Google AI Finance expanding to Europe

Plus: Cowboy Space's $275M orbital data center raise

May 13, 2026

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Crash Expert: “This Looks Like 1929” → 71,105 Diversifying Here

Mark Spitznagel, who made $1B in a single day during the 2015 flash crash, warned markets are mimicking 1929. Seems extreme but we did just see the worst quarter for the S&P since 2022.

So it’s not so surprising that Vanguard and Goldman Sachs forecasted 5% and 3% annual S&P returns respectively for 2024-2034.

Late last year, Apollo’s chief economist Torsten Slok put it this way: "expect zero in return in the S&P 500 over the coming decade."

Almost no one knows this, but postwar and contemporary art appreciated 10.2% annually with near-zero correlation to equities from 1995–2025 overall.*

And sure… billionaires like Bezos can make headlines at auction, but what about the rest of us?

Masterworks makes it possible to invest in legendary artworks by Banksy, Basquiat, Picasso, and more – without spending millions.

29 exits. Net annualized returns like 16.5%, 17.6%, and 17.8% on works held over 1 year+. $1.3 billion invested. 500+ offerings.*

Shares in new offerings can sell quickly but…

*According to Masterworks data. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. Investing involves risk. Important Reg A disclosures: masterworks.com/cd.

Listed AI Daily – May 12, 2026

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Today's AI news is all about infrastructure and reach — from Anthropic landing Claude inside the AWS ecosystem to OpenAI pushing real-time voice into the API. Meanwhile, the race to power AI at scale is literally leaving the atmosphere, with a fresh-funded startup planning orbital data centers. Lots of movement on the platform layer.

Today's Top Stories

Anthropic Launches Claude Platform on AWS

Anthropic's Claude Platform is now generally available for AWS customers, bringing the full Claude API — including Managed Agents, web search, code execution, and the Files API — natively into AWS with IAM authentication, CloudTrail audit logging, and single-invoice billing. Claude Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, and Haiku 4.5 are all available, with new models shipping to AWS the same day they hit the native API. It's Anthropic's biggest enterprise distribution move yet.
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AKOOL Unveils AI Video Inference Engine with 10–20× Speed Gains

AKOOL launched a production-grade AI video inference engine that generates video clips in as little as 1–3 seconds — versus tens of seconds with traditional approaches — and supports real-time streaming at sub-30ms latency per frame. The rebuilt full-stack system spans cloud, real-time, and on-device deployments, and already powers AKOOL's Live Camera product for real-time digital avatars and live translation. AI video is officially moving from post-production into live communication.
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Cowboy Space Raises $275M to Build AI Data Centers in Orbit

As AI compute demand explodes, one startup is looking to space. Cowboy Space Corporation closed a $275M Series B led by Index Ventures at a $2B valuation — and plans to build its own rocket to put data centers in orbit, putting it in direct competition with SpaceX and Blue Origin. The company argues current rockets are too scarce and too expensive to meet the scale of AI infrastructure demand, and expects its first launch before the end of 2028.
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Google Brings AI-Powered Finance to Europe

Google's redesigned, AI-powered Finance experience is now live across Europe with full local language support. The revamped product includes an AI research assistant for stocks and market trends, Deep Search for complex financial questions, live earnings call audio with AI-generated insights, and expanded coverage of commodities and crypto. It's a meaningful signal that Google is serious about competing in the AI-native finance information space.
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Ciridae Raises $20M Seed to Bring AI to Main Street Businesses

Founded by alumni of a16z and Apple, Ciridae closed a $20M seed round targeting the vast swath of U.S. businesses that haven't yet benefited from the AI workplace revolution. The startup argues that enterprise AI adoption has been heavily skewed toward Fortune 500 companies, and is building tools specifically for "real economy" SMBs. It's an early bet on the next wave of AI diffusion beyond big tech buyers.
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