{"version":"1.0","type":"stack","id":"cd56e1a1-45bb-4978-945b-4a9e71b13b5f","url":"https://stacklist.com/c/finance/stack/cd56e1a1-45bb-4978-945b-4a9e71b13b5f","title":"Signals Served #030 — The Marks Are Still Waiting for Cash","description":"Every source behind Issue #030 of Signals Served (The VC Concierge), week of September 22–28, 2026. The paper is real; the cash is late: Carta's Q2 2026 fund data (median 2017 fund 0.37x paid back vs 1.89x value at its last public reading), the narrow IPO door, Instinct at $10B, Heidi's equity/revenue-repaid split, SoftBank's notes and Oracle's bonds. For founders and investors reading the gap between marks and cash.","privacy":"public","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:43:48.915Z","updated_at":"2026-09-28T18:43:48.915Z","author":{"username":"jdaudena","name":"JD Audena","url":"https://stacklist.com/jdaudena","type":"person"},"category":{"id":"finance","name":"finance","url":"https://stacklist.com/c/finance"},"items":[{"id":"b20c0982-0f17-49c6-9bfd-5aed21b934fd","position":1,"title":"Signals Served #030 — The Marks Are Still Waiting for Cash","url":"https://www.thevcconcierge.com/insights/signals-served-030","note":"Issue #030 of Signals Served — The Marks Are Still Waiting for Cash. Week of September 22–28, 2026. 14 signals with a Founder Signal for each.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/e5fe58d8-c239-499e-8594-cf00365cfd2d/","alt":"Signals Served #030 — The Marks Are Still Waiting for Cash","width":1280,"height":800},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/b20c0982-0f17-49c6-9bfd-5aed21b934fd","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:44:01.532Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"Signals Served #030 reports that typical 2017 venture funds have returned only 0.37x in cash against 1.89x paper valuations, revealing a significant gap between marked values and realized distributions. The IPO market remains constrained with only three debuts since Labor Day, while top-performing funds see gains arriving slower than expected as interest rates rise.","tags":["venture-capital","fund-performance","cash-returns","ipo-market","carta-data","fundraising","venture-funds"],"key_entities":[{"name":"Carta","type":"organization","confidence":0.99},{"name":"SoftBank","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"SpaceX","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Oracle","type":"organization","confidence":0.9},{"name":"Instinct","type":"organization","confidence":0.85},{"name":"Modal","type":"organization","confidence":0.8},{"name":"Fal","type":"organization","confidence":0.8},{"name":"OpenAI","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Bamboo Insurance","type":"organization","confidence":0.85},{"name":"venture-fund-performance","type":"concept","confidence":0.95},{"name":"cash-returns-gap","type":"concept","confidence":0.9},{"name":"Labor Day","type":"event","confidence":0.85},{"name":"United States","type":"location","confidence":0.9}],"classification":"analysis","language":"en","confidence":0.85,"provenance":{"model":"claude-haiku-4-5","tool":"@stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0","confidence":0.85,"timestamp":"2026-09-28T18:44:10.772Z"},"token_counts":{"approximate":5656,"cl100k":5524},"content_hash":"sha256:849c9931dff5b31bd38e00558993ddbd841bcf59e06bf466a00d47708e4df7c6","acp_version":"0.2","body_available":true,"body_tokens":5656,"visibility":"public","agent_accessible":true,"status":"final"}},{"id":"f697c8ff-c156-4e26-ad81-3918bff7f922","position":2,"title":"Carta — VC Fund Performance, Q2 2026","url":"https://carta.com/data/vc-fund-performance-q2-2026/","note":"Signal of the Week. Median 2017 fund has returned 0.37x in cash nine years in (2018: 0.15x, 2019: 0.04x); top-decile 2017 TVPI 4.14x with IRR falling to 25.7%. Platform leans toward smaller managers.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/0013596d-6949-4fa9-8ee6-f5ca3957d1d9/","alt":"Carta — VC Fund Performance, Q2 2026","width":7680,"height":4320},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/f697c8ff-c156-4e26-ad81-3918bff7f922","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:44:04.705Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"VC Fund Performance Q2 2026 analyzes how top-performing venture capital funds from the late 2010s show diverging trends: IRRs declining while TVPIs surge, indicating strong paper gains but slower-than-expected return timelines. 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The value side of the 0.37x-vs-1.89x gap — two quarters older than the cash figure.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/f921d925-6df0-4fa8-a14f-57a7600a9161/","alt":"Carta — VC Fund Performance, Q4 2025","width":1920,"height":1080},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/bbd76103-6ac6-42cd-a1bd-b467cc64dfdb","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:44:06.987Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"Carta's Q4 2025 VC Fund Performance report analyzes venture capital fund returns across vintages from 2017-2025, revealing a top-heavy asset class where the best-performing funds significantly outpace median performers. 