February 2026

OpenAI Secures Record $110 Billion Funding Round Backed By Amazon, Nvidia, & SoftBank OpenAI has closed a new funding round that could total $110 billion, valuing the ChatGPT maker at $730 billion pre-money and potentially putting it on course for an IPO in the second half of the year, according to a new Financial Times […]

US Begins Evacuating Some Embassy Staff In Israel ‘While Flights Still Available’ “Persons may wish to consider leaving Israel while commercial flights are available,” the US State Department announced Friday, signaling that US strikes on Iran could be imminent,. It provided confirmation the US government has begun evacuating “non-emergency” personnel from the embassy in Israel

Surging Services Costs Spark Unexpected Surge In US Producer Prices In January US Producer Prices came in hotter than expected in January, with the headline PPI rising 0.5% MoM (vs +0.3% exp), higher than the revised +0.4% MoM in December. This left Producer Prices up 2.9% YoY (hotter than expected but below December’s +3.0%)… Source:

Futures Slide As Renewed AI Disruption And Private Credit Fears Spark Selling The rollercoaster continues: US equity futures are in the red again, trading near session lows, and set to extend Thursday’s losses with as stocks underperform after yesterday’s spectacular plunge in the momentum trade as NVDA’s post record-breaking earnings/guidance plunge spooked markets that nothing

“Torn The Roof Off” British Politics: Starmer Stunned After Green Party Steals Labour Seat UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to reinvent his ailing Labour government with a leftwards pivot after the Green Party captured one of its House of Commons seats via a special election. The result underscores the recent fragmentation of

New Kansas Law Ends Transgender Activist Madness It’s a disturbing commentary on our times when the concept of men and women being required by law to admit their proper biological sex becomes headline news, but here we are.  For the past decade, transgender ideology (with zero basis in scientific reality) has surged to the forefront