# [AI WEEKLY NEWS RUNDOWN] Anthropic Flips OpenAI at $965B, Google Engineer Arrested for Polymarket Fraud, and Kalshi Wins CFTC Perp Approval (May 24 – May 31, 2026)

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Published: 2026-06-01T03:17:56+00:00
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🎧 Listen ADS-FREE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/djamgamind/id6760446113 Visit our Research Hub at https://djamgamind.com/pdfs Subscribe to our Newsletter at https://enoumen.substack.com #DJAMGAMIND Summary: In this weekly briefing, we dissect "The Militarization of Compute and the Crackdown on Information Leaks." We deconstruct Anthropic’s monumental achievement, raising $65 billion to command a $965 billion valuation and eclipsing OpenAI alongside the launch of Claude Opus 4.8. We analyze the intersection of prediction markets and corporate secrets, exploring the federal insider trading charges leveled against Google engineer Michele Spagnulo. We dive into the CFTC's historic decision to allow Kalshi to list Bitcoin perpetual futures onshore, bringing a slice of a $90 trillion market to the US. Finally, we cover SpaceX’s $4.16 billion Pentagon "Golden Dome" satellite contract, Microsoft's aggressive criminal threats against zero-day researchers, and Meta's leaked AI hardware roadmap. Itemized Important Topics: Anthropic Reaches the Top: Anthropic closes a historic $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion valuation, passing OpenAI’s $852 billion mark, driven by an explosion in Claude Code adoption pushing ARR to $47 billion. Claude Opus 4.8 Released: The new model rolls out at current pricing structures but introduces a 3x cheaper "Fast Mode" and slashes code-generation logic errors by 4x. Google Polymarket Insider Trading Arrest: The DOJ charges Google engineer Michele Spagnulo ("AlphaRacoon") with fraud and money laundering after he used non-public internal search metrics to win $1.2 million betting on Google's "Year in Search" trends. Kalshi Approvals Bring Crypto Perps to US: The CFTC greenlights Kalshi to list Bitcoin perpetual futures ("perps"), mark…

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