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The Midvale, Utah-based company was valued at $1.75 billion and may revive the listing in the future.","tags":["bamboo-insurance","ipo-postponement","homeowners-insurance","market-conditions","private-equity","cvc-capital-partners"],"key_entities":[{"name":"Bamboo Insurance Services Inc.","type":"organization","confidence":0.99},{"name":"CVC Capital Partners","type":"organization","confidence":0.99},{"name":"White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Holtec Nuclear Corp.","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Orion180 Insurance Group Inc.","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"JPMorgan Chase & Co.","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Morgan Stanley","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Midvale, Utah","type":"location","confidence":0.98},{"name":"initial-public-offering","type":"concept","confidence":0.99},{"name":"market-conditions","type":"concept","confidence":0.98}],"classification":"reference","language":"en","confidence":0.85,"provenance":{"model":"claude-haiku-4-5","tool":"@stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0","confidence":0.85,"timestamp":"2026-09-28T18:44:18.848Z"},"token_counts":{"approximate":653,"cl100k":550},"content_hash":"sha256:6cdd673b100f6b3b7db5752267cd2cd81575d93d382d1dc8ab7e9bbfe7da7163","acp_version":"0.2","body_available":true,"body_tokens":653,"visibility":"public","agent_accessible":true,"status":"final"}},{"id":"b5fcb4da-5400-4976-8287-e836ddde4135","position":6,"title":"Business Wire — Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B valuation","url":"https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-9-28-instinct-raises-1-billion-in-series-c-funding-from-sequoia-benchmark-and-coatue-at-10-billion-valuation","note":"Announced September 28: a $1B Series C from Sequoia, Benchmark and Coatue at $10B — a new price set by a new buyer of a minority stake.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/4b30eb03-05b8-4dd9-b7e7-ecd5164a3528/","alt":"Business Wire — Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B valuation","width":600,"height":300},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/b5fcb4da-5400-4976-8287-e836ddde4135","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:44:31.243Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"Instinct, a personal AI agent company, raised $1 billion in Series C funding at a $10 billion valuation from Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital, and Coatue. 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Against the September $10B, a fourfold step in about a month — a new price on a minority stake, which does not by itself put cash in earlier holders' hands.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/40db0caa-c7da-450f-ad1e-52b42e600f1f/","alt":"TechCrunch — Instinct at $2.5B in August","width":1200,"height":795},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/e41a3dbf-a6ee-40d5-890c-49f658d77732","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:44:33.452Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"Instinct, an AI assistant startup founded last year and led by 23-year-old Noah Shinn, has raised $250M in Series B funding at a $2.5B valuation, bringing total funding to $350M. 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Closes #029's line that the coupon was due to print on the 24th.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/1377fc4c-7900-40f7-b1cb-b6150c39c912/","alt":"SoftBank Group — Pricing of $10B and €1B of notes","width":1280,"height":800},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/36704dd5-7afb-444e-97cc-693b84f97053","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:44:40.399Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"SoftBank Group Corp. announced the pricing of $10 billion USD-denominated and €1 billion EUR-denominated senior notes due 2030-2034, with interest rates ranging from 7.125% to 9.750% per annum. 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The funding will support Island's expansion across browsers, endpoints, networks, and data protection as enterprises scale AI adoption and modernize work architecture.","tags":["series-f-funding","ai-agents","enterprise-security","control-plane","zero-trust","valuation-6.4b","workplace-technology"],"key_entities":[{"name":"Island","type":"organization","confidence":0.99},{"name":"Evolution Equity Partners","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Mike Fey","type":"person","confidence":0.92},{"name":"Richard Seewald","type":"person","confidence":0.92},{"name":"Gili Raanan","type":"person","confidence":0.92},{"name":"Dmitri Alperovitch","type":"person","confidence":0.9},{"name":"Sequoia Capital","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Coatue Management","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Cyberstarts","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Frost & Sullivan","type":"organization","confidence":0.9},{"name":"Gartner","type":"organization","confidence":0.9},{"name":"CNBC","type":"organization","confidence":0.9},{"name":"Dallas","type":"location","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Series