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New financial technologies are making it faster and cheaper to move money across borders, seemingly reducing the world's reliance on the dollar . But new research presented at the Jackson Hole symposium suggests financial innovation may instead tighten the dollar's grip on global finance. Financial innovation is the theme for the annual gathering of central bankers, where they're grappling with ho…
The Strait of Hormuz has been Iran's most powerful card since the start of the war in late February. But over the past two months, U.S. officials say the American military has steadily eroded Iran's leverage over the crucial waterway. Why it matters: What began six months ago with the goal of degrading Iran's missile capabilities and destroying what remained of its nuclear program has evolved into…
Data: S&P Capital IQ Pro; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals Nvidia made billions selling AI's essential ingredient: chips. Now it's plowing those riches straight back into the AI ecosystem, betting on a buildout that craves ever more compute. Why it matters: Nvidia has become the AI industry's supplier, banker and kingmaker, feeding a self-reinforcing cycle in which chip profits finance the next wav…
Europe's landmark AI law has moved from an idea to enforcement. Why it matters: Brussels will soon learn whether it can turn its sweeping AI rulebook into regulation that companies can actually follow — and if it can become a global benchmark for AI standards. Driving the news: A major enforcement deadline arrived Aug. 2 . Most notably, new transparency and disclosure requirements are in effect fo…
The Iran war hits its six-month mark Friday, with President Trump's path to ending it increasingly unclear. Why it matters: Trump entered the war projecting a four- to five-week military campaign. Six months later, his proposed exits have ranged from military victory to a negotiated peace deal tied to reopening the Strait of Hormuz . Now, the war centers on an open-ended economic squeeze of Iran.…
A federal judge on Thursday struck down the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk , ruling that the government's actions violated Anthropic's constitutional rights. Why it matters: The ruling marks a major legal victory for Anthropic in its months-long fight with the Trump administration over how the military can use its AI models. Driving the news: U.S. District Judge Rita L…
National Democrats and Republicans are pressuring local TV stations to respond in opposite ways to a new federal court ruling on political ad rates, Axios has learned. Why it matters: How they respond will have a major impact on the fight for control of Congress by deciding which party's ad money goes further in the final stretch of the 2026 midterms . The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals this week ov…
House Democrats are planning legislation to counteract the executive order President Trump signed Thursday redesignating Lake Ontario as "Lake America," Axios has learned. Why it matters: Democrats are scrambling to contain the fallout from an escalating economic conflict between the Trump administration and the Canadian government. The collapse of trade talks between the two countries last week t…
President Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" on Thursday. Why it matters: The president is following through on his threat over the lake after U.S.-Canada trade negotiations collapsed. The collapse triggered 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods, with Canada announcing matching tariffs set to take effect Sept. 8. Catch up quick: Trump has repeate…
Data: Trade Partnership Worldwide, via National Taxpayers Union Foundation . Note: Includes tariffs mandated by executive order only. Totals through June 2026. Map: Brad Jennings/Axios States bear wildly different estimated tariff burdens from President Trump's trade actions since the start of 2025, from California's $62.8 billion share to Wyoming's $107 million. Why it matters: Local industries d…
President Trump told Axios in a phone interview on Thursday that he isn't concerned that Russia will attack NATO countries. Why it matters: European leaders have grown extremely concerned and warned publicly that Moscow could test NATO's resolve — and Trump's commitment to Article 5, the alliance's collective-defense clause — through a limited attack or other military provocations. CIA Director Jo…
The Trump administration is in talks with Venezuela's interim government about taking an ownership stake in the South American country's enormous oil resources, two U.S. officials tell Axios. Why it matters: The historic deal would more than double U.S. oil reserves by drawing from a country that has the world's largest proven reserves. "Calling this deal huge would be an understatement," one of t…
OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and more than 100 other companies warned Thursday that the organizations now only have months to prepare for AI-enabled cyberattacks. Why it matters : Hospitals, water treatment plants and other critical infrastructure will face a swarm of hacking threats as AI makes sophisticated cyber capabilities cheaper and more accessible to attackers, the gro…
Meta removed a network of Facebook and Instagram accounts tied to an Iran-based operation that used AI to target U.S. audiences with posts about American politics, the company first shared with Axios. Why it matters: The operation attracted thousands of followers and included accounts posing as everyday Americans to appear more authentic. Driving the news : As part of a broader threat report relea…
President Trump's playbook for reshaping America's elections targets who appears on voter rolls , how ballots move through the mail , who monitors polling places and where congressional lines are drawn. The effort leaves virtually no part of the election system untouched. Why it matters: Voting-rights experts say the churn is designed to sow confusion, deter turnout and undermine trust in election…
Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh made clear four weeks ago that he wants to use his speech at the Kansas City Fed's annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to take on big, lofty ideas, as opposed to the tactical details of what the Fed may do in this year's three remaining policy meetings. Events have not cooperated. The big picture: Warsh is under intense pressure to give a clearer message…
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) is pleading with his colleagues to reject his censure in a 22-page letter arguing that the House Ethics Committee made an "extraordinary leap" in determining that his behavior amounted to sexual harassment. Why it matters: Edwards' aggressive defense of his conduct — allegations that ultimately caused him to drop his reelection bid — comes as he tries to avoid one of th…
