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Anthropic tops OpenAI as most valuable AI startup, nears $1 trillion valuation in latest round
Anthropic raises $65B at a $965B valuation, surpassing OpenAI as the most valuable AI startup.
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Anthropic’s $65B Series H pushes it past OpenAI in valuation; DeepMind’s CEO calls AI a species-level transition; Shopify’s CTO reports 100% internal AI adoption; Ben Thompson maps space-based data center economics; Gartner tracks the shift to autonomous coding agents; a White House executive order reshapes fintech policy; two indie founders build from collapse to eight-figure ARR; and UC Davis researchers find bananas silently sabotage your smoothie.
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Anthropic raises $65B at a $965B valuation, surpassing OpenAI as the most valuable AI startup.
Anthropic’s official announcement details the $65 billion round led by Altimeter and Sequoia, including investor terms and intended uses.
Demis Hassabis calls AI’s rapid advancement a species-level transition and urges urgent global regulatory coordination.
Shopify CTO shares data on 100% internal AI adoption and three major AI infrastructure initiatives in a deep-dive interview.
Thompson analyzes how space-based data centers could underpin a SpaceX IPO amid expanding agentic infrastructure demands.
Gartner finds enterprise AI coding agents are shifting from assisted development to autonomous SDLC workflows across the market.
A May 19 executive order directs US regulators to integrate fintech and digital asset firms more deeply into financial infrastructure.
Shoanak Mallapurkar built a niche recruiter CRM by leveraging his father’s domain expertise, reaching $11M in annual recurring revenue.
Louis-David Paul-Hus rebuilt from a collapsed $800k business by diversifying into a small indie product portfolio earning $4k monthly.
Adding bananas to berry smoothies reduces flavanol absorption by 84% due to a polyphenol-oxidase enzyme in the fruit.