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SiliconANGLE
Anthropic reportedly raising up to $2B at $60B valuation
CNBC and the Wall Street Journal cited sources as saying that investment could value the company at $60 billion. That’s more than three times the valuation Anthropic received last year in a funding round led by Menlo Ventures. Lightspeed Venture Partners is said to be leading the company’s latest raise.
Bloomberg
Panasonic Teams Up With Anthropic, Aims for 30% of Sales From AI
Panasonic Holdings Corp. will embrace artificial intelligence technology across its hardware and software businesses and team up with Anthropic, one of the leaders in the industry, with the goal of boosting AI-related revenue to 30% in a decade,
TechCrunch
Anthropic reportedly in talks to raise $2B at $60B valuation, led by Lightspeed
OpenAI rival Anthropic is in talks to raise $2 billion in new capital in a funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, according to The Wall Street Journal. The round, which The Journal reports ...
Bloomberg
Anthropic in Talks to Raise Funding at $60 Billion Value
OpenAI rival Anthropic is in advanced talks to raise $2 billion in a funding round that would value the startup at $60 billion, according to two people familiar with the matter. Most Read from ...
SCMP
AI start-up Anthropic to raise US$2 billion at US$60 billion valuation, sources say
The new funding will mark a jump in valuation for Anthropic, a major competitor of OpenAI in the foundation model space.
Financial Times
AI start-up Anthropic closes in on $60bn valuation
Maker of the Claude AI chatbot nears fresh $2bn investment in the latest sign of how much money is pouring into the sector ...
Wall Street Journal
Anthropic Deal Would Be the Latest to Seize Upon AI Euphoria
A new funding round valuing artificial-intelligence startup Anthropic at $60 billion would amp up the dealmaking frenzy in AI. Among the recent notable investments: Data-analytics company Databricks l
Reuters
Anthropic reaches deal on AI 'guardrails' in lawsuit over music lyrics
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has reached an agreement with Universal Music and other music publishers over its use of "guardrails" to keep its chatbot Claude from generating copyrighted ...
The Verge
Anthropic reaches deal with music publishers over lyric dispute
In October 2023, several music publishers including Universal Music Group, ABKCO, Concord Music Group, and Greg Nelson Music filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthropic for allegedly ...
Reuters
Tech companies face tough AI copyright questions in 2025
The new year may bring pivotal developments in a series of copyright lawsuits that could shape the future business of artificial intelligence.
TechCrunch
Google is using Anthropic’s Claude to improve its Gemini AI
Contractors working on Google Gemini are comparing its responses to Claude's, according to internal correspondence seen by TechCrunch.
ARPU
Google Using Anthropic's Claude to Benchmark Its Gemini AI

Google is reportedly using Anthropic's AI model, Claude, to compare and evaluate the performance of its own advanced AI model, Gemini, according to internal correspondence reviewed by TechCrunch. This revelation raises questions about potential violations of Anthropic's terms of service and industry best practices regarding AI

VentureBeat
The code whisperer: How Anthropic’s Claude is changing the game for software developers
Artificial intelligence assistants like Anthropic's Claude, once viewed with skepticism, have become indispensable software development tools.
TechCrunch
OpenAI’s o3 suggests AI models are scaling in new ways — but so are the costs
AI founders and investors told TechCrunch that we're now in the "second era of scaling laws," noting how established methods of improving AI ...
TechCrunch
New Anthropic study shows AI really doesn’t want to be forced to change its views
A study from Anthropic's Alignment Science team shows that complex AI models may engage in deception to preserve their original principles.
TechCrunch
Menlo Ventures and Anthropic have picked the first 18 startups for their $100M fund
Just five months after launching a $100 million fund, Menlo Ventures and Anthropic have backed their first 18 startups. And are looking for more.
TechCrunch
Google says customers can use its AI in ‘high-risk’ domains, so long as there’s human supervision
Google has changed its terms to clarify that customers can deploy its generative AI tools to make "automated decisions" in "high-risk" domains, like ...
Fortune
Hundreds of OpenAI’s current and ex-employees are about to get a huge payday by cashing out up to $10 million each in a private stock sale
A group of current and former OpenAI employees are eligible to cash out up to $10 million worth of shares as part of the company’s $1.6 billion tender offer to SoftBank, a source has told Fortune.
Axios
Anthropic's Krieger: AI agents and people will learn to work together
AI agents are still at least a year away from being able to work autonomously, Anthropic chief product officer Mike Krieger told Axios' Ina Fried at the Axios AI+ Summit Tuesday. The big picture: ...
TechCrunch
Cohere is quietly working with Palantir to deploy its AI models
The Canadian AI startup has quietly partnered with Palantir to put Cohere's models in use with unnamed Palantir customers.
CNBC
UK kicks off review into training AI models on copyrighted content
The U.K. government said Tuesday it’s consulting on measures to regulate the use of copyrighted content by tech companies to train their AI models.
VentureBeat
Anthropic’s fastest model, Claude 3.5 Haiku, now generally available
With features like image and file analysis, robust coding capabilities, and integration with Artifacts, Claude 3.5 Haiku is a powerful tool.
VentureBeat
OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT for iPhone in landmark AI integration with Apple
Apple and OpenAI are partnering to bring ChatGPT to iPhone, transforming Siri, camera and productivity features in iOS 18.2.
Wall Street Journal
The AI Researchers Pushing Computers to Launch Nightmare Scenarios
It’s largely up to companies to test whether their AI is capable of superhuman harm. At Anthropic, the Frontier Red Team assesses the risk of catastrophe.
Fortune
Amazon’s top AI exec says industry concerns that LLMs hit a ‘wall’ are overblown, says Jeff Bezos ‘very involved’ in AI efforts
Speaking at Fortune's Brainstorm AI conference in San Francisco, Amazon SVP and head of Artificial General Intelligence Rohit Prasad dismissed concerns of the industry's feared "AI wall." ...
VentureBeat
ChatGPT’s second birthday: What will gen AI (and the world) look like in another 2 years?
We've come a long way in 2 years. Gen AI is the future, but how is it reshaping enterprise? And when will we reach AGI and superintelligence?
TechCrunch
Elon Musk’s xAI lands $6B in new cash to fuel AI ambitions
The new cash brings xAI’s total raised to $12 billion, adding to the $6 billion tranche xAI raised this spring. CNBC reported in November that xAI was aiming for a $50 billion valuation — double its ...
Wall Street Journal
OpenAI, Anthropic Expand in Europe With Zurich Offices
OpenAI said it would set up a new office in Zurich, Switzerland, as part of efforts from the ChatGPT maker to bolster its presence in Europe as the continent emerges as a key battleground for ...
Financial Times
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei: Democracies must maintain the lead in AI
Co-founder of leading AI start-up sees potential to help free states counter autocracies, as well as exploring biological complexity
ARPU
Amazon and Anthropic Team Up to Build World's Largest AI Supercomputer

