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 26, 2026

Britain could rejoin Europe's startup capital pipeline this year

The UK could join the European Innovation Council Fund this year, giving British deep-tech startups a route back into EU-backed equity funding. The real test will be whether the accession terms give founders meaningful access to EIC capital and the new Scaleup Europe Fund.

Janet Harrison · May 26, 2026

Why storytelling is suddenly a real startup job

The rise of storytelling roles at companies like Vanta, Notion and Chime shows startups that brand narrative is becoming a moat when features are easier to copy.

Janet Harrison · May 26, 2026

Wiz brings Claude compliance into the cloud security stack

Wiz has integrated with Anthropic's Claude Compliance API, bringing Claude Enterprise activity into its cloud security graph. The move shows how AI governance is shifting from procurement paperwork into live security infrastructure.

Janet Harrison · May 26, 2026

Ondo faces its hardest governance test after Nathan Allman's death

Nathan Allman's unexpected death puts Ondo Finance's leadership depth and governance structure under immediate scrutiny. Ian De Bode's move into the CEO role will be watched closely by investors and institutional partners in the real-world asset tokenization market.

Janet Harrison · May 26, 2026

Palantir turns a London police setback into a public test of AI procurement

Palantir's clash with Sadiq Khan over a blocked £50m Met Police contract shows how political trust is reshaping public sector AI deals. The company may still have a UK pipeline, but technical capability alone is no longer enough.

Janet Harrison · May 26, 2026

AI cost savings are running into a token bill problem

Microsoft and Uber are exposing a harder truth about enterprise AI: heavy adoption can create bills that are difficult to justify against output. Token consumption is now becoming a standalone budget problem for companies heading into 2026 renewals.

Janet Harrison · May 25, 2026

AI spending looks less like a bubble when earnings keep rising

AI capex forecasts have moved sharply higher, but cloud revenue and AI earnings are rising with them. That makes the bubble argument harder and strengthens the case for infrastructure startups tied to real capacity constraints.

Janet Harrison · May 25, 2026

Washington’s quantum bet faces a legal test over equity stakes

The Commerce Department has lined up $2.013 billion in quantum incentives, but the equity condition attached to the money raises legal and financing questions. For founders and investors, the issue is whether federal backing will become reliable capital or a slower, more complicated form of support.

Janet Harrison · May 25, 2026

Ledn says Bitcoin lending could become a trillion dollar market

Ledn says Bitcoin-backed consumer lending could grow from roughly $3 billion today to as much as $1 trillion within 10 years. The forecast points to strong borrower interest, but trust, custody and liquidation controls will decide whether the market can scale.

Janet Harrison · May 25, 2026

AI Guardrails Are Proving Easier To Remove Than Enterprises Expected

Researchers reportedly showed that guardrails in Meta and Google models can be removed quickly, raising hard questions for enterprise AI buyers. The issue is moving from model safety theory into contracts, audits, and liability exposure.

Janet Harrison · May 25, 2026

AI momentum is now carrying the global stock market higher

Global momentum stocks are on track for their strongest two-month outperformance on record, powered by the AI infrastructure trade. The rally is broader than chips, but higher rates and rising power costs could make the next phase harder to chase.

Janet Harrison · May 25, 2026

Japan's AI rally is changing how retail traders reach the market

Japan's AI-driven stock rally is drawing retail traders deeper into off-exchange venues, including proprietary trading systems and dark pools. The shift may improve execution, but it also raises harder questions about transparency, liquidity and who really sees retail flow first.

Janet Harrison · May 25, 2026

CEOs expect AI to trigger layoffs within two years

A Mercer-linked finding that 99% of CEOs are preparing for AI-driven layoffs shows how quickly executive sentiment has shifted from experimentation to restructuring. The biggest opportunity is for AI startups selling measurable productivity gains, but investors also need to account for workforce, legal and operational risk.

Janet Harrison · May 25, 2026

A fake disease shows why medical AI needs proof, not polish

Researchers created a fictional condition called bixonimania and watched major AI chatbots describe it as real. The case is a warning for AI health startups, where citation quality, refusal behavior and clinical oversight are becoming core product requirements.

Janet Harrison · May 24, 2026

Nvidia is watching Huawei turn China into a closed AI chip market.

Jensen Huang's CNBC comments make clear that Nvidia's China problem has moved from regulatory pressure to market reality. Huawei's Ascend chip business is now scaling fast enough to reshape AI infrastructure buying inside China.

Janet Harrison · May 24, 2026

Cheap Optane memory is giving local AI builders a new route.

A LocalLLaMA user ran Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.5 on a workstation using 768GB of secondhand Intel Optane Persistent Memory and a single RTX 3060. The result is slow but useful enough to show why memory arbitrage may become a serious AI infrastructure strategy.