F Funding Round","type":"event","confidence":0.98},{"name":"Enterprise Browser","type":"technology","confidence":0.93},{"name":"Zero Trust Security","type":"concept","confidence":0.88}],"classification":"memo","language":"en","confidence":0.85,"provenance":{"model":"claude-haiku-4-5","tool":"@stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0","confidence":0.85,"timestamp":"2026-09-28T18:45:13.130Z"},"token_counts":{"approximate":2032,"cl100k":1567},"content_hash":"sha256:4e2cafedbba6ed639e6702d3cdc1ba1c26b9898b85cdcaa26d1278b089b476e8","acp_version":"0.2","body_available":true,"body_tokens":2032,"visibility":"public","agent_accessible":true,"status":"final"}},{"id":"1704e66b-743e-4339-867c-5a9104f058ad","position":21,"title":"TNW — Cyera's $400M Series G extension","url":"https://thenextweb.com/news/cyera-400m-goldman-sachs-series-g-extension","note":"Cyera added $400M led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives as an extension of its June Series G, at a valuation TNW reports as flat — the investor who joins an extension has said what they think a step-up is worth today.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/2723c292-859d-41f2-b20c-18fa433c0dc6/","alt":"TNW — Cyera's $400M Series G extension","width":345,"height":488},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/1704e66b-743e-4339-867c-5a9104f058ad","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:45:09.125Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"Cyera raised $400M in a Series G extension from Goldman Sachs Alternatives at a $12bn valuation, bringing 2024 total funding to $1.4bn. The investment funds AI security initiatives, federal market expansion, and growth in EMEA and APAC regions, following the company's acquisition of Oasis Security for $1bn to address non-human identity management.","tags":["ai-security","funding","enterprise-data","non-human-identity","venture-capital"],"key_entities":[{"name":"Cyera","type":"organization","confidence":0.99},{"name":"Yotam Segev","type":"person","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Tamar Bar-Ilan","type":"person","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Goldman Sachs Alternatives","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Evolution Equity Partners","type":"organization","confidence":0.9},{"name":"Oasis Security","type":"organization","confidence":0.9},{"name":"Paramount","type":"organization","confidence":0.85},{"name":"Chipotle","type":"organization","confidence":0.85},{"name":"Valvoline","type":"organization","confidence":0.85},{"name":"Agent Guardian","type":"technology","confidence":0.9},{"name":"Cyera Endpoint","type":"technology","confidence":0.9},{"name":"Claude Code","type":"technology","confidence":0.85},{"name":"Cursor","type":"technology","confidence":0.85},{"name":"non-human identity","type":"concept","confidence":0.95},{"name":"AI agents security","type":"concept","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Series G extension","type":"event","confidence":0.95}],"classification":"analysis","language":"en","confidence":0.85,"provenance":{"model":"claude-haiku-4-5","tool":"@stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0","confidence":0.85,"timestamp":"2026-09-28T18:45:16.184Z"},"token_counts":{"approximate":1394,"cl100k":1214},"content_hash":"sha256:316e58f977027f8b6afa1c9abc951c4896774bd8d7738f17060939da516acf58","acp_version":"0.2","body_available":true,"body_tokens":1394,"visibility":"public","agent_accessible":true,"status":"final"}},{"id":"46c69023-6bb7-402b-aa48-d200b778404c","position":22,"title":"Reuters — Modal Labs reportedly in talks at $15B","url":"https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2026:newsml_L6N45F18D:0-modal-labs-in-talks-to-raise-funds-at-15-billion-valuation-bloomberg-news-reports/","note":"Reported talks, not a closed round: Modal Labs at about $15B, per Bloomberg News. Ask whether a cited valuation closed and what share changed hands.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/1dda269c-225f-4d59-9891-3d729a1bc91c/","alt":"Reuters — Modal Labs reportedly in talks at $15B","width":1200,"height":630},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/46c69023-6bb7-402b-aa48-d200b778404c","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:45:11.741Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"Modal Labs is reportedly in talks to raise funds at a $15 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg News. The company is seeking investment at this significant valuation level.","tags":["modal-labs","funding","valuation","startup","venture-capital","bloomberg"],"key_entities":[{"name":"Modal Labs","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Bloomberg News","type":"organization","confidence":0.9},{"name":"Reuters","type":"organization","confidence":0.9},{"name":"TradingView","type":"organization","confidence":0.85},{"name":"venture funding","type":"concept","confidence":0.88}],"classification":"snippet","language":"en","confidence":0.85,"provenance":{"model":"claude-haiku-4-5","tool":"@stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0","confidence":0.85,"timestamp":"2026-09-28T18:45:16.255Z"},"token_counts":{"approximate":52,"cl100k":38},"content_hash":"sha256:51501a43785dce124785ebd6c72719a11ef709fa32e6e3f375db95a440ae5310","acp_version":"0.2","body_available":true,"body_tokens":52,"visibility":"public","agent_accessible":true,"status":"final"}},{"id":"a379f583-f860-4a84-ac29-60a9560c2d79","position":23,"title":"GuruFocus — Fal reportedly seeking a new round","url":"https://www.gurufocus.com/news/9098179/fal-and-fireworks-ai-seek-new-funding-rounds-amid-revenue-surge","note":"Fal reportedly in talks at about $15B, per The Information. Unfinished talks describe one buyer's appetite, not a company's worth.