September 25, 2026 · 00:07:25

Anthropic's $11.6B AI Bet, Google's Space Chips and Costco's Big Quarter

AI infrastructure is getting enormous. Anthropic just committed $11.6 billion to Akamai for computing capacity, while Google is testing whether AI chips could eventually operate in space. Meanwhile, Costco delivered a huge quarter, oil prices pulled back, Treasury yields eased, and Chilean authorities seized 222 ancient fossils hidden inside a shipment of household goods. Plus, what all of this says about where technology, markets and the global economy are headed. I’m Derek Drew, and this is Drewscast. What’s happening. Why it matters. What everyone else is missing.