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AI Agenda

A Customer Feedback Startup Is in Talks For $125 Million Financing Led By Anthropic Investor

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Aug 4, 2026 7:11am PDT · 1 comment
AI that generates realistic voices has come a long way. It powers applications like ChatGPT, phone-based customer support and increasingly helps businesses solicit verbal feedback from their customers about products or experiences.One AI startup in that field is San Francisco-based Listen Labs, which helps businesses automate interviews with... AI that generates realistic voices has come a long way. It powers applications like ChatGPT,...
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Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic’s Claude Code Reigns Despite Rising Interest in Codex, Open-Source Models

By Laura Bratton · Jul 28, 2026 8:00am PDT
Anthropic is facing growing competition and customer skepticism over the lofty prices of AI tools. But the dominance of its blockbuster Claude Code product is proving hard to shake. Companies moved en masse to Claude Code between the end of 2025 and the early months of 2026, in many cases eroding the positions of Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot and... Anthropic is facing growing competition and customer skepticism over the lofty prices of AI...
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AI Agenda

OpenAI and Anthropic Are Quietly Teaming Up in Washington

By Stephanie Palazzolo and Amir Efrati · Jul 28, 2026 7:01am PDT
OpenAI and Anthropic are arch enemies whose leaders can’t stand each other. But the two foes have formed an unholy alliance in Washington in the interest of self-preservation. With the Trump administration set to finalize its framework for regulating and evaluating “frontier models” by August 1, the two leading AI developers are quietly... OpenAI and Anthropic are arch enemies whose leaders can’t stand each other. But the two foes have...
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The Startups Angling to Go Public After Anthropic
By Valida Pau · Jul 23, 2026 3:39pm PDT
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Dealmaker

The Startups Angling to Go Public After Anthropic

By Valida Pau · Jul 23, 2026 3:39pm PDT
Before we get into today’s column, some breaking news: Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter for about $10 billion. The news follows our report Friday that the $1.3 billion-valuation startup, which helps companies choose the best and cheapest AI models, was the target of takeover interest. Databricks was also in early discussions to buy... Before we get into today’s column, some breaking news: Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter for...
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Silicon Valley Unites Against Anthropic Over Chinese AI Restrictions

By Rocket Drew and Amir Efrati · Jul 23, 2026 8:30am PDT · 1 comment
The release of a high-profile Chinese AI model last week has triggered debate in the White House and Silicon Valley over whether to restrict such technology in the U.S. As the White House and U.S. agencies including the Commerce Department investigate whether China-based Moonshot stole American IP and accessed restricted Nvidia chips to develop... The release of a high-profile Chinese AI model last week has triggered debate in the White House...
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Exclusive

Anthropic Considers Unusual Plan for Employee Stock Sales After It Goes Public

By Cory Weinberg · Jul 23, 2026 6:00am PDT · 1 comment
As Anthropic prepares to go public, it is considering a highly unusual move to require rank-and-file employees to sell stock through rigid trading schedules so they don’t run afoul of insider trading laws, said a person familiar with the matter and a person briefed on it. At companies that have used such trading plans, typically only top... As Anthropic prepares to go public, it is considering a highly unusual move to require...
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AI Agenda

Anthropic Investor in Talks to Fund New Lab Run By Two Stanford AI Professors

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Jul 22, 2026 8:56am PDT
Cloud and software incumbents want businesses to think twice before using Anthropic, OpenAI and other closed-source AI providers. Executives such as Palantir CEO Alex Karp have argued, for instance, that these AI firms could use their customers’ data to compete with them eventually. These potential fears could also help new AI startups... Cloud and software incumbents want businesses to think twice before using Anthropic, OpenAI and...
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Anthropic Isn’t the Best at Powering Customer Service, New Data Show
By Laura Bratton · Jul 21, 2026 11:45am PDT · 3 comments
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Applied AI

Anthropic Isn’t the Best at Powering Customer Service, New Data Show

By Laura Bratton · Jul 21, 2026 11:45am PDT · 3 comments
Anthropic’s models may be unparalleled at coding, but they’re less capable of powering AI voice and chat applications for customer service than other AI providers. That’s according to data from NiCE, a customer service software provider whose clients include Toyota, Allianz, Nestle and Frontier Airlines.Anthropic’s models have a relatively long... Anthropic’s models may be unparalleled at coding, but they’re less capable of powering AI voice...
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AI Agenda

Anthropic’s Robot Ambition; Nvidia Ramps Up Vera Rubin

By Phoebe Liu, Stephanie Palazzolo and Rocket Drew · Jul 21, 2026 8:01am PDT · 1 comment
Over the weekend, tech blogger Robert Scoble claimed Anthropic was in the process of acquiring Physical Intelligence, an AI robotics software developer that was most recently in talks to raise capital at a valuation of $11 billion. Scoble’s claim sent X into a frenzy.Scoble may not be right, as Physical Intelligence CEO Karol Hausman denied to... Over the weekend, tech blogger Robert Scoble claimed Anthropic was in the process of acquiring ...
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Exclusive

Anthropic in Talks to Add Billions to Bank Credit Line Ahead of IPO

By Valida Pau · Jul 15, 2026 4:06pm PDT · 2 comments
Anthropic is in talks with banks to arrange credit lines worth a few billions of dollars in a move that would increase its access to cash ahead of a planned initial public offering this year, according to people familiar with the matter. The new loans would build on the $2.5 billion, five-year revolving credit facility Anthropic received... Anthropic is in talks with banks to arrange credit lines worth a few billions of dollars in a...
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AI Agenda

Universities Fret as Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and DeepMind Lure Their Professors

By Laura Bratton · Jul 9, 2026 7:01am PDT
Renowned university professors and academic researchers keep joining frontier AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic. Remaining faculty say the brain drain is threatening the development of open source AI models in the West.So far this year, at least 22 professors and researchers have taken leave or stepped back from their roles at Stanford, ... Renowned university professors and academic researchers keep joining frontier AI labs such as ...
Three Charts Show How xAI, Meta and Anthropic Are Entering Each Other’s Turf
Three Charts Show How xAI, Meta and Anthropic Are Entering Each Other’s Turf
By Amir Efrati · Jul 7, 2026 8:17am PDT
Three Charts Show How xAI, Meta and Anthropic Are Entering Each Other’s Turf
AI Agenda

Three Charts Show How xAI, Meta and Anthropic Are Entering Each Other’s Turf

By Amir Efrati · Jul 7, 2026 8:17am PDT
XAI’s decision to rent out spare server capacity, Meta’s launch of an AI agent for enterprises, and Anthropic’s move to develop AI server chips this year should have come as no surprise to anyone well versed in the history of the tech industry. Over time, big tech firms tend to creep into each other’s territory, seeking more room to grow.And... XAI’s decision to rent out spare server capacity, Meta’s launch of an AI agent for enterprises,...
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Dealmaker

Freshfields’ Anthropic Win; A Squeeze of Lime Returns

By Valida Pau, Cory Weinberg and Julia Hornstein · Jul 2, 2026 3:18pm PDT
A British law firm has scored a big win: a role in the Anthropic initial public offering, expected to raise tens of billions at a valuation of more than $1 trillion.Anthropic’s bankers have brought on U.K. law firm Freshfields to work on the IPO, according to people familiar with the matter.The London-based law firm is a relative newcomer to the... A British law firm has scored a big win: a role in the Anthropic initial public offering,...