Last year Leopold Aschenbrenner was an AI influencer w/ no professional investing experience. Now he manages a +$1bn hedge fund that's up 47% this year through June. Meet the new class of AI thematic portfolio managers

Scoop: Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is heading to the White House, days after President Trump called for his immediate resignation. $intc wsj.com/tech/intel-ceo…

Exclusive: Bain Capital is considering an initial public offering of retailer Bob’s Discount Furniture for as soon as later this year on.wsj.com/45t4BkV

Trump confirms he met with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, following our reporting yesterday. "A very interesting one." $intc wsj.com/livecoverage/s…

Scoop: Bain is weighing a 2025 IPO of Bob’s Discount Furniture, a business the private-equity firm has owned since 2014. w/ Ben Glickman wsj.com/business/deals…

He isn’t just the CEO of the world’s most valuable company. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang has been conducting a high-wire act of shuttle diplomacy between the world’s two most powerful countries. ⁦Amrith Ramkumar⁩, ⁦Raffaele Huang⁩, me wsj.com/world/china/nv…

Trump appears to be not very pleased with Goldman's Jan Hatzius, a well-respected economist on Wall Street who, notably, kinda predicted GFC in 2008 Hatzius's team, like most mainstream economists, has said tariffs would boost prices and slow growth wsj.com/economy/trump-…

The Trump administration is considering changes to how the federal government collects and reports jobs data, according to White House officials on.wsj.com/3Un7DST

Our weekend read about the Palantir Mafia: who they are, what defines them, and how they stay connected — including a luxury camping trip by Russian River hosted by Founders Fund wsj.com/tech/the-palan…

Listen 🎧: Is the U.S. in a big-merger era? Lauren Thomas discusses why we’re seeing so much M&A right now, how long the trend might continue and what roadblocks may be in store. on.wsj.com/3o375VH

WSJ scoop: A group of investors led by one of the country’s biggest hotel owners is nearing a deal to take Soho House private wsj.com/business/soho-…

Soho House Members’ Club Nearing a Deal to Go Private. Scoop from ⁦Craig Karmin⁩ & ⁦Ben Glickman⁩ wsj.com/business/soho-…

Sunday scoop: Soho House $SHCO is nearing a deal to go private; $9 a share, minority equity investors include MCR Hotels and Apollo (which is also doing some debt financing) W Craig Karmin wsj.com/business/soho-…

Scoop w/ Joe Flint: Sinclair has offered to merge its broadcast TV business with Tegna, while Tegna is already in advanced talks to sell itself to Nexstar. $sgbi $tgna $nxst wsj.com/business/deals…

SCOOP: Medtronic is making changes to its board and vowing other fixes after activist Elliott quietly became one of the medical-device marker's largest shareholders. $mdt wsj.com/business/deals…

🚂 Scoop: Activist investor Ancora is ramping up the pressure on CSX to explore a deal, saying it’s prepared to launch a proxy fight. $csx wsj.com/business/deals…

Scoop: Billionaire Bill Ackman has been quietly acting as a de facto ambassador for a private school launching in NY that eschews DEI and uses AI to speed-teach children in two hours: wsj.com/us-news/educat…

*Due to yesterday's WSJ article that detailed Joe Liemandt's involvement with Alpha Schools. Read it here: wsj.com/us-news/educat…

Ether, the cryptocurrency long overshadowed by bitcoin, has surged about 20% this month. One big beneficiary: billionaire Peter Thiel on.wsj.com/4lIvQyj

New: Peter Thiel leads pack of investors piling into ether. W/ Vicky Ge Huang