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Issue #7 May 21, 2026

Capital Must Deploy, But Buyers Won't Overpay — M&A's Dry Powder Dilemma in 2026.

5 Corp Dev & M&A roles at Armanino, Anthropic, Harris Computer, Solen Software Group, and Galaxy. US PE is sitting on $1 trillion in dry powder — so why aren't sponsors buying? The deployment paradox explained, and what it means for M&A professionals.

Issue #6 May 14, 2026

Anthropic and SpaceX Turn Rivalry Into a $4B Partnership, GSD Fights Context Rot, and AI Is Splitting Into Verticals.

5 Corp Dev & M&A roles at Perseus Group, PartnerOne, Hagerty, Vantage Airport Group, and Vista Equity Partners. Anthropic leases Elon's Colossus 1 supercomputer — 220K GPUs, $4B/yr. GSD for Claude Code tackles context rot. Plus Liam's take on AI splitting into verticals, just like SaaS did.

Issue #5 May 7, 2026

GPT-5.5 vs. Claude Opus 4.7, M&A Defies the Global Order, and the Rise of the VMS Corp Dev Career.

5 Corp Dev & M&A roles at Geotab, Canada Life, ATS Corporation, Aspire Software, and Klaviyo. GPT-5.5 vs. Claude Opus 4.7 — where each model actually wins. Why political fragmentation is rerouting cross-border M&A. Plus Liam's take on the rise of the VMS corp dev career path.

Issue #4 April 30, 2026

Title Inflation, OpenAI's Trillion-Dollar Math Problem, and AI Utilization: Visualized.

5 Corp Dev & M&A roles at Affirm, National Bank of Canada, Roofstock, Visa, and Amazon AWS. How title inflation is outpacing compensation in corp dev. OpenAI's Trillion-Dollar Math Problem — the infrastructure bets powering AI growth. Plus Liam's take on how few people are truly using AI deeply.

Issue #3 April 16, 2026

New Roles, Diverging M&A Trends, and Lagging Governance.

5 Corp Dev & M&A roles at Snyk, Roblox, Salesforce, Hudbay Minerals, and Definity Financial. Deal values up 40% but volume flat — the megadeal rebound explained. 90% of dealmakers use AI; 80% have had incidents. Plus Liam's take on the opportunity in AI competency.

Issue #2 April 9, 2026

Anthropic vs. The Pentagon, AI Corp Dev Roles on the Rise, and the Risks of Consolidation.

5 Corp Dev & M&A roles at CoreWeave, Discord, Cologix, Riskified, and Solen Software Group. Anthropic's legal battle with the Pentagon. OpenAI and Anthropic's latest acquisitions. Plus Liam's take on AI consolidation risks for consumers.

Issue #1 April 2, 2026

The only weekly newsletter for Corporate Development and M&A Careers.

5 Corp Dev & M&A roles across top acquirers. An analysis of the AI chatbot race. Stitch by Google Labs as tool of the week. Plus Liam's take on Anthropic's free coding courses on Skilljar.

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