Bloomberg Talks

Democratic nominee for Georgia governor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she is calling for a pause on new data center construction in the state while officials assess the industry’s impact. Speaking to Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz on Bloomberg Balance of Power, Bottoms says the pause could last six months or longer, citing questions about strain on the electric grid, costs to ratepayers and impacts on the water supply. 

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Stéphane Bancel, Moderna CEO, said in an interview with Bloomberg's Romaine Bostick, that he believes the personalized mRNA cancer vaccine his company is developing with Merck & Co. will work in a variety of tumors, directly addressing a key issue shrouding the company’s future. 

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Bruce Richards, managing partner and head of CVC Marathon, says Anthropic should be able to raise substantial capital in its anticipated IPO, pointing to its rapid growth, revenue trajectory and place among trillion-dollar companies. He expects capital markets to finance Anthropic much as they have other major firms, and sees the listing as unlikely to be a test of investor appetite. Richards says open- and closed-weight AI models can coexist, comparing them with successful open and proprietary software ecosystems; he expects closed-model companies such as Anthropic to capture significant profits. He is broadly constructive on the company, citing strong demand for AI and a shortage of computing capacity. 

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Anthropic filed for an IPO, moving a step closer to being the first company focused primarily on developing the most advanced artificial intelligence models to go public.
The company behind Claude expects to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol ANT, a filing Monday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission showed. 
For instant reaction, Bloomberg's Paul Sweeney and Jess Menton speak with Bloomberg Executive Editor for Global Tech Peter Elstrom and Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Tech Analyst Mandeep Singh.

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PIMCO UK Senior Advisor Rupert Harrison says he sees at least a 25% chance of an early election in the aftermath of the UK Budget this week. He discusses what to expect from Chancellor John Healey in the biggest event of the political and economic calendar in the UK, including potential tax hikes and measures to cut costs for consumers and businesses. Healey and new prime minister, Andy Burnham, are hoping to get through the fiscal event without the market ructions that have accompanied those of their short-tenured predecessors. He joined Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker and Stephen Carroll to discuss.

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At an agricultural commodity futures conference in Kansas, Bloomberg’s Tyler Kendall speaks with Kalshi CEO and Co-founder Tarek Mansour about the growing role of prediction markets in elections and the regulatory challenges facing the industry. Mansour calls this the first election in which prediction-market use is becoming institutionalized, saying campaigns rely on the markets for real-time information that he argues can be more accurate than polls. He says Kalshi is engaging with policymakers from both parties and supports regulation, including clear rules on prohibited markets, insider trading and participation by members of Congress and the administration, alongside customer protections. 

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Ann Miletti, Head of Equity Investments at Allspring Global Investments, talked to Tom Keene and Paul Sweeney on Bloomberg Surveillance. She discussed her hometown Milwaukee Brewers representing the National League in the 2026 MLB World Series. 

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Speaking with Tyler Kendall at an agricultural commodities futures conference in Kansas, CFTC Chair Michael Selig said the agency and exchanges monitor political prediction-market contracts for manipulation risks, including low trading volume. He said exchanges review contracts before listing them and surveil markets for suspicious activity. Asked whether investigations are underway related to the midterms, Selig declined to discuss potential investigations, but said the CFTC would investigate and prosecute suspected manipulation, wash trading or fraud. 

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Nicușor Dan, President of Romania, joined Bloomberg's Joe Mathieu and Keiley Leinz on Balance of Power to discuss the war in Ukraine. Dan stated “The Russians are trying to escalate, to provoke all the European countries,” and that “We don’t have to go into this escalation process.”.

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Max Levchin, CEO of financial technology company Affirm, joined Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec on Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss his company's new partnership with Sam's Club as the retailer's exclusive buy-now, pay-later partner, just weeks before the key holiday shopping season kicks off.

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