Following the death of Ayatollah al-Khamenei in early military strikes, his son has been chosen as Iran's new supreme leader.

The United States and Israel began a joint military campaign against Iran in early March 2026.

Oil prices surged past $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022 due to the military conflict with Iran.

The US national debt has surpassed 100% of GDP for the first time since the end of World War II.

OpenAI is projected to burn $25 billion in cash in 2026.

The US military expects China to be prepared to invade Taiwan by 2027, with a more likely timeframe being 2029 or later.

Anthropic is currently being valued at $1 trillion in the private market.

The combined market capitalization of the expected IPOs for SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI will exceed the total market cap of all IPOs from the dot-com era.

The semiconductor chip sector has grown from representing 3% of the S&P 500 ten years ago to 17% today.

If Poland continues its current growth trajectory for the next four years, its economy is projected to become larger than the economy of the United Kingdom.

Anthropic's annual recurring revenue has reached $30 billion and is projected to grow to $40 billion.

Aswath Damodaran's recent analysis placed the intrinsic value of SpaceX at $1.2 trillion.

Financial institutions including JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and SMBC are seeking to offload data center-related debt to a broader range of investors.

Spending commitments from OpenAI and Anthropic constitute approximately 50% of Microsoft's revenue backlog, 51% of Amazon's, 43% of Google's, and over 50% of Oracle's.