Anthropic Raises $65B at $965B, Passing OpenAI

A summary of the interesting content that I consumed this past week…

What I Read This Week: a summary of the content that I consumed this past week… Caught My Eye… 1) Anthropic Raises $65B at $965B, Passing OpenAI On May 28, Anthropic announced a $65 billion Series H at a $965 billion valuation. The round more than doubles the company’s $380 billion mark from February and clears OpenAI’s $852 billion close in late March. It’s the first time Anthropic has been valued above its primary frontier competitor, OpenAI. The same day, Claude Opus 4.8 shipped at the same $5 / $25 per million token price as 4.7. SWE-bench Pro climbed to 69.2% from 64.3%, and…

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