Weekly Recap: AI, Tech & Crypto
September 28 – October 4, 2026

A week of big numbers and bigger bets. Starship reached orbit for the first time, Nvidia authorized a record $150B buyback, and Anthropic's IPO filing revealed a $518B compute commitment.

OpenAI scrapped GPT-6.1 Astra after it failed safety tests and shipped Sol and always-on agents instead, while accusing Moonshot AI of extracting its model's reasoning through 4,000+ accounts. In crypto, Hyperliquid absorbed a $904M HYPE unlock against $3.37B already spent on buybacks.

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