Anthropic is racing to close a massive $50 billion funding round within two weeks at a valuation exceeding $900 billion, surpassing OpenAI's $852 billion valuation, as the AI powerhouse reports over $30 billion in annual revenue and prepares for a highly anticipated IPO.
Biohub launches its $500 million Virtual Biology Initiative, a five-year effort to build open, AI-powered predictive models of human cells, partnering with major institutions like the Broad Institute and Allen Institute, with NVIDIA providing computing power, and all generated data made freely available to accelerate disease prevention and cures.
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 quietly raises real-world costs up to 27% through a new tokenizer that generates 32–45% more tokens than its predecessor, despite keeping prices unchanged at $5/M input and $25/M output — though short prompts under 2K tokens actually see a slight cost decrease.
Anthropic's Batch API slashes token costs by 50%, but a new analysis reveals the savings only make sense at fleet scale — single-agent use suffers from up to 24-hour latency, and surprisingly, cheaper Haiku models take longer to batch than pricier Sonnet or Opus.
OpenAI and Microsoft restructure their partnership, ending exclusive ties and allowing OpenAI to work with rival cloud providers like AWS, while Microsoft retains first-ship priority on Azure through a non-exclusive IP license until 2032, clearing the path for OpenAI's IPO.
Google commits up to $40 billion to AI startup Anthropic, valuing it at $350 billion, as both Google and Amazon race to back the Claude AI maker amid explosive demand and critical infrastructure challenges.
Classic cloud vulnerabilities and AI-powered attacks are dominating the 2025 cyber threat landscape, as hackers exploit misconfigurations and exposed secrets while leveraging AI to accelerate reconnaissance and scale intrusions across increasingly interconnected cloud environments.
Google commits $10 billion to AI startup Anthropic at a $350 billion valuation, with an additional $30 billion contingent on performance targets, deepening a complex partnership-rivalry dynamic in the global AI race.
Microsoft commits a record-breaking $18 billion to Australia by 2029, supercharging AI supercomputing and cloud infrastructure in what marks the tech giant's largest-ever investment in the country.
Anthropic surpasses OpenAI in secondary market valuation, hitting $1 trillion on Forge Global as its annualized revenue explodes from $9 billion to $39 billion in just months, with investor demand so intense that some are offering property in exchange for shares.