Architect Partners counted 34 tokenization acquisitions in 2025 and 2026 to date, against 12 in 2023 and 2024. 2023: 7 2024: 5 2025: 18 2026 to 28 Aug: 16 2026 is a partial year, so the 2025 and 2026 counts are not like for like.

Architect-designed homes often run millions, but these homeowners proved that smart trade-offs and flexibility can keep construction costs under $1 million. 🏡 Here are some of their strategies:

Architecture and engineering firm HNTB Corp. and the law firm Simpson Thacher have signed leases at Boston's Winthrop Center, and the Prudential Center has landed the law firm Paul Hastings.

Architecture and engineering firm HNTB Corp. and the law firm Simpson Thacher have signed leases at Boston's Winthrop Center, and the Prudential Center has landed the law firm Paul Hastings.

Architects were alarmed after President Trump said he might demolish the Kennedy Center. Designed by Edward Durell Stone, the building was never a favorite, they said, but it shouldn’t be destroyed. 🔗

Architectural considerations from building our programming language, Witness: Witness was originally architected to be a programming language for agents to communicate with each other without leaking information or being susceptible to prompt injection. It was designed for social contracts, where parties use agents to reveal private information to other agents without leaking it back to the human layer—preventing any form of front-running or malicious context extraction. This was part of our broader work to imagine newer protocols which increase the fluidity of information without detriment to social concerns of privacy. It has since evolved into a foundation for more sophisticated strategies and systems of information revelation, including a functional decision framework for asymmetric coordination in markets with humans and agents. Witness unlocks a new paradigm with fractional information sharing, which informs new foundations and a more complete aperture to contemporary market structures. This prompts possible solutions to questions like "what does it mean to have a financial market with hidden prices?"

Architect is hiring for three lateral roles: options trading quantitative researcher, compute capital market sales, and structured derivatives specialist. Details on what we’re building and the new team members we’re looking for Quantitative Researcher: We’re building: automated high-frequency options trading strategies on legacy and new(er) exchanges What you’ll work on: volatility modeling, ML for parameter optimization, order placement simulation, new venue exploration Stack: Rust, Python, AWS, ClickHouse What we’re looking for: field experience in derivatives trading and research, strong system design instincts, multiple approaches to options pricing theory, bias towards shipping Nice to have: familiarity with the latest ML toolkits and exchange microstructure Location: your preference Compute Capital Markets Sales: We’re building: the first US-regulated exchange purpose-built for compute futures, options, swaps, forwards, and capacity, plus AI supply chain commodities What you’ll work on: building relationships and facilitating trades with neoclouds, lenders, insurance providers, inference companies, datacenters, AI labs, interdealer brokers, retail brokers, hedge funds, and asset managers What we’re looking for: network of established and startup AI companies, fluency with compute capacity pricing/structures, translation skills between finance and AI, aversion to slop, commitment to competitive markets for compute Nice to have: experience in compute procurement at a hyperscaler, neocloud, or lab Location: SF Structured Derivatives Specialist: We’re building: specialized contracts for trading and hedging compute, compute derivatives, and a range of physical commodities supporting the US datacenter build-out What you’ll work on: modeling and structuring OTC products with Architect’s traders/technologists and AI counterparties for compute, memory, inference, and energy trading What we’re looking for: experience trading OTC derivatives contracts at banks or trading firms, sell-side institutional network, enthusiasm for working at startups Nice to have: relevant FINRA/NFA certifications or passion for test-taking Location: your preference