Bending Spoons IPO and Satispay's €120M Raise: Two Italian Unicorns, Two Opposite Bets
Bending Spoons filed for a $20B Nasdaq IPO. Satispay raised €120M and stayed private. Both Italian, both 2013. What their diverging paths reveal.
Artificial Intelligence
How AI is changing the way ordinary people relate to money, work, and financial decisions. The human side of the machine.
Anthropic's First National Survey: What 52,000 Americans Actually Think About AI
Anthropic surveyed 52,000 Americans on AI in late 2025. Job loss topped every fear list. Only 15% trust AI companies.
Claude Corps: Anthropic Puts $150 Million on the Acknowledgement That AI Disrupts the Workers Who Built It
Anthropic confirmed Claude Corps, a $150M fellowship placing 1,000 workers in US nonprofits. What the programme structure reveals about AI's unresolved labour debt.
Mastercard Agent Pay for Machines: AI Agents Now Have a Spending Identity and 30 Partners to Spend With
Mastercard confirmed Agent Pay for Machines on June 10, 2026: a governed, multi-rail payment layer for AI agents across 30+ partners. Here is what it adds.
OpenAI Economic Research Exchange: What It Funds, What It Offers, and What It Asks of Researchers
OpenAI opened applications for funded research on AI's economic effects, with proprietary data access and $25,000 grants. The ten priority questions reveal where the gaps are.
Meta America's Workforce Academy (AWA): Meta Guaranteed Jobs for Trade Workers Three Weeks After Cutting 8,000 of Its Own
Meta is paying workers to train for trades, guaranteeing them jobs, and funding it with AI capex. Three weeks after cutting 8,000 staff, the strategy shift is visible.
OpenAI Files a Confidential S-1. It Also Says Going Public Can Wait.
OpenAI confirmed its confidential S-1 filing on June 8, 2026. No timeline, no price, no share count — and the company says it may stay private longer.