Anthropic leapfrogs OpenAI as the most valuable AI startup — and drops a new model
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Stephen Council
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Anthropic leapfrogs OpenAI as the most valuable AI startup — and drops a new model
Anthropic surpasses OpenAI with $965B valuation after a $65B fundraise and releases a new Claude Opus 4.8 model, enhancing its AI capabilities.
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Anthropic raised $65B at $965B valuation, overtaking OpenAI, and shipped Claude Opus 4.8 — better coding, 3× cheaper fast mode. Effort control and price cuts address enterprise AI budget pressure; Mythos stays withheld pending cybersecurity safeguards.
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