ANTHROPIC committed to invest $150m over three years in the federal "Genesis Mission" program.

CNBC, citing a newly filed financial disclosure, says Trump executed 517 securities transactions in August totaling roughly $74.3m–$273.3m; disclosure reports each trade in ranges so totals are approximate. Calculations show buy-side activity of at least $44.2m and sell-side activity of at least $30.1m. Largest move on Aug. 21: purchased Meta shares valued at $5m–$25m and rebalanced the portfolio, including buys of ConocoPhillips (COP) and Chevron (CVX) of $1m–$5m each and sales of AMD (AMD) and Church & Dwight (CHD) of $1m–$5m each. He also sold stakes in Boeing (BA), Dell (DELL) and NVIDIA (NVDA) in $500,001–$1m tranches. Two days before signing a policy to expand U.S. commercial space transport, he invested up to $5m in SpaceX debt instruments.

German parliament's budget committee approved the purchase of four additional MEKO A-200 frigates from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS).