Judith Murphy

Judith Murphy is a financial journalist and market analyst covering AI, technology stocks, and emerging market trends. She has contributed to multiple financial publications and brings a data-driven approach to her coverage of the technology sector and its impact on global markets.

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Judith Murphy · May 22, 2026 · 6:26 AM

Zillow loses Chicago listings in data access war

A data access war just stripped Chicago homebuyers of thousands of listings on Zillow. The fight over private listing networks and platform control has escalated from courtroom arguments to a real-world cutoff, with tens of thousands of homes going dark on the nation's largest real estate search site.

Judith Murphy · May 22, 2026 · 2:50 AM

Spotify brings AI remixes to 293M paid users

Spotify just turned the AI copyright debate into a revenue stream. The streaming giant partnered with Universal Music Group to launch a paid tool that lets Premium users generate covers and remixes from participating artists, with royalties flowing back to rights holders.

Judith Murphy · May 22, 2026 · 12:27 AM

Trump delays AI order over China competition fears

A planned White House signing ceremony for a major AI and cybersecurity executive order was abruptly postponed on May 21 after President Trump decided he disliked parts of the text. The delay signals a sharp internal divide over how to balance national security concerns with the drive to outpace China.

Judith Murphy · May 21, 2026 · 9:15 PM

St. Charles bans data centers in AI infrastructure warning

A Missouri suburb just voted 7-1 to effectively ban large data centers, turning the national AI build-out into a local land-use fight. This is not an isolated NIMBY story. It is a warning about water, secrecy, and the new politics of digital infrastructure.

Judith Murphy · May 21, 2026 · 6:50 PM

AMD challenges Nvidia with $4,000 local AI supercomputer

AMD has put a price and a timeline on its local AI push. Ryzen AI Halo starts at ,999, arrives for pre order in June 2026, and gives developers a serious new option for running large models without renting cloud compute for every experiment.

Judith Murphy · May 21, 2026 · 4:26 PM

VinFast debt move raises governance questions

VinFast just moved 7 billion in debt off its balance sheet through a factory sale to a buyer group that includes its own founder. That sounds like financial engineering, not operational discipline.

Judith Murphy · May 21, 2026 · 2:01 PM

Clouted raises $7M to turn AI into a viral clip factory

AI has conquered content creation. Now it is coming for distribution. Clouted just raised $7 million to automate the messy business of turning long videos into viral short clips across TikTok, Reels and Shorts.

Judith Murphy · May 21, 2026 · 1:13 PM

Bankless co-founder David Hoffman sells all his ETH as the show enters a new era

David Hoffman says he sold all his ETH, while Ryan Sean Adams calls it the end of Bankless's first six-year era and a step into a new phase.

Judith Murphy · May 21, 2026 · 9:02 AM

SpaceX's S‑1 Reveals 18,712 Bitcoin, Quietly Turning the IPO Into a Crypto Moment

SpaceX's S‑1 shows 18,712 bitcoin, a roughly $1.45 billion position that turns the IPO into a test of how large private firms disclose and manage corporate crypto holdings.

Judith Murphy · May 21, 2026 · 6:44 AM

SpaceX's IPO filing could reset private tech pricing

SpaceX's S-1 has turned a long-rumored IPO into a public benchmark for private-market valuation, with roughly $4.7 billion in first-quarter 2026 revenue and heavy institutional interest now in view.

Judith Murphy · May 21, 2026 · 3:39 AM

Anthropic's profit path shows AI's business model is maturing

Anthropic is nearing operating profitability in Q2 2026 as enterprise demand, rising revenue and a massive xAI compute deal reshape the economics of frontier AI.

Judith Murphy · May 21, 2026 · 1:21 AM

OpenAI's newest reasoning model is pushing into frontier math

OpenAI's own recent math work suggests reasoning models are moving closer to original research, not just better answers.

Judith Murphy · May 20, 2026 · 11:04 PM

SpaceX prepares to make S-1 public, turning private-valued Starlink into a market benchmark

SpaceX's anticipated public S-1 will for the first time show how much revenue and profit come from Starlink versus launch services, set a new valuation benchmark for aerospace startups, and force clarity on governance and Musk's plans for personal stock, with the filing expected this week according to Bloomberg and Reuters reporting.

Judith Murphy · May 20, 2026 · 8:45 PM

Samsung defuses a strike threat that could have jolted the AI chip chain

Samsung has reached a tentative labor agreement that pauses a strike threat and removes a near-term risk for the AI chip supply chain.

Judith Murphy · May 20, 2026 · 6:04 PM

France leads a crowded race to host Europe's €10 billion AI gigafactory

French industrial and technology groups have submitted bids to host a planned €10 billion EU-backed AI gigafactory, part of a wider European push to build sovereign compute capacity and reduce dependence on U.S. and Chinese hyperscalers.

Judith Murphy · May 20, 2026 · 3:47 PM

Hyperliquid's fee surge sends a clear signal to Solana and DeFi builders

Hyperliquid's $1.39 million in daily fees shows how an app-specific on-chain trading venue can pull real economic activity away from both centralized exchanges and Solana rivals.