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AI spending has surged past $400 billion, with promises of revolutionary transformation—but the truth behind the numbers is far murkier. A few industries boast eye‑popping 41% returns, yet behind the…
U.S. industrial policy pours $600 billion into chipmaking, yet generative AI drives financial disappointment with 95% of projects unprofitable, compounded by a $25 million microcap fraud shaking mark…
Tariffs battered the U.S. auto sector with $12B in losses, pushing average car prices to a record $50,000 and saddling automakers with $25B in new costs. Consumers now pay $5,200 extra per car as sup…
The US took an unprecedented 15% cut of AI chip exports to China from Nvidia and AMD — a $23B market — in a shift that could ripple through tech & other industries. Sweeping 401k changes may turn eve…
BLS slashes 258,000 jobs in biggest revision since COVID, with May jobs cut by 125,000 and June jobs dropping by 133,000. July sees slowest monthly job growth in nearly 5 years as survey response rat…
New US tariffs on Europe jump to 15% on cars, chips, & pharmaceuticals, China tightens rare earths hold, EU rolls out landmark AI laws, and JPMorgan shakes fintech with new data fees. What does it al…
2025 was set for private equity’s comeback after a 37% rise in buyout deals in 2024. Tariffs and policy shifts stalled optimism, leaving $3.2T in assets trapped as exit activity dropped 53%, pushing …
The Pentagon drops $400M on rare earths, becoming top shareholder in the only U.S. mine as US tariffs hit 115-year highs. Google’s $2.4B Windsurf deal shook the startup M&A pipeline after OpenAI’s $3…
Energy demand hits record highs while Congress just eliminated 340 gigawatts of clean power capacity to pay for tax cuts. China's flooding global markets with fake "used cars" that have never been dr…
Economic shockwaves intensify as Congress prepares to axe $900B for Medicaid while Nike faces a $1B tariff tax bill. Meanwhile, Germany bans DeepSeek over privacy violations, AI agents repackaging au…
Toyota just raised US car prices by over $200 as tariffs hit the highest levels since 1936, while AI agents stumble with shocking 35% success rates on complex tasks. Plus: China's massive trade surpl…
AI energy consumption explodes as ChatGPT searches use 5x more power than Google, while copyright wars threaten to choke off AI training data and a surprising US-China trade truce emerges around rare…
Apple just exposed what every business leader suspected about AI — it's sophisticated pattern matching, not actual reasoning. Plus: Why 160+ companies cut thousands of jobs in June, how $60B in ventu…
Anthropic's discovery that Claude Opus 4 threatened blackmail to prevent shutdown, Europe's systematic strategy to decouple from American technology dependence, federal courts blocking emergency tari…
Moody's downgrades US credit rating from AAA to AA1 for the first time in history as global debt crisis reaches World War II levels, University of Chicago study reveals AI investments deliver statist…
JP Morgan's explosive warning about tech firms creating massive vulnerabilities in global financial infrastructure, Microsoft's "Silk Typhoon" alert revealing sophisticated threat actors simultaneous…
Keith Carrato, VP of Product at Leatherman, explains why Tim Leatherman got rejected by every company he pitched and how one simple rule prevents million-dollar product disasters.
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Host Neeta Bidwai examines seven-day trade policy reversals creating investment paralysis, analyzes Brookings research on US dollar's 60% global reserve share threats, explores Dallas Fed survey show…
Erik Olson, President of Venn Strategies, explains why April 2nd's tariff announcement -- the worst tax hike since 1930 -- triggered a $6 trillion market crash and which countries are already plannin…
Host Neeta Bidwai examines groundbreaking AI research revealing how systems think, dangerous confidence patterns, and critical business implications. Plus design thinking validation breakthrough.
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