Record talent agency bankruptcies as Japan's fandom economy surges
Japan's legacy entertainment gatekeepers are collapsing at a record pace while fan-direct spending rises, forcing executives to rethink who owns the audience.

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Japan's legacy entertainment gatekeepers are collapsing at a record pace while fan-direct spending rises, forcing executives to rethink who owns the audience.
The AI lab's IPO filing reveals a multichip compute model that analysts say could erode Nvidia's pricing power and reshape how AI giants negotiate.
The calculus for global sports sponsorships just shifted: one of soccer's biggest names is losing Chinese deals over national pride, and every athlete with China exposure is on notice.
An internal Amazon document shows device margins getting squeezed by the same AI boom fueling AWS growth.
The AI lab's first audited financials show booming revenue, heavy costs, and a warning list that should make investors and rivals pause.
The social giant is raising $95 billion through stock-linked deals into early 2025, and the chip trio could buy into a $35 billion offering.
The AI safety pioneer's IPO filing calls 'closing the loop' the best route to triumph and a risk to humanity, a dual warning investors and boards should not skim past.
The Claude maker files publicly for a Nasdaq listing under 'ANT,' exposing staggering losses and a world-altering ambition before it can beat OpenAI to the market.
The AI startup sits atop a pyramid of partners and suppliers, so its public debut will ripple far beyond one stock.
Micro1 is paying midsize companies $100,000 to $2 million for their internal data, and CEOs are cashing in before the AI data boom matures.
CEO Minami Maeda is running Phase 3 trials and targeting a 2028 FDA submission as photoimmunotherapy moves from Japanese clinics toward the world's largest market.
The rocket giant is building an AI chip rental empire, and its founder just warned that weaker players won't survive the compute arms race.