A.I. Start-Up Anthropic Closes Deal That Values It at $61.5 Billion
The announcement follows new fund-raising efforts from rivals like OpenAI, which is set to close a deal that values the company at $300 billion, and Elon Musk’s xAI.
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Amazon-backed AI firm Anthropic valued at $61.5 billion after latest round
Anthropic on Monday closed its latest funding round at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation, the company confirmed to CNBC.CNBC - 3d -
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Anthropic’s valuation triples to $61.5bn in bumper AI funding round
Start-up raises $3.5bn from Silicon Valley venture firms in race against OpenAI and DeepSeekFinancial Times - 3d -
SoftBank Considers Borrowing $16 Billion to Fund AI
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Prada Moving in on $1.6 Billion Deal for Versace
Prada and Capri could make a deal for Versace in March.Inc. - 4d -
Perplexity AI launching $50 million venture fund to back early-stage startups
Perplexity AI is getting ready to launch a $50 million fund focused on pre-seed and seed artificial intelligence startups in the U.S., CNBC has learned.CNBC - Feb. 25 -
SimilarWeb data: This obscure AI startup grew 8,658% while OpenAI crawled at 9%
SimilarWeb data reveals dramatic AI market upheaval with Deepseek (8,658% growth) and Lovable (928% growth) dominating.VentureBeat - 1d -
Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet takes aim at OpenAI and DeepSeek in AI’s next big battle
Anthropic launches Claude 3.7 Sonnet AI with groundbreaking 'thinking time' controls, challenging OpenAI and DeepSeek while reshaping enterprise AI with unified reasoning capabilities and new ...VentureBeat - Feb. 24 -
Anthropic says it's released its 'most intelligent' AI model yet as competition ramps up
Anthropic unveiled its latest frontier model, Claude Sonnet 3.7, on Monday and claims it's the company's "most intelligent" version yet.CNBC - Feb. 24 -
Amazon's most powerful new Alexa features being powered by Anthropic's AI, sources say
Anthropic's Claude large language model is powering the majority of complex tasks for Amazon's new Alexa+, sources tell CNBC.CNBC - 6d -
Anthropic just launched a new platform that lets everyone in your company collaborate on AI — not just the tech team
Anthropic launches upgraded Console with team prompt collaboration tools and Claude 3.7 Sonnet's extended thinking controls, addressing enterprise AI development challenges while democratizing ...VentureBeat - 1h -
Value investor Bill Nygren explains why Nvidia isn’t the best AI stock to own now
Look at companies that use AI effectively — not AI hardware manufacturers — Oakmark Fund manager says.MarketWatch - Feb. 26 -
U.K.'s Keir Starmer sees 'value' in Trump's pursuit of Ukrainian mineral rights deal
The prime minister made the remarks in an interview with NBC News on the eve of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Washington.NBC News - 6d -
Trump: We're getting 'very close' to Ukraine agreeing to mineral deal
President Trump told reporters the United States was getting "very close" to reaching an agreement with Ukraine on a mineral rights deal for continued support.NBC News - Feb. 24 -
Evening Report — Trump says Ukraine deal is close after Russia vote
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Ukraine says it is close to signing critical rare earth mineral deal with U.S.
Ukraine and the United States have prepared a draft agreement that would give Washington access to Kyiv’s rare-earth minerals in exchange for unspecified security guarantees, the Ukrainian ...NBC News - Feb. 26 -
Dell forecasts $15 billion of AI server sales this year
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Apollo fills real-estate gap with $1.5 billion Bridge Investment deal
Apollo is adding $50 billion in assets under management to its real-estate portfolio.MarketWatch - Feb. 24 -
Honeywell beefs up energy security offerings with $2 billion Sundyne deal
Conglomerate adds pump-maker business to its Energy and Sustainability Solutions (ESS) unit.MarketWatch - 2d -
Dell sees its backlog swell as big AI deals come through
The company is expanding beyond large cloud providers with its AI-server business.MarketWatch - 6d -
Pentagon signs AI deal to aid military decision-making
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Ukraine is close to signing rare earth minerals deal with U.S., White House official says
Beneath the battle-scarred fields of Ukraine lies a hidden treasure -- rare earth minerals used to power the world's most advanced technologies. White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz ...CBS News - Feb. 21 -
Apple to open AI server factory in Texas as part of $500 billion U.S. investment
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Microsoft reiterates plan to invest $80 billion in AI, but may 'adjust our infrastructure in some areas'
Microsoft hasn't backed off its plan for the current fiscal year but acknowledged that it may makes some infrastructure adjustments.CNBC - Feb. 24 -
China's Honor pledges $10 billion AI investment and deepens ties with Google in global push
Honor is looking to expand outside of China and push into the higher-end part of the market where Apple and Samsung play.CNBC - 4d
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