Guilded News EP4

Episode Notes:

Three threads are about to converge. Thread 1 — The Fog: Operation Epic Fury killed Iran's Supreme Leader and functionally closed the Strait of Hormuz. Now the most data-dense week of the month lands — ISM Manufacturing Monday, Beige Book Wednesday, jobs report Friday — all measuring an economy that wasn't at war when the models were built. Thread 2 — The Precedent: Anthropic is suing the Pentagon after being designated a "supply chain risk to national security" — a label never before applied to an American company. The legal battle this week will determine who controls AI in the defense era. Thread 3 — The Strait: Hormuz is functionally closed. Tankers are turning around mid-transit. OPEC+ is debating a 411,000 bpd production boost — but you can't deliver oil through a closed waterway. The difference  ...