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 17, 2026 · 12:43 AM

AI's compute boom is choking PC builders and the startups that rely on them

PC Gamer's survey that 60 percent of gamers will delay PC builds highlights a broader shift: hyperscaler AI demand is inflating memory and GPU prices, choking the secondhand and consumer markets that feed startups and indie developers.

Janet Harrison · May 16, 2026 · 10:25 PM

AI demand is pricing gamers and startups out of new PCs

AI data center demand is squeezing memory and consumer hardware costs so hard that many PC gamers are pausing upgrades, while startups are being pushed toward cloud APIs and efficient edge AI.

Janet Harrison · May 16, 2026 · 7:44 PM

The UK just showed startups how to beat Palantir in government deals

The UK's Palantir replacement is more than a cost-saving exercise. It shows startups how digital sovereignty, transparency, and control are reshaping government procurement.

Janet Harrison · May 16, 2026 · 4:17 PM

OpenAI's Malta deal turns ChatGPT access into a state-backed utility

OpenAI's deal with Malta is a milestone for state-backed AI access and a signal that governments may soon buy consumer AI like infrastructure.

Janet Harrison · May 16, 2026 · 2:04 PM

Apple's redesigned MacBook Air ships with M5 chip and on-device AI

Apple refreshed the MacBook Air with the M5 chip, larger base storage, and deeper on‑device AI in March 2026, shifting more inference to the laptop and upgrading video, audio, and wireless subsystems to support Apple's Apple Intelligence features.

Janet Harrison · May 16, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Former executives are quietly outpacing the Silicon Valley founder myth

Recent data is challenging the Silicon Valley myth of the 20-something founder. Former corporate executives and serial operators often raise more, execute faster and build with greater capital efficiency.

Janet Harrison · May 16, 2026 · 10:21 AM

Cerebras showed public markets will pay up for scarce AI compute

Cerebras closed a blockbuster Nasdaq IPO after pricing at $185 and seeing shares open at $350. The bigger story is whether investors are now valuing scarce AI compute as aggressively as software growth.

Janet Harrison · May 16, 2026 · 7:57 AM

Gas station tank hacks expose a familiar industrial security failure

U.S. officials suspect Iranian hackers breached automatic tank gauge systems at gas stations in multiple states by targeting exposed, poorly protected devices. The incident highlights a practical startup opportunity in OT asset discovery, monitoring and configuration security.

Janet Harrison · May 16, 2026 · 4:45 AM

Monad and Rain are testing stablecoin cards as real payment rails

Monad's integration with Rain gives Monad-based stablecoins a path into card spending through Rain partner programs accepted by Visa-affiliated merchants in more than 150 countries. The bigger test is whether crypto startups can turn on-chain balances into everyday payment infrastructure without making users think about the blockchain underneath.

Janet Harrison · May 16, 2026 · 2:21 AM

Orthrus makes local AI inference economics look worth rechecking

Orthrus claims lossless parallel decoding for Qwen3-based models by adding a trainable diffusion view while keeping the backbone frozen. The real test is whether its reported speedups survive production serving in frameworks such as vLLM and SGLang.

Janet Harrison · May 16, 2026 · 12:21 AM

OpenMOSS gets a C++ port as local voice AI chases easier deployment

A new GGML-based C++ pipeline for OpenMOSS points to a practical shift in local voice AI. For startups, the key issue is no longer only model quality, but whether speech systems can be deployed without brittle Python-heavy stacks.

Janet Harrison · May 15, 2026 · 9:57 PM

Waymo's empty Atlanta trips show robotaxis have an operations problem

Empty Waymo vehicles have reportedly been routing through northwest Atlanta cul-de-sacs, raising questions about robotaxi fleet operations. The issue comes days after a separate Waymo software recall tied to flooded-road behavior, putting fresh attention on routing, safety, and local trust.

Janet Harrison · May 15, 2026 · 7:32 PM

Bill Ackman is betting Microsoft can outlast the AI spending scare

Bill Ackman's Pershing Square is taking a new position in Microsoft as investors debate whether AI infrastructure spending is a risk or a moat. The bet appears to rest on both Microsoft 365's enterprise durability and the long-term value of Azure's AI buildout.

Janet Harrison · May 15, 2026 · 5:08 PM

xAI brings Grok Build into the coding agent fight

xAI has launched Grok Build, a terminal-based coding agent available first to SuperGrok Heavy subscribers. The beta shows how coding agents are becoming a paid workflow battle, not just a model benchmark contest.

Janet Harrison · May 15, 2026 · 2:44 PM

Mira Murati is making AI collaboration the product

Thinking Machines Lab is positioning interaction models as a human-in-the-loop alternative to autonomous-agent hype. The company's first model, TML-Interaction-Small, points to a new interface for AI work tools, but delayed access and closed benchmarks leave room for caution.

Janet Harrison · May 15, 2026 · 12:20 PM

Kioxia is chasing a U.S. listing as AI makes storage scarce

Kioxia is preparing a U.S. ADS listing while AI demand is tightening NAND supply and lifting storage profits. The move would give U.S. investors a clearer way to buy into one of the less visible but increasingly important AI infrastructure bottlenecks.