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Turner’s Biggest Backlog Ever, AI’s Price Reset, Oil’s 6% Drop

Turner’s biggest backlog ever and ten billion-dollar projects have already been won. DeepSeek just permanently reset the cost of frontier AI. Oil dropped nearly 6 percent on signals the Strait of Hormuz may reopen. Reads cover Jamie Dimon’s $20B acquisition hunt, why the 30-year Treasury just hit a 19-year high, and whether quantum computing can find its IPO moment.

TOP HEADLINES

Turner Has Already Secured More $1 Billion Projects in 2026 Than It Did All of Last Year

Turner reported Q1 revenue of $7.7 billion, up 25% year over year. Its backlog reached $48.9 billion, marking a 34% increase from twelve months earlier. The firm has already won 10 projects valued above $1 billion each this year, surpassing its full-year 2025 total. Data centers are the primary driver, with healthcare and commercial also contributing. (More)

DeepSeek Makes Its 75% AI Price Cut Permanent, Resetting the Cost Baseline

DeepSeek has confirmed the 75% discount on its V4-Pro API is now permanent, dropping input costs to $0.435 per million tokens, roughly 11 times cheaper than comparable frontier models. The company says the cut is backed by architectural efficiency, not subsidized pricing. For anyone evaluating AI deployment at scale, the cost baseline just reset. (More)

Oil Drops 6% on Iran Signals, But Construction Shouldn’t Count on Relief Yet

WTI crude closed at $88.68 on Wednesday, down 5.7%, after Iranian state media reported Tehran committed to restoring Hormuz shipping within 30 days. The White House disputed the claim, but talks are active. Oil peaked above $113 in March; veterans say a confirmed deal takes four months to return flows to 80% of pre-war volume. (More)

BEST MOMENT THIS WEEK

In a conversation about runaway AI spending, Patric Hellermann cut through the noise on whose advice to actually trust when it comes to how much AI a business “should” be using.

It was the line that landed the hardest all week. A reminder that the loudest voices pushing AI adoption are usually the ones with the most to gain from it.

3 READS AND WATCHES

Jamie Dimon Is Hunting for His Biggest Deal Yet. JPMorgan could put $10-20 billion toward an acquisition in the next two years. At $16.5B in Q1 net income, Dimon has the firepower. Read on CNBC

The 30-Year Treasury Just Hit a 19-Year High. The 30-year Treasury hit 5.2% on May 19, its highest since 2007. For anyone financing or developing construction projects, that number changes the math. Read on CNN

Quantinuum Sets IPO Terms for a $12.7B Debut. Quantinuum set terms for a $1.05B IPO at a $12.7B valuation, trading June 4. Quantum computing is testing whether public market appetite extends beyond AI. Read on Yahoo Finance

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