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Investors mark down Anthropic's IPO price

Investors now see a valuation of $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion for its Nasdaq debut, down from a $2 trillion target floated in recent months, per CNBC. On Polymarket, odds that the IPO lands in the top half of that range rose to 50% from 28%, and odds of a Nov. 20 listing rose to 34% from 24%. Odds of a listing by Nov. 19 fell to 17% from 28%.

It also agreed to a $3.4B deal for 1.7 GW of data center generators from OnePWR Solutions, per Reuters, citing the FT.

US memo says China recruited an executive to spy on Nvidia's CEO

The memo says China's Ministry of State Security recruited an executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore company, to spy on Jensen Huang, per TechCrunch, citing the New York Times. Nvidia said it does not share classified information with customers.

The Times also found an empty office at New Matrix, a Chinese buyer the Commerce Department cleared for advanced Nvidia chips.

October inflation lands Tuesday

The BLS publishes October's consumer price index at 8:30am Eastern on Nov. 10. On Kalshi, odds that the fed funds rate ends 2027 above 4.25% rose to 69% from 47% a day earlier. For December's meeting, odds of a rate above 4.00% are 76%, per Kalshi.

CoreWeave reports after Tuesday's close, per CoreWeave; Cisco follows Thursday, per Cisco.

Companies

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said it will keep investing in data centers despite the election, where voters went against data centers in all but one of 41 local ballot measures, per CNBC.

Crusoe (a builder of AI data centers) Google bought its unfinished data center site in southeast Wyoming. Crusoe is also developing Google's campus near Amarillo, Texas, per Crusoe.

Deel (payroll for global teams) Launched Deel Security, which screens for fake hires, deepfakes and impersonation, per Deel.

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Discord stays private through 2027

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