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# Evening Scan
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-10-27-pm/
- Published: 2026-10-27T23:18:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-27T23:18:48.000Z
- Description: Anthropic’s S-1 landed today. Asian markets, the AI trade, and the legal department all took notice. Microsoft offered to pay a big chunk of its workforce to leave. One billionaire is moving to Texas ahead of next Tuesday’s vote on Prop 40.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-pm, #scan

Anthropic's S-1 landed today. Asian markets, the AI trade, and the legal department all took notice. Microsoft offered to pay a big chunk of its workforce to leave. One billionaire is moving to Texas ahead of next Tuesday's vote on Prop 40.

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#### [Anthropic's IPO filing lifts stocks across Asia—except for China](https://fortune.com/2026/10/27/anthropic-ipo-filing-lifts-asia-stocks-except-for-china/?ref=adjacent.media)

Regional markets rallied on the filing, reviving appetite for battered AI-linked names, while China sat it out. *(Fortune)*

#### [Microsoft offers to buy out a quarter of its workforce](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/microsoft-offers-voluntary-buyouts-to-60000-employees/?ref=adjacent.media)

Voluntary buyouts for eligible employees in select parts of the company is how Microsoft is resetting headcount. *(Ars Technica)*

#### [Billionaire Uber cofounder Travis Kalanick moved to Texas—dodging a possible $180 million hit from California's billionaire tax](https://fortune.com/2026/10/27/billionaire-uber-cofounder-travis-kalanick-moved-to-texas-prior-to-january-dodging-180-million-hit-from-californias-billionaire-tax/?ref=adjacent.media)

Prop 40's one-time 5% billionaire tax goes to a vote next Tuesday. *(Fortune)*

#### [Elvis rightsholders sue Anthropic for stealing songs and leaving them in Heartbreak Hotel](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/27/elvis-rightsholders-sue-anthropic-for-stealing-songs-and-leaving-them-in-heartbreak-hotel/5305625?ref=adjacent.media)

A copyright suit timed to the S-1 week marks Anthropic's entry into public-company litigation risk. *(The Register)*

> “A good buy or 'the most ridiculous IPO of 2026'” — *Fortune, on Anthropic's debut*