OpenAI told investors in February its compute bill would be around $600bn. A July presentation puts it at $856bn.
OpenAI told investors in February its compute bill would be around $600bn. A July presentation puts it at $856bn.

The Financial Times reported that OpenAI expects negative free cash flow of $278bn between 2026 and 2030, from a July presentation prepared for a computing deal. That figure is an improvement on the roughly $305bn the company projected in May, while th…

Revolut plans a dual London and Nasdaq listing, Storonsky tells Les Echos
Revolut plans a dual London and Nasdaq listing, Storonsky tells Les Echos

“In reality, we are currently planning a dual listing, on the London Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq,” Nik Storonsky told Les Echos. The Revolut founder was in Paris on Monday. Gabriel Nédélec and Ingrid Feuerstein interviewed him for the French paper, w…

SoftBank expands $6.05bn credit facility to $6.5bn with 20-plus banks
SoftBank expands $6.05bn credit facility to $6.5bn with 20-plus banks

SoftBank Group has added $450m to an existing credit line, lifting the facility to $6.5bn, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. Set against what the company is spending on OpenAI, the sum is a rounding error. Set against the week SoftBank ha…

“An ill-advised moment to go public”: OpenAI eyes a $1.5tn private round
“An ill-advised moment to go public”: OpenAI eyes a $1.5tn private round

“Right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public,” OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman told Fortune on 12 September. Now OpenAI is considering one more private funding round before its IPO, at a valuation of about $1.5tn. The New York Times reporte…

Revolut gets its Colombian banking licence, its sixth worldwide
Revolut gets its Colombian banking licence, its sixth worldwide

Revolut has received its licence to operate from Colombia’s financial regulator, the Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia (SFC). The company said the licence is the last regulatory step it needs before it launches in the country. Revolut announced t…

Anthropic expects a second straight quarter of adjusted operating profit
Anthropic expects a second straight quarter of adjusted operating profit

Anthropic has told shareholders it expects positive adjusted operating income for a second straight quarter, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing several people with knowledge of the matter. CNBC reported the same on Monday, citing two people…

SoftBank shares slide up to 13% as AI stocks fall on slowdown calls
SoftBank shares slide up to 13% as AI stocks fall on slowdown calls

SoftBank Group shares fell as much as 13% in Tokyo on Monday, their steepest drop since 17 July. AI-linked stocks sold off worldwide that day. Over the weekend, the heads of Anthropic and OpenAI had called on the industry to slow the development of mor…

Some prop firms profit from failure
Some prop firms profit from failure

The appeal of prop trading starts with a genuine problem around access to capital. 45% of people who don’t invest said they simply did not have enough money to do so. Talented traders lack enough capital to turn skill into returns. Proprietary firms ar…

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Financial Services with data from S&P, LSEG, Moody’s and PitchBook
OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Financial Services with data from S&P, LSEG, Moody’s and PitchBook

OpenAI has launched a version of ChatGPT for banks and investment firms, with licensed market data built into the product. It is designed around the work financial analysts already do, including valuations, leveraged buyout models, buyer screening, ear…

How I learned to stop worrying and love the gamification of finance
How I learned to stop worrying and love the gamification of finance

Gamification has a bad name in finance, and rightfully so. Trading apps fired confetti when you bought options. Meme stocks turned rent money into casino chips. Say “gamified finance” today and people picture slot machines packaged as financial product…