US Core Inflation Comes in Soft, Anthropic in Talks to Buy Decart AI | The Opening Trade 8/13/2026
Underlying US inflation was subdued in July, likely easing pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.| The consumer price index, excluding often-volatile food and energy categories, increased 0.2% from a month earlier, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data out Wednesday. Anthropic PBC is in talks to buy the artificial intelligence startup Decart AI for about $6 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Decart makes so-called world models, which aim to simulate …