Lawyers for Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook have submitted their case for why she cannot legally be fired, as President Trump seeks new avenues for dismissing the Biden appointee for cause. The big picture: After the Supreme Court ruled against Trump's attempt to fire Cook last year over allegations that she claimed two different properties as her primary residence in mortgage documents, the Wh…
To paraphrase Justin Timberlake in his iconic turn in the 2010 film "The Social Network," a trillion dollars isn't cool. You know what is? $3 trillion. The big picture: That's roughly how much money seven Big Tech companies, including Google, Microsoft and Nvidia, have committed to spending on AI-related infrastructure in off-balance-sheet commitments, according to a new analysis from Morgan Stanl…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will hold fireside chats with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang next week during the U.S.-led G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Why it matters: The Sept. 1–2 summit, co-hosted by the Commerce Department and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, is aimed at fostering global innovation in AI and other techn…
Data: Source: S&P Capital IQ Pro, company releases; Note: Nvidia's fiscal year runs ahead of the calendar. The quarter ended July 2026 is its Q2 fiscal 2027.; Chart: Emily Peck/Axios AI behemoth Nvidia reported blowout earnings Wednesday — exceeding Wall Street's expectations — and even jaded investors who had grown a bit immune to the company's stratospheric growth over the past year seemed to li…
The nation's old guard of Black leaders is still a key force for Democrats, but this year's primaries have revealed the rising influence of Black Gen Z voters who aren't swayed by their elders' seniority, civil rights credentials or endorsements. Driving the news: Michigan's Democratic primary for Senate offered a snapshot of the growing generational divide among Black voters in particular. U.S. R…
Wildfires demand action on radically different timelines: during the crisis, before the next fire season and over the coming decades. Why it matters: Climate change is worsening the underlying risk, making everything from evacuation plans to forest management and cutting emissions part of the response. Driving the news: America's northwestern corner is having a record-breaking wildfire year, and t…
Meta's landmark social media settlement marks the latest milestone in a decade-long unwinding of Big Tech's once-unfettered freedom to operate. Why it matters: The AI industry is watching closely . Its historic expansion, already fraught with job risks and public anxiety, depends on building thousands of power-hungry data centers in communities where opposition is rising fast. State of play: "The…
A military judge on Wednesday set a June 2028 trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other men accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The big picture: Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, a military commissions judge, set the tentative trial date for June 5, 2028 — some 20 years after Mohammed and his co-defendants were first arraigned in 2008 and 27 years after the 9/1…
Nvidia projected 70% revenue growth in its next fiscal year, sending its stock up in after-hours trading, while the company defended its decision to provide capital solutions to its customers. Why it matters: The stock is widely considered a bellwether for the health of the broader AI economy, but lately it has been trailing the broader semiconductor sector in market gains. Zoom in: In its latest…
👋 Hey there, I’m Lenny. Each week, I share deeply researched product, growth, and career advice. For more: Lenny’s Jobs | Lenny’s Podcast | Lennybot | How I AI | Become an AI-Native Builder and my other favorite AI/PM courses Subscribe now P.S. Get a full free year of Cursor, Notion, Replit, Lovable, Wispr Flow, Linear, ElevenLabs, Factory, PostHog, Granola, Brain.fm, Waking Up, and more, by beco…
Grok Bot + Grok 4.6—what’s great (and what’s still hype) Listen now on YouTube • Spotify • Apple Podcasts Brought to you by: Bolt.new —Turn your idea into a real product Jira AI SDLC —Get your tokens’ worth with Jira In this solo episode, Claire tests Grok Bot, Cursor Origin, and Grok 4.6 to figure out what’s genuinely useful and what’s still mostly hype. She shares the Grok Bot feature that immed…
Ryan Carson is a five-time founder and the current solo founder of Untangle, a B2B SaaS platform for family law firms. Before Untangle, he co-founded Treehouse, an online coding education platform, and has spent the better part of two decades building and leading tech companies. He’s active on X, where he shares his solo founder journey in real time, including what he actually spends on AI tools e…
Jen Abel is the co-founder of JJellyfish and GM of enterprise sales at State Affairs. She is widely regarded as one of the sharpest practitioners in enterprise sales, and for that reason, this is her third visit to the podcast. In our first conversation we went deep on founder-led sales; in our second we mapped the $1M–$10M playbook. This time we do something I’ve never seen on another podcast: wa…
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This week I’m doing a solo breakdown of everything xAI and Cursor have shipped recently, including Grok Bot, Cursor Origin, and the Grok 4.6 model. I set up five Grok Bots, ran Grok 4.6 through my Claire Weighted Index against GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5, and Opus 5, and spent time actually using Origin as a GitHub replacement. Here’s what’s worth your attention, what’s overhyped, and where I’m p…
👋 Hey there, I’m Lenny. Each week, I share deeply researched product, growth, and career advice. For more: Lenny’s Jobs | Lenny’s Podcast | How I AI | Lennybot | Become an AI-Native Builder and some other favorite AI/PM courses Subscribe now P.S. Get a full free year of Cursor, Notion, Replit, Lovable, Factory, Wispr Flow, Linear, ElevenLabs, PostHog, Brain.fm, Waking Up, and more, by becoming an…
How a solo founder used Codex and ChatGPT to launch a fashion brand without engineers | Yana Welinder Listen now on YouTube • Spotify • Apple Podcasts Brought to you by: Merge —Connective infrastructure for production AI Jira AI SDLC —Get your tokens’ worth with Jira Yana Welinder is the solo founder of Yana Bana, an AI-native fashion brand she’s building without an engineering team. In this episo…
Yana Welinder is the solo founder of Yana Bana, an AI-native fashion brand built with AI as her technical co-founder, starting from hand-drawn sketches and ending with runway photos, CAD files for 3D printing, and a live Stripe-connected pre-order site—no engineers required. A former product leader, she brings an operator’s rigor to her creative process: her “fashion prompt” is a detailed spec cov…
Ian Silber is the head of product design at OpenAI, where he has led the design of ChatGPT, Codex, and all of OpenAI’s product experience for the past three years. Before OpenAI, he was at Artifact, the AI-powered news app built by the founders of Instagram. Prior to that, he spent eight years at Instagram, where he worked on products including Reels. Ian is one of the most consequential designers…