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Robinhood wants to own agentic trading

Robinhood wants to own agentic trading

Customers can route trades through Claude or Cursor today — a trading rail Schwab and Fidelity haven't built

Google quietly captures the AI trust layer

Google quietly captures the AI trust layer

Ford's new business is being American

Ford's new business is being American

Memory leaves the cycle

Memory leaves the cycle

// Vector Magazine — ISSUE-04 May 10, 2026

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// Cover Story

The Indispensable Pariah

Three months ago the Pentagon designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk. Today its model runs classified networks, anchors a draft White House cyber order, and shapes the safety standards Washington is now writing. How one AI lab said no — and made itself impossible to replace.

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