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What the Sigma

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by Grep News | Chad Stacks

70 episodes
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Daily finance and tech news for people who want the alpha mainstream coverage misses. What the Sigma reads the filings, runs the numbers, and surfaces what All-In, CNBC, and Bloomberg are too busy to catch. Hosted by Chad Stacks. We show our work. New episodes with every big fintech event. Hit subscribe if you want the angles before the consensus. Available on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts. Learn more at https://grep.news

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Episode thumbnail for DeepSeek and Kimi K3 Expose Washington's China AI Contradiction

July 21, 2026

DeepSeek and Kimi K3 Expose Washington's China AI Contradiction

The US State Department called Chinese AI models cheap knockoffs — then the White House used one of those same models to argue for deregulating American labs. Chad Stacks breaks down the two separate news cycles that got stitched together, separates the verified facts from the noise, and explains why the contradiction might be a feature, not a bug.

Episode thumbnail for Apple Sues OpenAI Over $6.4B IO Products and Tang Tan IP Theft

July 10, 2026

Apple Sues OpenAI Over $6.4B IO Products and Tang Tan IP Theft

Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI isn't the standard departing-employee IP case — it names IO Products, the Jony Ive startup OpenAI bought for $6.4 billion, as a defendant, and alleges a coordinated effort that includes current Apple employees bringing hardware to job interviews. Chad Stacks breaks down what makes this complaint structurally different, what Apple's forensic litigation history signals about its confidence, and why the timing — on the eve of an expected OpenAI IPO — matters more than the coverage suggests.

Episode thumbnail for 9 of 18 Fed officials want hikes now versus zero in March and the chair submitted nothing

June 18, 2026

9 of 18 Fed officials want hikes now versus zero in March and the chair submitted nothing

Nine of eighteen Fed policymakers now project at least one rate hike this year — in March that number was zero — but Kevin Warsh refused to submit his own dot and killed forward guidance from the statement entirely. The real move isn't the hawkish tilt, it's that Warsh is dismantling the Bernanke-era transparency doctrine on day one by launching five task forces to rewrite how the Fed communicates, what data it uses, and how it measures inflation. Markets repriced 2026 hike odds from 59% to 84% overnight, the S&P dropped 1.2%, and Trump — who spent a year attacking Powell for not cutting — said from France he's "guided by what he wants to do."

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What is What the Sigma?

Daily finance and tech news for people who want the alpha mainstream coverage misses.

What the Sigma reads the filings, runs the numbers, and surfaces what All-In, CNBC, and Bloomberg are too busy to catch. Hosted by Chad Stacks. We show our work.

New episodes with every big fintech event. Hit subscribe if you want the angles before the consensus. Available on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts. Learn more at https://grep.news

How often does this podcast release new episodes?

This podcast updates daily.

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Does this podcast accept guests?

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