This week’s signals point in one direction: acceleration with guardrails. Big platforms are doubling down on AI content and infrastructure, global trade bodies see transformation ahead, and policymakers are racing to define the rules, spanning child safety, chip flows, and bank oversight. Meanwhile, investors parse AI-fueled optimism against recession indicators and a pivotal rate decision, as healthcare brands feel the heat of new warnings and oversight. Our clients continue to show up across the conversation, from financial innovation and home-equity insights to women’s sports and automation, illustrating how influence is built in real time.
News Trends to Watch
AI & Tech
- The New York Times: What Exactly Are A.I. Companies Trying to Build? Here’s a Guide.
- CNBC: Nvidia CEO says he’s ‘disappointed’ after report China has banned its AI chips
- Reuters: YouTube, new leader of US media industry, bets on AI as key for creating content
- Forbes: AI’s Energy Crisis: Why Nuclear Power Could Be The Missing Link
- Reuters: AI set to transform global trade, says World Trade Organization report
Politics and Regulation:
- Axios: The new AI policy rulebook
- CNBC: Regulatory outlook for banks is the best I’ve seen in decades, says RBC’s Gerard Cassidy
- Reuters: Rolling Stone, Billboard owner Penske sues Google over AI overviews
- The Hill: Anthropic CEO criticizes administration’s chip policy, calls for stronger restrictions
- The New York Times: Regulators Are Digging Into A.I. Chatbots and Child Safety
Finance & Investment
- Axios: AI hype is masking recession signals in the market
- Business Insider: These 3 areas of the stock market will be the most likely winners of a Fed rate cut, strategist says
- Bloomberg: Private Equity Pours Billions Into Troubled Firms That Fail: S&P
- Reuters: Stocks flat, dollar edges higher as investors await Fed rate decision
- The Wall Street Journal: AI Agents Are Getting Ready to Handle Your Whole Financial Life
Healthcare
- Reuters: U.S. FDA sends drug advertising warning letters to Lilly, Novo, Hims
- The Hill: The Sandbox: Finally Washington takes action to fix healthcare
- The New York Times: Kennedy Is Undermining Trust in Public Health, Former C.D.C. Officials Testify
- The New York Times: Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Could Hamper Efforts to House the Homeless
Clients in the News
- AI Agents Podcast: Healthcare AI Innovation with Ganesh Padmanabhan, CEO of Autonomize AI (Autonomize AI)
- Alternatives Watch: Ontario Teachers partners with Sagard Real Estate (Sagard)
- Axios: Why Wall Street is OK with a little sticky inflation (Easterly)
- Crunchbase News: The Market Is Mispricing Women’s Sports. It’s Time To Catch Up. (Muse Capital)
- Fintech Impact: Extend with Andrew Jamison (Extend)
- Sports Business Journal: Closing Bell (Ualett)
- RiskReversal Podcast: Unlocking $31 Trillion: The Surprising Power of Home Equity in 2025 with Vishal Garg (Better.com)
- USA Today: Caregiving pulled these women out of the workforce, then gave them new careers (A Place for Mom)
- Tearsheet: The jazz ensemble approach: How Fundbox’s dual leadership model powers lending growth (Fundbox)
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