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Monzo's decision to exit the US market is framed as a deliberate, strategic choice to focus on scaling in the UK and Europe, rather than a retreat.

Anthropic issued a takedown notice under US digital copyright law asking GitHub to take down repositories containing the offending code. According to Github's records, the notice was executed against some 8,100 repositories - including legitimate forks of Anthropic's own publicly released Claude Code repository.

Lawrence Levy, the company's then-CFO, wrote that it reminded him of the 100-meter sprint in the Olympic Games: a lifetime of training that comes down to a snapshot performance. 'If the world fell in love with Toy Story, Pixar would have a chance to usher in a new era of animated entertainment.'

Gwynne Shotwell joined SpaceX in 2002 as its seventh employee and has never stopped expanding her role. She oversees day-to-day operations across multiple executive teams spanning Falcon, Starlink, Starship, and now xAI following SpaceX's February 2026 merger with Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company.

Bob's Discount Furniture, a Connecticut-based furniture retailer backed by Bain Capital, is putting it all on the table. The company is going public, with shares expected to begin trading on Thursday, February 5, after being priced at $17. The retailer raised $331 million in its initial public offering (IPO). Shares will trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol BOBS.

Huang said in an interview on CNBC's "Mad Money" on Tuesday that there was "no drama" between Nvidia and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, pushing back against recent chatter of tension in the relationship between the two companies. "The first deal is on," the Nvidia CEO said, referring to the company's September deal with OpenAI, under which the company said it planned to invest up to $100 billion in the AI startup. "And then there's, of course, an IPO in the future," he added. "We love to be participating in that as well," he added. Huang also described OpenAI as a "once in a generation company" and said Nvidia is "delighted to invest in it."

The company, backed by Blackstone, is targeting a valuation of nearly $5.2 billion for its IPO, and is looking to raise as much as $762 million in funding by selling more than 25 million shares. Share prices are expected to range between $26 and $30. It will trade under the ticker "LFTO."

SpaceX and xAI, both companies led by Elon Musk, could merge ahead of a planned SpaceX IPO this year, according to a report from Reuters. This would bring products like the Grok chatbot, X platform, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation. Company representatives have not discussed this possibility in public. However, recent filings show that two new corporate entities were established in Nevada on January 21, which are called K2 Merger Sub Inc. and K2 Merger Sub 2 LLC.