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/f0d737d9-2522-412a-8609-17b63916c2f7/","alt":"GuruFocus — Fal reportedly seeking a new round","width":1280,"height":800},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/a379f583-f860-4a84-ac29-60a9560c2d79","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:45:14.010Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"Fal and Fireworks AI, providers of AI model inference services, are seeking new funding rounds amid significant revenue surges. Fal targets a $15-20 billion valuation with $800 million annual revenue, while Fireworks AI aims for $30 billion with $1 billion in revenue, reflecting strong investor interest in the booming AI inference market.","tags":["ai-funding","inference-services","startup-valuation","venture-capital","revenue-growth"],"key_entities":[{"name":"Fal","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Fireworks AI","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"GuruFocus","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"OpenAI","type":"organization","confidence":0.9},{"name":"Google","type":"organization","confidence":0.9},{"name":"Atreides Capital","type":"organization","confidence":0.85},{"name":"Baseten","type":"organization","confidence":0.8},{"name":"Modal","type":"organization","confidence":0.8},{"name":"Nano Banana","type":"technology","confidence":0.75},{"name":"inference-services","type":"concept","confidence":0.9},{"name":"funding-round","type":"event","confidence":0.85}],"classification":"analysis","language":"en","confidence":0.85,"provenance":{"model":"claude-haiku-4-5","tool":"@stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0","confidence":0.85,"timestamp":"2026-09-28T18:45:21.198Z"},"token_counts":{"approximate":1104,"cl100k":857},"content_hash":"sha256:cc1e46c0d6c92a2154a4cf1294a0b32ac7df134641cd0a8899ff289e8d1b2652","acp_version":"0.2","body_available":true,"body_tokens":1104,"visibility":"public","agent_accessible":true,"status":"final"}},{"id":"b26d5129-0a7d-470f-9d8a-9afdd0c8bf75","position":24,"title":"Tech Funding News — Mirendil reportedly in talks at $5B","url":"https://techfundingnews.com/report-ex-anthropic-duos-mirendil-in-talks-for-5b-valuation-just-3-months-after-1b-seed/","note":"Mirendil, founded by former Anthropic researchers, reportedly in talks at $5B (Bloomberg, September 22) — three months after a seed at a $1B valuation. A report of talks, not a price paid.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/56e64deb-17f0-49b0-84e5-e1f86c54a189/","alt":"Tech Funding News — Mirendil reportedly in talks at $5B","width":1280,"height":800},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/b26d5129-0a7d-470f-9d8a-9afdd0c8bf75","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:45:16.450Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"Mirendil, founded by ex-Anthropic and OpenAI researchers, is in talks for a $5 billion valuation just three months after its $1 billion seed round, with Kleiner Perkins potentially leading a new up-to-$1 billion investment. The AI research startup aims to commercialize AI-assisted research capabilities without yet having a public product.","tags":["ai-funding","venture-capital","startup","mirendil","ai-research","unicorn"],"key_entities":[{"name":"Mirendil","type":"organization","confidence":0.99},{"name":"Kleiner Perkins","type":"organization","confidence":0.98},{"name":"Andreessen Horowitz","type":"organization","confidence":0.98},{"name":"Behnam Neyshabur","type":"person","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Harsh Mehta","type":"person","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Anthropic","type":"organization","confidence":0.98},{"name":"Google DeepMind","type":"organization","confidence":0.97},{"name":"Shayan Salehian","type":"person","confidence":0.92},{"name":"Tara Rezaei Kheirkhah","type":"person","confidence":0.92},{"name":"Safe Superintelligence","type":"organization","confidence":0.96},{"name":"Ilya Sutskever","type":"person","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Recursive Superintelligence","type":"organization","confidence":0.95},{"name":"Thinking Machines Lab","type":"organization","confidence":0.94},{"name":"Mira Murati","type":"person","confidence":0.94},{"name":"Periodic Labs","type":"organization","confidence":0.94},{"name":"San Francisco","type":"location","confidence":0.98},{"name":"AI