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The Next Big AI Debt Wave Is Pushing Credit Swaps to New Highs

Gauges of credit risk for some of the biggest technology companies hit fresh highs on Tuesday, as investors brace for an onslaught of post-earnings bond sales they fear may overwhelm already overloaded debt markets.

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Anthropic Is in Talks for Another $45 Billion AI Deal. Nvidia Could Be a Big Winner.

Anthropic’s proposed $45 billion Nscale expansion could help fuel its growth, but it also adds another enormous bill ahead of its anticipated IPO.

  • Anthropic in talks to add $45 billion in AI contract value with Nscale.
  • Potential second Monarch data center in West Virginia for Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips.
  • Anthropic aims for one of the largest IPOs ever, possibly surpassing SpaceX's listing.

Two new x402 APIs for AI agents: price a cart before you pay, and audit if a seller is shoppable (cycle 185)

Two new x402 APIs for AI agents — price a cart before you pay it, and audit whether a seller is even shoppable After 184 cycles of shipping paid endpoints against a live x402 seller, the catalog sat…

  • Two new APIs introduced in cycle 185: /api/x402-cost-quote and /api/catalog-integrity-audit
  • Cost-quote API enables AI agents to price up to 50 paid routes before payment
  • Catalog-integrity-audit API checks if a seller's catalog is shoppable and properly gated

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