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.
28 May 2026
What’s rarer than a unicorn? Anthropic is almost the first $1 trillion private company in history
Two weeks ago, defense startup Anduril raised a Series H round—$5 billion at a $61 billion valuation, shocking the defense world as the largest defense-tech round in history. On Thursday, Anthropic had its own Series H, but one from a different planet.
28 May 2026
The $6 Billion Chinese Startup Trying to Build Hands for Every Robot
If you could buy a humanoid robot for less than a smartphone, would you? Would you buy several robots to handle cooking, cleaning, babysitting, and even your job? This is the pitch being made by Zhou Yong, the 40-year-old founder and chief technology officer of LinkerBot, one of China’s leading manufacturers of dexterous humanoid hands.
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.
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.
28 May 2026
Snowflake Soars. 2 Software Stocks That Could Be Next
Snowflake ( SNOW +36.55% ) had a message for software investors last night: Don't give up on software-as-a-service (SaaS) stocks yet. In a year when software stocks have gotten pummeled over concerns that AI-native products from start-ups like Anthropic could disrupt the leading enterprise software companies, Snowflake, a bellwether in the industry, seemed to dispel the notions of disruption in…
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.
28 May 2026
The Bitcoin-Miners-Turned-AI-Neocloud Plays Might Still Be an Underappreciated Trade in AI
Mindscape studio / Shutterstock.com Quick Read The Stocks: IREN (IREN) surged over 13% after securing a $1.6 billion AI deal with Dell Technologies (DELL) , positioning itself as an agile and fast-moving operator.
28 May 2026
Forbes Daily: Users Can Now Use AI To Trade Stocks On Robinhood
The upcoming IPOs for SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are bringing venture capital close to its biggest-ever returns. Forbes’ latest Midas List of top venture capital investors is fueled by these three firms, and then some. Vinod Khosla once again is the world’s top investor after writing the first institutional check for OpenAI back in 2019. But the list also features a record 25 newcomers,…
