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Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO
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Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO

Anthropic has completed a $65 billion Series H funding round, valuing the AI startup at $965 billion post-money. This...

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AI Coding Startup Now Valued at $26 billion
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AI Coding Startup Now Valued at $26 billion

An AI coding startup has reached a $26 billion valuation in a new funding round, reflecting strong market demand for...

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Just like gold and oil, we’ll soon be able to trade AI token futures
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Just like gold and oil, we’ll soon be able to trade AI token futures

Large financial exchanges are developing derivative products for AI tokens, treating them as tradeable commodities...

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AWS Rebuilds OpenSearch Serverless, Intros Agent Skills
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AWS Rebuilds OpenSearch Serverless, Intros Agent Skills

AWS has rebuilt OpenSearch Serverless and introduced Agent Skills, positioning OpenSearch as foundational...

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H1 secures $40M from CVS, proving SaaS startups can still attract investment
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H1 secures $40M from CVS, proving SaaS startups can still attract investment

H1, a healthcare SaaS startup, secures $40M in funding from CVS, demonstrating continued investor interest in SaaS...

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Why Paris may be the most important AI city outside Silicon Valley
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Why Paris may be the most important AI city outside Silicon Valley

Paris is emerging as a significant AI hub outside Silicon Valley as Europe's startup ecosystem matures and founders...

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Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new ‘dynamic workflow’ tool
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Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new ‘dynamic workflow’ tool

Anthropic has released Opus 4.8, a new version of its Claude model featuring Dynamic Workflows, a tool designed to...

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Claude’s new model is more ‘honest’ when it messes up
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Claude’s new model is more ‘honest’ when it messes up

Anthropic is releasing Claude Opus 4.8, a new large language model designed to be more honest by flagging uncertainties...

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A $2,000 AI-generated film will make its debut at Tribeca
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A $2,000 AI-generated film will make its debut at Tribeca

An AI-generated 75-minute film called Dreams of Violets will premiere at next month's Tribeca Festival. Created by...

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How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary.
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How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary.

Elon Musk is publicly characterizing xAI's compute deal with Anthropic as short-term and cancellable, contradicting...

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Google Cloud responds to AI-accelerated cyberattacks with a platform that aims to close security gaps in minutes
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Google Cloud responds to AI-accelerated cyberattacks with a platform that aims to close security gaps in minutes

Google Cloud launched 'AI Threat Defense,' a platform that uses AI to automatically identify, evaluate, and patch...

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Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, launches its iOS app
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Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, launches its iOS app

Sesame, a conversational AI startup founded by Oculus creators, has launched its iOS app featuring conversational AI...

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Here Comes Ojai, Waymo’s New Chinese-Made Robotaxi
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Here Comes Ojai, Waymo’s New Chinese-Made Robotaxi

Waymo is launching its Ojai robotaxi service in California and Arizona, featuring pale-blue autonomous vehicles that...

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Google Pay preps for AI agents with Universal Commerce Protocol
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Google Pay preps for AI agents with Universal Commerce Protocol

Google Pay is restructuring its payment infrastructure to handle transactions from AI agents through a new Universal...

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Sneak peek at new Siri app reveals Apple’s plans to take on ChatGPT and more
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Sneak peek at new Siri app reveals Apple’s plans to take on ChatGPT and more

Apple is planning a major AI overhaul for iOS 27 that includes a redesigned Siri experience and a standalone Siri app,...

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These new iOS 27 renders hint at Siri’s big redesign
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These new iOS 27 renders hint at Siri’s big redesign

Apple's iOS 27 will feature a major redesign of Siri with a new chat interface resembling ChatGPT, including a...

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RSI is the new AGI — and it’s just as hard to pin down
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RSI is the new AGI — and it’s just as hard to pin down

Multiple AI labs are pursuing recursive self-improvement (RSI) as a path toward artificial general intelligence, but...

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At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Databricks’ co-founder on what kills enterprise AI deals
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At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Databricks’ co-founder on what kills enterprise AI deals

Databricks' co-founder discusses how enterprise AI adoption is shifting from evaluating AI's potential to assessing...

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Google launches a tiny board that runs Gemma 3 locally
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Google launches a tiny board that runs Gemma 3 locally

Google unveiled the Coral Board at Google I/O, a compact single-board computer designed to run Gemma 3 locally on...

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