This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Good morning. It was anything but a quiet weekend for news, so I'll cut to the chase. S&P 500 futures are up slightly this morning. The market is coming off a losing week. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:
1. Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, from Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters
2. Oil
Cabimas, Venezuela, oil pump jack with de color of the Venezuelan flag is seen and oil field. Jose Bula Urrutia | Universal Images Group | Getty Images
3. On budget
Daniela Amodei, co-founder and president of Anthropic, during the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Bloomberg Tech is a future-focused gathering that aims to spark conversations around cutting-edge technologies and the future applications for business. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg via Getty Images
"Do more with less." This phrase-turned-governing principle has been a bedrock for Anthropic president and co-founder Daniela Amodei. As CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos reports, the buzzy artificial intelligence startup has been disciplined when it comes to spending. This strategy stands in stark contrast to other major AI players, who have raced to ink billion-dollar deals to bolster their leadership on the technology. As Amodei puts it: "Anthropic has always had a fraction of what our competitors have had in terms of compute and capital, and yet, pretty consistently, we've had the most powerful, most performant models for the majority of the past several years." Read and watch the full interview here.
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4. Musk's speed bumps
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