A leading Silicon Valley cheerleader just showed all the reasons to be worried about the AI bubble

That math has become harder to ignore the longer the current market drags on. One veteran lender says that instinct has had the industry’s cost structure exactly backward for years. Bill Dallas (pictured top), chairman of Dallas Capital, has spent more than 40 years in the mortgage industry, building and running origination companies through multiple…

Key insights: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency denied Wise’s application to charter a de novo national trust bank, citing deficiencies in the company’s Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism programs.   What’s at stake: The decision marks the OCC’s first public denial of a fintech’s charter application following…

BERLIN, Sept. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MINISFORUM, a Global Edge Computing Solution Brand & System Integrator, today unveiled two new local AI computing solutions powered by the AMD Ryzen™ AI MAX+ PRO 495 processor: the AI Mini Workstation MS-S1 MAX-P495 and the AI Agent NAS N5 MAX-P495. The new solutions mark MINISFORUM’s continued commitment to democratizing…

“I expect to have several years before I take distributions from my 401(k) account.”

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Henry Chen, a former Meta tech lead who was laid off in May. He’s 38 and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. The following has been edited for length and clarity. After I left college, I worked as a DJ for a few years, taught…

Artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure startup Modal was valued at $15.75 billion in a Series D funding round in which it raised $750 million, CEO Erik Bernhardsson said in a Wednesday (Oct. 14) blog post. Modal’s new valuation is more than triple the $4.65 billion valuation the company achieved in a May Series C round in which is raised $355…