Jackson Hole, Anthropic’s Court Win and PayPal Deal Collapse | Bloomberg Tech 8/28/2026
THE SO WHAT
Anthropic’s court win and the collapsed PayPal deal are a reminder that AI vendor risk now spans both regulation and counterparties. If your roadmap assumes specific partners or government channels, treat legal and M&A timelines as first-order dependencies, not background noise.
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