What is Goldman Sachs?

Goldman Sachs is a global investment bank and financial services firm. The material tracks its risk management philosophy and recent exploration of compute futures trading.

• May 2026 - Lloyd Blankfein said Goldman Sachs runs old and new systems simultaneously in finance, requiring zero mistakes, unlike tech startups.
• May 2026 - Lloyd Blankfein said rigorous mark-to-market acts as an early warning system by forcing firms to acknowledge losses early.
• May 2026 - Lloyd Blankfein said Goldman Sachs was one of the only firms to insist on a collateral agreement with AIG, protecting them during the crisis.
• Jun 2026 - Nathaniel Whittemore said Goldman Sachs is looking at trading compute futures as a way to hedge data center exposure.