What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?

New evidence suggests the rise of working from home has made entry-level hires a less attractive proposition

Why Britain’s fintech stars faded

Curve, GoCardless, PrimaryBid and Railsr have all sold up since the start of last year

The seller of a $2.9 million San Francisco home is accepting payment in Anthropic or OpenAI stock

The listing for a newly restored three-bedroom home captures San Francisco's AI-fueled real estate frenzy in one line.

The chip and memory stock frenzy

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.

Anthropic finalizes $65bn funding deal to surpass OpenAI’s valuation

New round values Claude AI maker at $965bn including the new money

BP should never have made Manifold chair

The UK energy company’s board took an unwise gamble on a dominant executive

Ousted BP chair Albert Manifold clashed with company secretary before removal

Ben Mathews has taken time off work following upheaval at oil major

Meta set to overtake Google in digital ad revenue in 2026

Emarketer projects Meta will surpass Google in global digital ad revenue for the first time in 2026, with $243.5 billion to Google’s $239.5 billion. Meta’s Advantage+ AI automation and new ad surfaces on WhatsApp and Threads are driving 24.1% growth versus Google’s 11.9%.

South Korea's Stock Market Is a Big Leveraged AI Bet

Asia's fourth-largest economy is now hanging on the success of a few chipmakers.

Rouble’s strength piles pressure on Russian war economy

Rising energy exports have helped push currency to three-year high, making other exports less competitive

SpaceX and the Zuckerberg discount

A founder-entrenching shareholder structure can do a great deal of harm

America’s hegemonic glory is under threat

Along with excessive ‘guns and butter’ spending, that risk means long-term Treasuries are expensive