self-improvement","type":"concept","confidence":0.9},{"name":"Series B funding round","type":"event","confidence":0.88}],"classification":"analysis","language":"en","confidence":0.85,"provenance":{"model":"claude-haiku-4-5","tool":"@stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0","confidence":0.85,"timestamp":"2026-09-28T18:45:25.677Z"},"token_counts":{"approximate":1470,"cl100k":1370},"content_hash":"sha256:c8efbf3c430a0a6df6dc2a7c6e2769759ee91a37eb3b6f87c9200baf5a95c098","acp_version":"0.2","body_available":true,"body_tokens":1470,"visibility":"public","agent_accessible":true,"status":"final"}},{"id":"7b462e88-a7b4-4808-a385-ddd6d200d506","position":25,"title":"TNW — DeepSeek's run rate reportedly passes $1B","url":"https://thenextweb.com/news/deepseek-revenue-run-rate-1bn","note":"DeepSeek's founder reportedly told investors its run rate passed $1B after it raised prices. The figure is the founder's and unaudited.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/5c3eed47-0cc2-4c69-ae60-25ab95b4432b/","alt":"TNW — DeepSeek's run rate reportedly passes $1B","width":868,"height":488},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/7b462e88-a7b4-4808-a385-ddd6d200d506","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:45:20.221Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, has reached an annualized revenue run rate of $1 billion, more than double its previous $500 million rate, driven by recent API price increases and steady demand for its models. 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Revenue is the one mark that needs no buyer.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/887ccdad-f48a-4db4-a4dd-5ec3e76331c6/","alt":"Reuters — DeepSeek raises API pricing for its V4 models","width":350,"height":350},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/0f05198f-bdb9-4c5d-899d-1c77c64290fa","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:45:22.444Z","updated_at":null},{"id":"074ebce8-02b5-4daa-9d2f-fdc3cfd52081","position":27,"title":"OpenAI — API pricing","url":"https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing","note":"OpenAI's published API prices, the comparison point for DeepSeek's increase.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/b19a4be8-681b-4623-a5c2-3d16a600bbf0/","alt":"OpenAI — API pricing","width":1200,"height":630},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/074ebce8-02b5-4daa-9d2f-fdc3cfd52081","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:45:24.564Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"OpenAI API pricing document detailing costs per 1M tokens for GPT-6 and GPT-5.6 models across multiple processing modes including Standard, Batch, Flex, and Fast mode. 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Rising energy costs and inflation concerns are driving global bond market volatility and prompting expectations of additional Federal Reserve rate hikes.","tags":["treasury-yields","oil-prices","inflation","bond-markets","mortgage-rates","iran-war"],"key_entities":[{"name":"NBC News","type":"organization","confidence":0.99},{"name":"Steve Kopack","type":"person","confidence":0.95},{"name":"John Williams","type":"person","confidence":0.92},{"name":"Peter Boockvar","type":"person","confidence":0.9},{"name":"Federal Reserve Bank of New York","type":"organization","confidence":0.98},{"name":"S&P Global","type":"organization","confidence":0.97},{"name":"Bank of America","type":"organization","confidence":0.97},{"name":"Iran war","type":"event","confidence":0.93},{"name":"Strait of Hormuz","type":"location","confidence":0.91},{"name":"10-year Treasury yield","type":"concept","confidence":0.96}],"classification":"analysis","language":"en","confidence":0.85,"provenance":{"model":"claude-haiku-4-5","tool":"@stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0","confidence":0.85,"timestamp":"2026-09-28T18:45:33.887Z"},"token_counts":{"approximate":1693,"cl100k":1509},"content_hash":"sha256:b18486673e0ea5dabae3f25c5fb9eec64f3b6c1fb6f237309ac6195ee2022173","acp_version":"0.2","body_available":true,"body_tokens":1693,"visibility":"public","agent_accessible":true,"status":"final"}},{"id":"6d9fcdc3-3c4a-4695-9a91-0234275168c6","position":29,"title":"Washington Trust — Week in review, September 25, 2026","url":"https://www.watrust.com/articles/week-in-review-september-25-2026","note":"A week-in-review of the rates move: long yields higher, the 30-year at its highest since 2004.","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/316c742b-417d-4409-ab14-ff73e8a5e083/","alt":"Washington Trust — Week in review, September 25, 2026","width":1280,"height":800},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/6d9fcdc3-3c4a-4695-9a91-0234275168c6","created_at":"2026-09-28T18:45:29.022Z","updated_at":null,"aco":{"summary":"Washington Trust's week in review for September 25, 2026 analyzes rising U.S. Treasury yields driven by strong economic data, oil prices near $100, and sustained AI investment, while the Federal Reserve maintains focus on controlling inflation that has exceeded targets for over five years. 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