ahead of Price Hikes

IBM shares suffered their worst single-day drop since 1972, falling 25%, after the company revealed customers redirected budgets from mainframes to servers and storage amid AI hardware panic. CEO Arvind Krishna admitted the company failed to anticipate the magnitude of the spending shift as clients rushed to secure supply-constrained infrastructure before expected price increases.

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IBM Stock Plunges 25% as Customers Divert IT Spending to AI Infrastructure Ahead of Price Hikes

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Flex doubles valuation to $1.2 billion as AI-native private bank expands globally

AI finance startup Flex raised $70 million in a Series B1 round led by Ryan Smith's Halo Fund, doubling its valuation to $1.2 billion in just six months. The AI-powered finance startup targets mid-sized business owners with a bundled platform that combines banking, private credit, and cross-border payments using stablecoin rails across more than 100 countries.

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Flex doubles valuation to $1.2 billion as AI-native private bank expands globally

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Tower Semiconductor bets $3B on Japan expansion as AI data centers drive optical chip demand

Tower Semiconductor unveiled a $3 billion Japan expansion targeting silicon photonics and optical components for AI data centers, with Tokyo contributing $1 billion in grants. The dual-track project aims for full production by Q4 2027, with the company raising its 2028 revenue forecast to $3.6 billion as more than 70% of planned capacity is already committed through customer contracts.

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Tower Semiconductor bets $3B on Japan expansion as AI data centers drive optical chip demand

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DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng becomes world's richest AI founder with $36 billion net worth

Liang Wenfeng has emerged as the world's richest AI founder after DeepSeek's $7.4 billion funding round catapulted his net worth to $36 billion. The Chinese entrepreneur now surpasses Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Greg Brockman, while retaining an unusual 78% stake in his company—a level of control rarely seen among Silicon Valley peers.

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DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng becomes world's richest AI founder with $36 billion net worth

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SoftBank's Masayoshi Son predicts $5 trillion annual AI demand by 2040, dismisses bubble concerns

At SoftBank's annual conference in Tokyo, CEO Masayoshi Son projected that AI infrastructure will require $5 trillion in annual investment by 2040, calling bubble concerns absurd. With over $60 billion committed to OpenAI and bold predictions about AI-related industries consuming 20% of global GDP, Son outlined an ambitious vision for an agent-centric future powered by nuclear fusion.

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SoftBank's Masayoshi Son predicts $5 trillion annual AI demand by 2040, dismisses bubble concerns

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OpenAI strikes first prediction market deal with Kalshi to show World Cup odds in ChatGPT

OpenAI has quietly partnered with Kalshi to display World Cup prediction market odds in ChatGPT search results, marking the AI company's first deal with a betting exchange. The integration shows real-time odds for matches like France versus Spain, but users cannot place bets through ChatGPT. The move signals prediction markets' rapid push into mainstream tech platforms.

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OpenAI strikes first prediction market deal with Kalshi to show World Cup odds in ChatGPT

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South Korea raises 2026 GDP forecast to 3% as AI chip boom fuels semiconductor-led recovery

South Korea has raised its 2026 economic growth forecast to 3%, the strongest pace in five years, riding a global surge in AI chip demand. The government plans to fast-track mega projects covering semiconductor manufacturing, AI data centres and physical AI investments, backed by a 2027 budget exceeding 800 trillion won. The upgrade marks a sharp revision from the previous 2.0% forecast.

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South Korea raises 2026 GDP forecast to 3% as AI chip boom fuels semiconductor-led recovery

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