28 May 2026
Anthropic Debuts Claude Opus 4.8, Teases Upcoming Launch of ‘Mythos-Class Models’
On Thursday, Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.8, the latest and most advanced version of its flagship AI model. It’s available everywhere at the same price as its predecessor, Opus 4.7 ($5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens).
@_webbwright, Webb Wright
2026
28 May 2026
Anthropic: San Francisco AI company vaults to a $965 billion valuation with new funding as Claude demand surges
SAN FRANCISCO -- Artificial intelligence company Anthropic said Thursday it raised $65 billion in private funding that will push its valuation to $965 billion, a whopping number that makes the five-year-old maker of the Claude chatbot one of the world's most valuable startups as it careens toward a likely Wall Street debut.
@abc7chicago, Matt O'Brien
2026
28 May 2026
Anthropic raises $65B in Series H funding at $965B post-money valuation
Anthropic has raised $65 billion in Series H funding led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia Capital, valuing the company at $965 billion post-money.
@AnthropicAI
2026
28 May 2026
Anthropic raises $65 Billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO
Anthropic has snagged $65 billion in funding at a $965 billion post-money valuation in its latest funding round, marking what could be the AI startup’s last private fundraising before debuting on the public markets.
Rebecca Bellan
2026
28 May 2026
Anthropic tops OpenAI as most valuable AI startup, nears $1 trillion valuation in latest round
Anthropic is now the most valuable artificial intelligence company in Silicon Valley. The AI giant announced a $65 billion Series H financing at a $965 billion valuation on Thursday. The financing puts its value above rival AI lab OpenAI.
Kate Rooney
2026
28 May 2026
Report: Microsoft tries to get back in the AI coding game with new model
Microsoft wants to fight its way back into the AI coding field by releasing a new model next week at its annual Microsoft Build developer conference, The Information reports.
Jon Keegan
2026
27 May 2026
DeFi isn't safe anymore because AI is becoming 'superhuman' at hacking, onetime OpenZeppelin founder says
As hacks pile up and DeFi TVL falls fast, OpenZeppelin co-founder and former CTO Manuel Aráoz says AI coding agents have made smart contracts fatally vulnerable.
@coindesk, Sam Reynolds
2026
27 May 2026
S&P 500 closes flat as traders weigh peace prospects
Flat fields (Arne Dedert/Getty Images) The S&P 500 managed to just barely eke out a new record closing high as traders digested conflicting reports on US-Iran negotiations.
Tasha Matsumoto
2026
27 May 2026
Snowflake soars 30% on earnings beat and plan to spend $6 billion on Amazon cloud
Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of Snowflake, poses in front of the company signage outside of the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 30, 2025. NYSE
Jordan Novet, Katie Tarasov
2026
