# “AI Compute Futures” — Has Wall Street Gone Too Far?

> Source: <https://www.profgmedia.com/p/ai-compute-futures-has-wall-street>
> Published: 2026-08-13 11:01:30+00:00

Ed Elson is joined by Rohan Goswami to break down the CME’s move to offer AI compute futures such that computing power can be traded like a commodity. Then, Mark Zandi returns to unpack the latest inflation data from the consumer price index. Finally, Ed shares his thoughts on what the recent high profile departures from OpenAI mean for the markets.

Rohan Goswami is a business reporter at Semafor and the co-host of Compound Interest. Mark Zandi is the chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.

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