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Thursday 5 November

Claude Gets Personal Finance—Anthony Pompliano Accuses Anthropic of Copying His Startup

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AI-generated summary Anthropic introduced a personal finance feature for Claude on Thursday that allows U.S. subscribers on Pro, Max, and Ultra plans to connect bank accounts through Plaid. Crypto investor Anthony Pompliano accused Anthropic of attempting to gather inside information from his competing startup, Silvia, months prior to the rollout.

Also covered by TNW | Anthropic The Decoder

Stocks nosedive as investors worried about AI-related debt

AI-generated summary Investors continued to express concern about mounting artificial intelligence related debt as stocks nosedived on Thursday following midterm victories for Democrats. Liz Ann Sonders of the Schwab Center for Financial Research wrote on X that the Nasdaq slid into correction territory.

Also covered by NBC News Yahoo Finance
Earlier: Enterprises Brush Off Wall Street Jitters and Double Down on AI Deployment

$500M data center loan auction hits AI debt market

AI-generated summary An anonymous seller is auctioning about $500 million of data center loans, including debt tied to the Stargate project of OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle. Junk bonds tied to CoreWeave and Galaxy Digital declined in the high-yield market while the Nasdaq Composite fell 5.52% on Thursday.

Also covered by datacenterdynamics.com
Earlier: Hedge Funds Dump AI Debt in ‘Massive’ Selloff, RBC’s Skiba Says

Blue Owl Sees Gains as Election Results Limit AI Compute Supply

AI-generated summary Blue Owl tells investors it anticipates earning higher returns on digital infrastructure transactions as available capital grows scarcer. Erik Bissonnette stated on an earnings call that a Democratic sweep in the US midterm elections could restrict computing capacity.

Earlier: 7 ways the midterms may affect the AI boom · How the midterms could fuel the K-shaped AI trade