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In IPO-related filings, Anthropic warned that its public advocacy for AI safety regulation and statements by its executives could expose the company to risks including pressure from the Trump administration and selective scrutiny. These risks stem from multiple past conflicts between Anthropic and the Trump administration, including disputes over its demands for security limits on the U.S. Department of Defense’s use of its AI technology, as well as disagreements over the safety of its Mythos model and export controls. Anthropic further warned that even if other similarly positioned companies are not treated equally, it could still be a target of specific Trump administration agencies. Future export restrictions, plus cybersecurity or biosecurity incidents triggered by its AI models, could impact its product deployment, international expansion, and business growth. The company also acknowledged that the regulatory measures it advocates, once implemented, could raise compliance costs, restrict product development and launches, and slow its growth. (Bloomberg)

US stock markets open: The Dow Jones Industrial Average opens flat, the S&P 500 rises 0.19%, and the Nasdaq gains 0.28%. For individual stocks, per BIT Stock Platform data, Seagate Technology falls 3.8% after Morgan Stanley cut its price target. Storage and optical communication-related stocks mostly advance: SK Hynix jumps 8.6%, Micron Technology rises 3.8%, AAOI and LITE both gain over 1%, Corning climbs 1.9%, and SNDK increases 5.1%. Crypto-related stocks decline across the board: MSTR drops 1.2%, COIN falls 1.67%, and HOOD declines 4.88%.

Preliminary vote count results of Israel's Knesset election show that neither the right-wing bloc backing incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor the opposition camp has secured an absolute majority of seats. Netanyahu's Likud Party remains the largest party in the Knesset. (Xinhua)

Birch Hill, founded by former employees of Goldman Sachs and BlackRock, has closed a $4 million seed funding round led by Multicoin Capital, with participation from ParaFi Capital, Castle Island Ventures, and Nascent. The firm’s total capital raised now stands at $6.5 million. It currently manages vaults on Morpho, has applied to the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for broker-dealer qualification, plans to sell private credit products to accredited investors, and aims to securitize pools of U.S. multifamily residential, agricultural, and energy loans and tokenize them on-chain in the long term. (Decrypt)

Financial AI startup Casap announced Wednesday it has secured $56 million in Series B funding, led by Base10 Partners with strategic participation from Synchrony and Experian. The company’s total raised capital now stands at $90 million. Founded in 2023, Casap’s AI tools help banks and credit card companies handle disputes and chargebacks. According to the company, its clients reduce first-party fraud losses by up to 51%, boost chargeback win rates to 96% (compared to the industry average of 60%), and cut average dispute resolution time to 8 days, while traditional methods take up to 90 days. The startup did not disclose the valuation for this round.

Pre-market Wednesday saw mixed performance in the three major stock index futures: Dow Jones futures fell 0.13%, Nasdaq futures rose 0.43%, and S&P 500 futures edged up 0.19%, per Bitget’s market data. The Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision in the early hours of Thursday Beijing time—the most significant macro event tonight, with markets closely monitoring the decision and subsequent remarks from Fed Governor Waller. Key pre-market U.S. stock news on Wednesday: 1. Microsoft will release its Q1 FY2027 results (ending September 30) after U.S. Eastern Time Wednesday’s close. Bloomberg consensus estimates project adjusted EPS of $4.72 (up ~14% year-over-year from $4.13) and revenue of $90.63 billion (nearly 17% YoY growth from $77.67 billion). 2. Alphabet (Google’s parent) will report Q3 results after U.S. Eastern Time Wednesday’s close. Bloomberg consensus forecasts its Q3 GAAP EPS at $2.99 and total revenue at $127.93 billion (up ~25% YoY from $102.35 billion). 3. Oracle expands Nvidia Vera Rubin AI server deployment to multi-gigawatt scale, adds Google and Cerebras chips. On Tuesday, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure will scale its rollout of Nvidia’s latest Vera Rubin AI servers to multi-gigawatt capacity; no transaction value was disclosed. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang previously noted each gigawatt of the Vera Rubin system could generate up to $40 billion in revenue for the chipmaker. Oracle is also integrating chips from Alphabet and Cerebras Systems to diversify its computing power supply. 4. SK Hynix says all DRAM and HBM capacity is sold out by 2029, with Q3 operating profit beating expectations. 5. Apple will hold its second October event at 1:00 AM Beijing time Thursday, where the first touchscreen MacBook and new iPad mini are expected to launch.