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WSJ: Anthropic is wrapping up a deal to set up a joint venture with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and other Wall Street firms, with the goal of selling AI tools to private-equity backed companies, according to people familiar with the matter. Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman are expected to put in about $ 300M each, while Goldman Sachs is expected to invest about $ 150M. The new company would work like an AI deployment arm, meaning it would not just sell Claude access, but help companies rebuild workflows around LLMs, from customer support and finance to coding, legal review, and internal research. Private-equity firms are the target because they own many companies, measure every cost tightly, and can force software changes faster than slow public companies. Anthropic gets distribution, Wall Street gets a stake in the AI services layer, and portfolio companies become a large testing ground for enterprise AI. The deeper move is that AI labs are no longer only competing on model quality, but on who controls the path from model to business process. --- wsj .com/business/deals/anthropic-nears-1-5-billion-joint-venture-with-wall-street-firms-8f5448ee

BREAKING: Our traders forecast Bitcoin will hit $85,000 this month

$BTC │ Swing short update. I’m still positioned the same. As mentioned in my previous update, I closed the add at BE to improve my average from 74.6K to 76K. That proved to be a solid decision, as price reacted immediately after tapping my average entry. With it now being the start of May, I’ve already outlined the likelihood of a sweep above the PMO (previous monthly high). This remains the zone where I plan to scale further into the position to continue improving my overall swing entry. Some may ask why I don’t simply wait for clear structure or an ideal point of interest before entering. The reasoning is straightforward, I prefer to build into positions early to avoid being front-run. As a HTF trader, I take a limited number of swing trades, and waiting for perfect entries can often take weeks or even months. I’d rather secure exposure slightly early on a high-conviction idea than risk missing the move entirely. Since my average has improved following the 78K add (as previously noted), I’m now adjusting my soft stop-loss (SSL) from 83K to 84K. I’ll manually close the position if I believe the short thesis has been fully invalidated. This approach is consistent across my HTF positions, scaling in strategically to improve entry while progressively adjusting invalidation levels as the trade develops. So far, all 6 out of 6 swing shorts have played out successfully and delivered great returns. While it’s inevitable that I’ll eventually be wrong, maintaining conviction and discipline is essential. I’m continuing to follow the same system that has allowed me to capture each meaningful swing short to date. Emotionless. 🤟