This “next-gen” VS “this-gen” AI war sounds interesting… anyhow, looks like money just keeps flooding into this space! 

Anthropic raises $450M to build next-gen AI assistants

This “next-gen” VS “this-gen” AI war sounds interesting… anyhow, looks like money just keeps flooding into this space!  Anthropic raises $450M to build next-gen AI assistants Anthropic, the generative AI startup co-founded by OpenAI veterans, has raised $350 million in a funding round led by Spark Capital. https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/23/anthropic-raises-350m-to-build-next-gen-ai-assistants/

David

Anthropic has developed a new kind of reasoning model.

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropics-upcoming-models-will-think-think?offer=exp-ann-25&utm_campaign=Expansion%3A+AI+Agenda&utm_content=8321&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=5627&rc=gzsl71

Anthropic has developed a new kind of reasoning model.  https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropics-upcoming-models-will-think-think?offer=exp-ann-25&utm_campaign=Expansion%3A+AI+Agenda&utm_content=8321&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=5627&rc=gzsl71

The race to develop reasoning models that “think” harder is at full force. At Anthropic, which arrived later than OpenAI and Google to the reasoning race, two upcoming models are taking the concept of “thinking” to the extreme.Anthropic has new versions of its two largest models—Claude Sonnet ...

Anthropic’s Upcoming Models Will Think… And Think Some More

Bobby

Anthropic's revenue is surging, jumping from $1 billion to $1.4 billion annualized, driven in part by its Claude model powering the viral AI agent, Manus, revealing significant growth and challenging rival OpenAI.

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropics-claude-drives-strong-revenue-growth-while-powering-manus-sensation?offer=exp-ann-25&utm_campaign=Expansion%3A+AI+Agenda&utm_content=7427&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=5088&rc=gzsl71

Anthropic's revenue is surging, jumping from $1 billion to $1.4 billion annualized, driven in part by its Claude model powering the viral AI agent, Manus, revealing significant growth and challenging rival OpenAI.  https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropics-claude-drives-strong-revenue-growth-while-powering-manus-sensation?offer=exp-ann-25&utm_campaign=Expansion%3A+AI+Agenda&utm_content=7427&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=5088&rc=gzsl71

Anthropic’s year is off to a good start.Its annualized revenue—a measure of the past month's revenue multiplied by 12—has grown from $1 billion at the end of last year to $1.4 billion as of earlier this month, according to a person who has seen the numbers.In other words, Anthropic is generating ...

Anthropic’s Claude Drives Strong Revenue Growth While Powering ‘Manus’ Sensation

Nate

Anthropic raises $3.5B: With a shiny new $61.5 billion post-money valuation,

https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-series-e-at-usd61-5b-post-money-valuation?_bhlid=328a3bf1204cbe69722c6159a7583ad3a9b0d78e

Anthropic raises $3.5B: With a shiny new $61.5 billion post-money valuation,  https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-series-e-at-usd61-5b-post-money-valuation?_bhlid=328a3bf1204cbe69722c6159a7583ad3a9b0d78e

Anthropic has raised $3.5 billion at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Cisco Investments, D1 Ca

Anthropic raises Series E at $61.5B post-money valuation

Anthropic is preparing to release AI combining two types of models in one. OpenAI is set to follow that example.

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-strikes-back?offer=rtsu-engagement-24&utm_campaign=Expansion%3A+AI+Agenda&utm_content=7121&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=4869&rc=gzsl71

Anthropic is preparing to release AI combining two types of models in one. OpenAI is set to follow that example.  https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-strikes-back?offer=rtsu-engagement-24&utm_campaign=Expansion%3A+AI+Agenda&utm_content=7121&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=4869&rc=gzsl71

After OpenAI released its reasoning models last fall, Google, Alibaba, High-Flyer Capital Management and others followed with their own. One prominent competitor, Anthropic, has been noticeably absent from the race.Now we know one reason: Anthropic is taking a slightly different approach to ...

Anthropic Strikes Back

Safe Superintelligence raising more: Fintech companies need more revenue and cash flow than ever to defend prior valuations. #Artificial Intelligence foundation model companies, on the other hand? Not so much! SSI, the brainchild of former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is raising again, Reuters reports. At a lower valuation? Of course not. The company could see its worth quadruple to $20 billion — or more — despite having no revenue. When investors think that you are building a large piece of the future, the sky really is the limit. 

https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-co-founder-sutskevers-ssi-talks-be-valued-20-bln-sources-say-2025-02-07/

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Anthropic’s multiple funding rounds this year showcase how expensive it is to be an AI model developer. The company plans to spend billions of dollars over the next few years renting servers from cloud providers, mainly Amazon and Google, to train and power Claude, its large language model that powers a chatbot, also named Claude.

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-to-raise-750-million-in-menlo-ventures-led-deal?offer=rtsu-engagement-dec-a&utm_campaign=RTSU+-+Anthropic+Fun&utm_content=2520&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=1841&rc=gzsl71

Anthropic’s multiple funding rounds this year showcase how expensive it is to be an AI model developer. The company plans to spend billions of dollars over the next few years renting servers from cloud providers, mainly Amazon and Google, to train and power Claude, its large language model that powers a chatbot, also named Claude.  https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-to-raise-750-million-in-menlo-ventures-led-deal?offer=rtsu-engagement-dec-a&utm_campaign=RTSU+-+Anthropic+Fun&utm_content=2520&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=1841&rc=gzsl71

Anthropic is in talks to raise $750 million in a venture round led by Menlo Ventures that values the two-year-old artificial intelligence startup at $15 billion not including the investment, more than

Anthropic to Raise $750 Million in Menlo Ventures-Led Deal

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Safe Superintelligence raising more: Fintech companies need more revenue and cash flow than ever to defend prior valuations. #Artificial Intelligence foundation model companies, on the other hand? Not so much! SSI, the brainchild of former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is raising again, Reuters reports. At a lower valuation? Of course not. The company could see its worth quadruple to $20 billion — or more — despite having no revenue. When investors think that you are building a large piece of the future, the sky really is the limit.   https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-co-founder-sutskevers-ssi-talks-be-valued-20-bln-sources-say-2025-02-07/

Safe Superintelligence, an artificial intelligence startup co-founded by OpenAI's former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever last year, is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of at least $20 billion, four sources told Reuters.

David

A group of likeminded people in Artificial Intelligence are talking about this.