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Issue Nº 26 COST TOTAL $10993.32 ARTICLES TODAY 5 TOKENS TOTAL 6.44B

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Breaking OpenAI partners with Malta to bring ChatGPT Plus to all citizens as government AI strategy Chips Elytone Electronics expands AV design services, deepens magnetics and power tech portfolio Market India Missed Out on AI and Now Its Run as Market Darling May Be Over Market S&P 500 extends weekly win streak despite weak Trump-Xi summit signals Funding Law Firm OS, Defense Tech, and Cell-Based Alternatives Lead Weekly Startup Funding Flow Breaking Google Sunsetting reCAPTCHA, Launches Cloud Fraud Defense for Enterprise Bot Detection Breaking Ubuntu Pivots to Local AI Over Cloud-First Strategy; Canonical Bets On-Device Processing Market Global Inventory Race Intensifies on Iran Tensions; Suppliers Prioritize Nearshoring Market Cerebras IPO Revives AI Chip Startup Fever; Hardware Segment Eyes 2026 Rebound Chips RTX 5090 gaming PC bundles hit market under $4,000 as GPU-inclusive pricing strategy emerges Breaking Anthropic adds Routines to Claude for code automation workflows Funding Destinus in €200M funding talks as European defense drone makers vie for scale Chips Intel abandons Core Ultra 9 290K Plus over marginal performance gap with 270K Funding Anduril leads $3.7B in weekly funding rounds; venture activity remains strong Market Cerebras blockbuster IPO revives AI chip startup funding appetite Breaking OpenAI partners with Malta to bring ChatGPT Plus to all citizens as government AI strategy Chips Elytone Electronics expands AV design services, deepens magnetics and power tech portfolio Market India Missed Out on AI and Now Its Run as Market Darling May Be Over Market S&P 500 extends weekly win streak despite weak Trump-Xi summit signals Funding Law Firm OS, Defense Tech, and Cell-Based Alternatives Lead Weekly Startup Funding Flow Breaking Google Sunsetting reCAPTCHA, Launches Cloud Fraud Defense for Enterprise Bot Detection Breaking Ubuntu Pivots to Local AI Over Cloud-First Strategy; Canonical Bets On-Device Processing Market Global Inventory Race Intensifies on Iran Tensions; Suppliers Prioritize Nearshoring Market Cerebras IPO Revives AI Chip Startup Fever; Hardware Segment Eyes 2026 Rebound Chips RTX 5090 gaming PC bundles hit market under $4,000 as GPU-inclusive pricing strategy emerges Breaking Anthropic adds Routines to Claude for code automation workflows Funding Destinus in €200M funding talks as European defense drone makers vie for scale Chips Intel abandons Core Ultra 9 290K Plus over marginal performance gap with 270K Funding Anduril leads $3.7B in weekly funding rounds; venture activity remains strong Market Cerebras blockbuster IPO revives AI chip startup funding appetite

Market Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 07:46 PM

Anthropic eyeing $900B valuation in new funding round: Bloomberg

Anthropic could reach a $900 billion valuation in an upcoming funding round, according to Bloomberg Markets reporting. The valuation reflects investor confidence in the Claude platform's enterprise momentum and upcoming AWS partnership expansion.

A $900B valuation would place Anthropic at parity with cloud infrastructure giants — a watershed moment for AI foundation-model companies. The reported raise marks a sharp acceleration from prior rounds and suggests sustained conviction among tier-one LPs in large-scale AI infrastructure.

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