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Riot Platforms Lands $9.1 Billion AI Data Center Deal, Stock Surges 24% on Anthropic Lease

Riot Platforms secured a 20-year AI data center lease worth $9.1 billion with a frontier AI lab reported to be Anthropic, covering 191 megawatts at its Rockdale facility. The deal marks a decisive shift from Bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure, driving the stock up 24% in after-hours trading as analysts raised price targets to as high as $40.

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Riot Platforms Lands $9.1 Billion AI Data Center Deal, Stock Surges 24% on Anthropic Lease

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MoneyLion Veterans Launch Astraeus to Solve Wealth Management's Fragmented AI Infrastructure

Former MoneyLion executives Phill Rosen and Jon Stevenson have launched Astraeus, a wealth management infrastructure platform that addresses the industry's fragmented systems. Backed by Fintech Collective, F-Prime, and other investors, the platform uses semantic layers to give AI firm-specific context while maintaining regulatory compliance.

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MoneyLion Veterans Launch Astraeus to Solve Wealth Management's Fragmented AI Infrastructure

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Intel Upsizes Stock Sale to $20 Billion as AI Chip Manufacturing Demand Surges

Intel increased its common stock offering from $15 billion to $20 billion, pricing 210 million shares at $95 each to fund AI chip manufacturing expansion. The chipmaker will invest in advanced packaging, foundry business, and capital expenditures as tech giants pour trillions into AI compute infrastructure.

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Intel Upsizes Stock Sale to $20 Billion as AI Chip Manufacturing Demand Surges

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Community Opposition Threatens $130 Billion in Data Center Investments as Wall Street Reassesses Risk

At least 75 data center projects worth $130 billion faced local opposition in Q1 2026, forcing Wall Street banks to treat community resistance as credit risk. Protests over electricity consumption, water use, and noise are reshaping how lenders like JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America assess AI infrastructure expansion.

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Community Opposition Threatens $130 Billion in Data Center Investments as Wall Street Reassesses Risk

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JPMorgan Raises S&P 500 Target to 8,000 as AI Spending Begins Converting to Revenue Growth

JPMorgan strategists lifted their S&P 500 year-end target to 8,000 from 7,800, marking the second increase in two months. The revision comes as stronger corporate earnings and clear evidence that massive AI investments by tech giants are translating into accelerating revenue growth, particularly in cloud businesses.

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JPMorgan Raises S&P 500 Target to 8,000 as AI Spending Begins Converting to Revenue Growth

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Aether Holdings Acquires 60% Stake in Noviant for $3.6M to Boost AI Infrastructure Capabilities

Aether Holdings acquired a 60% stake in Noviant Inc. for $3.6 million through its subsidiary Aether Compute, combining $900,000 cash and $2.7 million in restricted stock. The deal brings Noviant's $5.36 million annual revenue stream and enterprise IT expertise into Aether's growing AI infrastructure portfolio, though ATHR shares fell 4.58% as markets assessed the strategic move.

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Aether Holdings Acquires 60% Stake in Noviant for $3.6M to Boost AI Infrastructure Capabilities

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Wall Street Backs Csquare Stock as AI Demand Drives Data Center Boom

Csquare went public in July at $21 per share and analysts see major upside ahead. Bank of America initiated coverage with a buy rating and $46 price target, citing the company's ability to address AI-driven data center supply constraints. The Texas-based operator runs 80 colocation data centers with 670 megawatts of expansion capacity across North America and the UK.

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Wall Street Backs Csquare Stock as AI Demand Drives Data Center Boom

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Nvidia's $500B AI Infrastructure Financing Plan Creates Secondary Market for Aging GPUs

Nvidia announced a $500 billion AI infrastructure financing initiative with six major financial firms including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and Apollo. The chipmaker will guarantee up to 25% of GPU collateral value to protect lenders, creating an unprecedented secondary market for aging GPUs while addressing concerns about circular financing.

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Nvidia's $500B AI Infrastructure Financing Plan Creates Secondary Market for Aging GPUs

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Anthropic Shifts AI Infrastructure Costs to Investors Through $68.3B Data Center Partnership

Anthropic announced a partnership with Macquarie Asset Management and GIC to develop dedicated US data centers through Theseus Infrastructure. The AI company will lease rather than own the facilities, transferring capital expenditure to investors while promising to cover electricity price increases for local communities.

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Anthropic Shifts AI Infrastructure Costs to Investors Through $68.3B Data Center Partnership

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Financial Institutions Face Rising Pressure to Strengthen AI Governance Amid Regulatory Concerns

The IMF and Bank of England have raised alarms about AI risks to financial systems, from cyber threats to systemic vulnerabilities. Financial institutions now face growing pressure to implement robust AI governance frameworks with clear accountability for decisions impacting customers, markets and compliance.

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Financial Institutions Face Rising Pressure to Strengthen AI Governance Amid Regulatory Concerns

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SEBI deploys AI to monitor social media as 62% of investors trust finfluencers

India's market regulator SEBI has launched Project Sudarsan, an AI-powered system that scans social media for fraudulent investment claims and unregistered financial advice. The move comes as 62% of investors report being influenced by finfluencers, with over 20,000 fraudulent posts already identified since November 2025.

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SEBI deploys AI to monitor social media as 62% of investors trust finfluencers

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Elon Musk backs AI traffic forecast while Michael Burry questions who will pay for surging AI agents

Elon Musk endorsed Cloudflare's projection that AI internet traffic could reach 1,000 times human levels within five years, calling it accurate. Michael Burry countered by questioning who will finance AI agents, highlighting concerns over AI infrastructure spending and market sustainability as tech giants invest hundreds of billions.

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Elon Musk backs AI traffic forecast while Michael Burry questions who will pay for surging AI agents

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Paytm Payment Gateway links with Claude AI to enable conversational payment insights via MCP Connector

Paytm Payments Services Limited integrated its payment gateway with Anthropic's Claude AI through the MCP Connector, allowing businesses to access payment-related information via conversational AI prompts. The integration covers transactions, refunds, settlements, and reconciliation details while maintaining secure, merchant-authorized access and control.

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Paytm Payment Gateway links with Claude AI to enable conversational payment insights via MCP Connector

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Atlassian Defies SaaSpocalypse With 35% Surge as AI Becomes Growth Driver, Not Threat

Atlassian shares jumped 35% after reporting strong fourth-quarter results that beat expectations, with revenue reaching $1.77 billion and cloud revenue growing 31%. The company turned fears about AI replacing enterprise software upside down, positioning its Teamwork Graph as the context layer AI agents need to function effectively.

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Atlassian Defies SaaSpocalypse With 35% Surge as AI Becomes Growth Driver, Not Threat

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Airbnb says AI writes 60% of its code as revenue jumps 17% and stock surges 15%

Airbnb posted strong Q2 earnings with $3.6 billion in revenue, up 17% year-over-year, as CEO Brian Chesky credited artificial intelligence for transforming the company. AI now writes 60% of Airbnb's code and has cut product development time by 60%, while an AI-powered customer support bot resolves 45% of issues without human intervention, reducing support costs by 16%.

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Airbnb says AI writes 60% of its code as revenue jumps 17% and stock surges 15%

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