VCs will make billions on Anthropic’s IPO, but Amazon is set to make much (much) more

Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon’s ownership in Anthropic.

Who’s really in charge at Anthropic after the IPO?

Here’s a clear explanation of Anthropic’s incredibly complex governance structure.

Invesco brings its model portfolios into Anthropic’s Claude for advisers
Invesco brings its model portfolios into Anthropic’s Claude for advisers

Invesco is working with Anthropic to let financial advisers use its model portfolios and practice tools inside Claude for Financial Advisors. CAIS, Conquest and FINNY added their own connectors the same day, a day after Anthropic filed for its IPO. Inv…

VisionQuest is what happens when AI really goes rogue
VisionQuest is what happens when AI really goes rogue

In Marvel’s VisionQuest, a superpowered robot tries to better understand humanity by getting lost in elaborate, digital daydreams in which he and other artificial intelligence-powered beings live together in a home. The series is deeply fantastical, yet it plays with some of the ideas that have come to dominate the conversation about real-world generative artificial […]

Anthropic’s elaborate plan to keep Wall Street at bay
Anthropic’s elaborate plan to keep Wall Street at bay

Anthropic wants to have it both ways. With its impending IPO, it wants to tap the vast riches of the public markets and insists it doesn’t want to compromise its core mission of developing AI safely and for the benefit of humanity. But greater model capabilities bring greater risks, and shareholders eager for returns may […]

Robot dogs were supposed to help humans. Now humans are being asked to babysit them

Dimensional advertised $20-an-hour robot dog walkers who might need to carry the machines home. Its software and Anthropic’s research show how much human help useful AI-powered robots can still require.

Anthropic is burning gas to feed the AI boom
Anthropic is burning gas to feed the AI boom

As it prepares to go public, Anthropic’s S-1 filing makes generative AI’s methane dependency glaringly obvious. “Competition for access to electrical supply and data center locations with adequate power availability is intense.” In documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission Monday, Anthropic acknowledges that data centers are becoming increasingly reliant on “natural gas” […]

Elvis Presley’s music owners sue Anthropic over 274 songs used by Claude
Elvis Presley’s music owners sue Anthropic over 274 songs used by Claude

Authentic Brands Group and other owners of Elvis Presley’s catalogue filed a copyright lawsuit against Anthropic on Friday. They want about $41.1m from the company behind Claude, or $150,000 for each of 274 songs. Billboard first reported the suit. The…

Anthropic’s sensitive internal data was exposed, and AI helped make it happen

A cybersecurity startup managed to uncover weaknesses in Anthropic’s internal systems using AI agents. The company says its core AI technology and customer conversations remained secure, but the findings raise bigger questions about how AI companies pr…

Five weird details from Anthropic’s IPO filing
Five weird details from Anthropic’s IPO filing

Anthropic has finally filed its S-1 prospectus with the SEC, a document designed to give investors a look under the hood of its business, from how much its executives are making and plans for spending its IPO billions to the risks that could derail its ambitions. At more than 300 pages, there’s a lot to […]