Janet Harrison

Janet Harrison has over 16 years experience in the financial services industry giving her a vast understanding of how news affects the financial markets, and an early adopter of blockchain technology and digital currencies. Janet is an active holder and trader spending the majority of her time analyzing blockchain projects, reports and watching new and upcoming projects and other initiatives in the industry. She has a Masters Degree in Economics with previous roles counting Investment Banking.

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Janet Harrison · May 22, 2026 · 5:39 AM

CEOs plan to cut junior roles as AI reshapes hiring

A global survey of 415 CEOs reveals that 43 percent now plan to reduce junior roles over the next two years, up sharply from 17 percent in 2025. The entry-level job is not disappearing overnight, but the pipeline that has trained every generation of senior talent is being deliberately narrowed.

Janet Harrison · May 22, 2026 · 2:26 AM

AI name reader botches Glendale Community College graduation

An AI system tasked with reading graduate names at Glendale Community College skipped students, displayed wrong identities on the jumbotron, and left the president apologizing to boos. The incident is part of a broader commencement backlash against automation and job anxiety among graduates.

Janet Harrison · May 22, 2026 · 12:03 AM

AI recycling startups cash in on aluminum price shock

The price of aluminum just surged nearly 20 percent in 2026, hitting levels not seen in decades. For AI-powered recycling startups, this is not a crisis. It is the business case they have been waiting for.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026 · 8:51 PM

The Path raises $14.3M for safer AI therapy

The Path is pitching itself as a safer kind of AI therapy app at a moment when regulators are finally catching up with mental health chatbots.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026 · 6:26 PM

China's AI micro-drama boom is a business model worth watching

China just built the world's first mass commercial application of AI-generated video. It is a $16.5 billion industry producing thousands of titles monthly, and it runs on an industrial policy framework that Silicon Valley has not matched.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026 · 4:01 PM

AI job creation favors young college graduates

New work always pays a premium, at least until everyone learns how to do it. A sweeping study of US labor markets from 1940 to 2023 reveals who gets those jobs first, and the pattern has startups written all over it.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026 · 1:59 PM

SEC innovation exemption could legalize tokenized stocks

The SEC is about to approve something unprecedented: a regulatory sandbox for tokenized stocks that would let crypto platforms trade Apple and Tesla shares 24/7, and companies may not get to block it.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026 · 1:23 PM

Zafe Protocol is bringing private SOL transfers to Solana

Zafe Protocol is positioning itself as a zero-knowledge privacy layer for SOL transfers on Solana. The project targets a real weakness in public blockchains: fast payments still expose wallet activity unless privacy is built into the transaction flow.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026 · 12:29 PM

AMD Pledges Over $10 Billion to Taiwan as It Hunts AI Supply-Chain Scale

AMD pledged more than $10 billion to expand partnerships and packaging capacity in Taiwan, aiming to secure AI accelerator supply and challenge Nvidia across the compute stack.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026 · 8:39 AM

Kalshi's new backing shows prediction markets have won over Wall Street

Kalshi's extra $200 million from Baillie Gifford and Layer Global is more than a funding update. It is a signal that regulated prediction markets are gaining institutional credibility even as the legal fight continues.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026 · 6:21 AM

Jensen Huang is widening Nvidia's target far beyond chips

Jensen Huang's latest earnings call did more than top expectations. It signaled that Nvidia sees a fresh $200 billion opportunity in agentic AI and physical systems, a shift that could reshape where startups and investors place their bets.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026 · 5:38 AM

Crypto Twitter goes quiet as retail traders vanish

Scrolling through X feels different lately. The endless gm threads are gone. The 100x calls have dried up. Multiple users are reporting unusually low activity, and the data suggests a 15 month bear market finally broke retail engagement.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026 · 3:17 AM

Anthropic's $1.25bn-per-month bet on xAI makes compute the new battlefield

Anthropic agreed to buy all 300MW from xAI's Colossus 1 for about $1.25bn per month, a deal that turns compute into a competitive product and gives xAI a new recurring revenue stream while forcing labs to rethink how they secure GPU capacity.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026 · 12:59 AM

YouTube brings Gemini-powered remixing to Shorts, forcing creators to rethink ownership

YouTube added Gemini Omni to Shorts Remix at Google I/O, allowing users to AI‑reimagine eligible Shorts with metadata, watermarks and opt-outs, a shift that normalizes platform-native generative remixing while raising fresh creator rights and monetization questions.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026 · 10:40 PM

OpenAI's IPO talks would mark a rare disclosure moment for AI

OpenAI's expected move toward an IPO would force rare financial disclosure and give investors a first real look at the economics of frontier AI.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026 · 8:22 PM

Trump's new crypto order could open the door for fintech startups

Trump's latest executive order pushes federal agencies to make digital assets easier to integrate with banking and payments, giving crypto startups a clearer path into regulated finance.