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 · Jun 7, 2026 · 1:43 PM

Bitcoin and Ethereum suffer their sharpest weekly fall since FTX

Bitcoin and Ethereum posted their steepest weekly fall since the FTX collapse as macro pressure, ETF outflows and leveraged liquidations hit the market. The selloff is forcing investors and crypto startups to rethink how durable institutional demand and treasury runway really are.

Janet Harrison · Jun 7, 2026 · 10:54 AM

Africa's startups are learning to fund growth closer to home

Africa's startup funding market is shifting as AI pulls more global venture capital toward the United States. Local investors, development finance institutions and venture debt are becoming more important to founders across the continent.

Janet Harrison · Jun 7, 2026 · 5:18 AM

Grindr is turning AI and Washington access into its next growth test

Grindr is testing a high-priced AI subscription while building a bigger policy presence in Washington. The strategy could lift revenue from power users, but it also puts privacy, trust and political influence at the center of the company's next act.

Janet Harrison · Jun 7, 2026 · 3:28 AM

Trump opens a faster lane for national security AI

Trump's NSPM-11 directs U.S. military and intelligence agencies to accelerate AI adoption while updating guardrails around autonomy, surveillance, and accountability. The memo creates a procurement signal for frontier model companies, secure cloud vendors, defense AI startups, and infrastructure providers.

Janet Harrison · Jun 6, 2026 · 10:58 PM

Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin machine faces its first real stress test

Strategy’s latest Bitcoin sale was tiny, but it changed the conversation around Michael Saylor’s treasury model. The market is now watching whether the company can manage preferred dividends, falling Bitcoin prices and investor confidence at the same time.

Janet Harrison · Jun 6, 2026 · 10:53 PM

Sriram Krishnan is taking Trump's AI fight outside the White House

Sriram Krishnan plans to leave his White House AI adviser role at the end of June and build an outside technology policy institution. His exit comes as the Trump administration balances fast AI deployment with new scrutiny of frontier model cyber risks.

Janet Harrison · Jun 6, 2026 · 9:43 PM

Zinc oxide and tellurium point to simpler AI chips

POSTECH researchers have demonstrated a zinc oxide and tellurium transistor that reduced the transistor count for a frequency quadrupler by 75% and showed fourfold processing speed in experiments. The result is still at the research stage, but it gives AI chip startups and foundries a concrete reason to watch multifunctional semiconductor materials.

Janet Harrison · Jun 6, 2026 · 4:20 PM

Meta's smart glasses now carry a bigger biometric risk

Meta has not launched face recognition for its smart glasses, but code reviewed by WIRED shows the core system is already inside its companion app. The issue is less about one unreleased feature and more about how AI wearables handle consent, biometric data, and public trust.

Janet Harrison · Jun 6, 2026 · 10:59 AM

AI is testing founders instead of banning hiring

The latest labor data does not show AI meaningfully suppressing hiring across the economy. For founders, the real issue is how AI changes team structure, job design and the quality of headcount decisions.

Janet Harrison · Jun 6, 2026 · 7:55 AM

Washington is turning national security into an AI buying signal

The White House has moved to accelerate AI development and deployment for national security uses. The clearest opportunity is in secure AI infrastructure, cyber defense tooling and systems that can survive federal procurement rules.

Janet Harrison · Jun 6, 2026 · 5:13 AM

Marvell enters the S&P 500 as AI infrastructure becomes a core holding

Marvell Technology and Flex are joining the S&P 500 before the open on June 22, replacing Pool Corporation and Campbell's Company. The move confirms that AI infrastructure names are becoming core benchmark holdings, not just high-growth side bets.

Janet Harrison · Jun 6, 2026 · 2:55 AM

Google is renting SpaceX compute because AI capacity now beats control

Google has agreed to pay SpaceX $920 million per month for AI compute capacity, showing how intense the hunt for GPUs has become. The deal also gives SpaceX a stronger pre-IPO revenue story as it turns xAI infrastructure into enterprise contracts.

Janet Harrison · Jun 6, 2026 · 12:38 AM

Shield AI's drone incidents turn defense-tech speed into an investor test

Shield AI's reported drone crashes and worker injuries put a sharper spotlight on the risks behind the defense-tech boom. Investors now have to evaluate operational safety with the same seriousness as contracts, valuations and geopolitical demand.

Janet Harrison · Jun 5, 2026 · 10:42 PM

AI is forcing wealth managers to prove what human advice is worth

AI is moving from the back office into the client interface of wealth management. Morgan Stanley, Vanguard, Merrill and others are racing to automate advisor workflows, which puts pressure on fees and creates room for AI-native challengers.

Janet Harrison · Jun 5, 2026 · 8:25 PM

Mira Murati is bringing Thinking Machines Lab out of stealth

Mira Murati's return to public view shows Thinking Machines Lab is moving beyond formation and into execution. The company's bet is that real-time, customizable AI collaboration will become the next frontier of competition.

Janet Harrison · Jun 5, 2026 · 5:43 PM

Lightricks splits itself in two as AI costs force a reset

Lightricks is splitting its Facetune consumer app business from its LTX AI video division while cutting 75 jobs. The restructuring reflects a wider reset among creative AI companies trying to turn expensive model work into durable revenue.