Amazon is collaborating with Anthropic, a leading AI company, to construct one of the world's most powerful AI supercomputers, according to a report by WIRED. This mega-project, codenamed "Project Rainer," will be five times larger than the cluster used to build Anthropic's current most

Bloomberg
Amazon to Provide Anthropic Chip Clusters With Five Times Power
Amazon.com Inc. will provide artificial intelligence partner Anthropic with a massive cluster of homegrown chips it says will quintuple the startup’s current processing power.
Wall Street Journal
Amazon Web Services CEO Promises ‘Needle-Moving’ AI Updates
Invent conference, Chief Executive Matt Garman says there is no end in sight to the artificial intelligence race.
The Verge
Anthropic says Claude AI can match your unique writing style
Anthropic is adding a new feature to its Claude AI assistant that will give users more control over how the chatbot responds to different writing tasks. The new custom styles are available to all ...
VentureBeat
Anthropic bets on personalization in the AI arms race with new ‘styles’ feature
Anthropic's AI assistant Claude can now match your writing style and tone at work, making it easier for companies to use AI while keeping their brand voice - a feature missing from ChatGPT and ...
The Verge
Anthropic launches tool to connect AI systems directly to datasets
Anthropic has released a new open-source tool to connect AI assistants directly to the information they need to inform their responses or carry out tasks. The new Model Context Protocol (MCP) provides ...
TechCrunch
Anthropic proposes a new way to connect data to AI chatbots
Anthropic is proposing a new standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data lives, called Model Context Protocol (MCP).
SiliconANGLE
Anthropic open-sources protocol for connecting AI models to datasets and tools
The Model Context Protocol, or MCP for short, is available under an open-source license. Anthropic says the software has already been adopted by several tech firms.
VentureBeat
Anthropic releases Model Context Protocol to standardize AI-data integration
Model Context Protocol, a new open source release from Anthropic, aims to eliminate the need to write code for every AI data integration.
TechCrunch
Anthropic raises another $4B from Amazon, makes AWS its ‘primary’ training partner
Anthropic has raised an additional $4 billion from Amazon, and has agreed to train its flagship generative AI models primarily on Amazon Web Services ...
VentureBeat
Amazon doubles down on Anthropic, positioning itself as a key player in the AI arms race
Amazon strengthens its position in the AI race with an additional $4 billion investment in Anthropic, committing to custom silicon and cloud dominance to compete with Microsoft and Google.
Reuters
Amazon doubles down on AI startup Anthropic with another $4 bln
Amazon.com pumped in an additional $4 billion into artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, as the e-commerce giant goes up against Big Tech rivals in a race to capitalize on generative AI ...
Wall Street Journal
Amazon Invests an Additional $4 Billion in Anthropic, an OpenAI Rival
The tech giant doubles its investment in the startup as it aims to compete in the AI arms race.
Inc
Amazon Just Invested Another $4 Billion in AI Startup Anthropic
Anthropic, one of the world’s top providers of advanced AI models, has announced a massive $4 billion investment from Amazon, bringing the tech and shopping giant’s total investment in the AI firm to ...
Bloomberg
Amazon Invests an Additional $4 Billion in AI Firm Anthropic
Amazon.com Inc. is boosting its stake in OpenAI rival Anthropic, builder of the Claude generative artificial intelligence software.
Bloomberg
US Justice Department Seeks to Unwind Google’s Anthropic Deal
Alphabet Inc.’s Google would be forced to unwind its partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic if a federal judge accepts the US Justice Department’s proposal to resolve a landmark ...
Bloomberg
Amazon invierte US$4.000 millones adicionales en empresa de IA Anthropic
Amazon.com Inc. está invirtiendo US$4.000 millones adicionales en la startup de inteligencia artificial Anthropic, aumentando su participación en uno de los principales rivales de OpenAI. La nueva inyección, anunciada por las empresas el viernes ...
Bloomberg
Anthropic CEO Says Mandatory Safety Tests Needed for AI Models
Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei said artificial intelligence companies, including his own, should be subject to mandatory testing requirements to ensure their technologies are safe for ...
Reuters
Snowflake lifts product revenue forecast, enters AI deal with Anthropic
Data analytics provider Snowflake on Wednesday raised its annual product revenue forecast and said it has teamed up with AI firm Anthropic to build up its cloud services, sending its shares surging ...