KORDUROYWednesday, August 26, 2026 · Run 2 · 4:00 PM ET
Anthropic Pitches a $30 Trillion Market as Execs Admit AI Hasn't Moved the Needle
5 stories from 1 source
TL;DR
- Anthropic will pitch IPO investors on a $30 trillion market — 600x its current size — while a new report finds 90% of execs see no productivity gain from AI, yet layoffs keep coming.
- A flaw in an Nvidia agent-deployment tool let attackers hijack AI agents with just one malicious webpage visit — a live reason to check your agent stack now.
- Gemini in Sheets can now show its work before acting — a copy-paste prompt to scope its analysis and get an approval step before it touches your data.
AI Tips1
Make Gemini show its work before it touches your spreadsheet
- Highlight the exact table or range you want analyzed — don't let it scan the whole sheet.
- Ask for the finding plus which rows or cells support it, then check the "Analysis steps" panel.
- Preview any chart or action card before you let it insert or apply changes.
Analyze only the selected range. For every finding, name the rows or cells that support it. Show your analysis steps before recommending any change. Do not apply edits until I approve them.
Source: The Neuron
AI News4
Anthropic will tell IPO investors its market is worth $30 trillion
That tops SpaceX's $28.5T claim and would require Anthropic — currently at a $47B run rate, aiming for a ~$2T valuation — to grow 600x+ to capture even a sliver of it.
Why it mattersTreat eye-popping TAM claims as sales pitches, not forecasts — useful context next time a vendor or client leadership cites one to justify AI spend.
Source: The Neuron
Over 90% of executives say AI hasn't moved productivity, and AI-blamed layoffs are continuing anyway,
Per new reporting; separately, McKinsey finds company-wide profit impact from AI is stuck at 37%, unchanged from last year despite 80% of workers reporting personal productivity gains.
Why it mattersThis is the exact gap PM/consulting work should target — individual productivity is real, but it isn't reaching the P&L. A good line for any AI-ROI conversation with a client or leadership.
Source: The Neuron
A flaw in an Nvidia tool for deploying AI agents let attackers hijack agents just by getting them to visit a malicious webpage
No further user action required.
Why it mattersIf any client or internal team is running Nvidia's agent-deployment tooling, flag this now — browsing-capable agents are a real attack surface, not a hypothetical one.
Source: The Neuron
Perplexity and Nvidia launched "Portable Computer," a fully local AI agent with zero per-use token costs
It runs on-device instead of calling a cloud model for every action.
Why it mattersWorth watching as a cost-model alternative — local inference could undercut the usage-based pricing most AI tools bill clients on today.
Source: The Neuron
Summarized from The Neuron (Aug 26)
