Good morning from a blustery, Christmassy New York City.

The great tech stories from Fortune continue with Jeremy Kahn’s dive into Anthropic, the “wonky” “doomer” “accidental” AI startup that’s proven to be a go-to for big business.

Come for the wonderful narrative, stay for CEO Dario Amodei’s hot takes on the state of the AI boom: “Business should care about bringing in cash, not setting cash on fire, right?”

Plus: “Can you buy so many data centers that you over-leverage yourself? All I’ll say is, some people are trying.” Some people!

Please do give it a read. Today’s tech news below. —Andrew Nusca