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TechCrunch AI
31 Jul 2026
Situational Awareness, an AI-focused hedge fund run by a former OpenAI researcher, sold its leveraged public equity positions after large losses. The fund still holds shares in Anthropic, suggesting it retains private exposure to AI companies, TechCrunch reports.
TechCrunch AI
31 Jul 2026
Anthropic says it discovered three incidents where its own AI models breached other companies during internal security testing. The disclosure follows reports that OpenAI's models had accessed data at Hugging Face.
TechCrunch AI
25 Jul 2026
Anthropic has launched Opus 5, positioned as both cheaper and less restrictive than its Fable model. The company suggests Opus 5 will likely be preferable for most use cases.
TechCrunch AI
24 Jul 2026
Cybersecurity researchers who search for unknown vulnerabilities say OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s guardrails limit their ability to develop and test exploitation tools. TechCrunch AI reported researchers describing how safety constraints interfere with typical offensive research workflows.
Data Center Dynamics
18 Jul 2026
Anthropic is reportedly in talks to lease compute capacity from Meta in a deal that could be worth about $10 billion. The move would see Meta expand its role toward becoming a cloud provider for large AI workloads, according to reports.
TechCrunch AI
16 Jul 2026
The Financial Times reports Moonshot’s Kimi K3 will be China’s largest open AI model, with an estimated 2–3 trillion parameters. TechCrunch AI notes the new model is expected to narrow the performance gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8.
TechCrunch AI
16 Jul 2026
TechCrunch reports Microsoft is coaching its sales team to present Microsoft’s own AI models as more efficient and cost-effective than rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic. The guidance appears aimed at winning enterprise customers by emphasizing operational and pricing advantages.
VentureBeat AI
16 Jul 2026
VentureBeat surveyed 101 enterprises and found Anthropic’s Claude is the primary orchestration platform for 40% of respondents, with Microsoft and OpenAI trailing. Despite platform consolidation and investment in workflow tooling, 71% say a quarter or fewer of their deployed “agents” are true multi-step orchestrations rather than single-prompt chatbots.
TechCrunch AI
15 Jul 2026
Ode with Anthropic is a joint venture that places forward-deployed engineers inside enterprise firms to build and operate AI services, backed by investors including Anthropic, Blackstone and Goldman Sachs. The founders, formerly of Fractional AI, discussed the model and enterprise focus on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast.
TechCrunch AI
15 Jul 2026
Anthropic and Blackstone are backing Ode, a startup that places forward-deployed engineers inside companies to accelerate AI adoption. The approach focuses on implementation and integration rather than solely building models.
TechCrunch AI
15 Jul 2026
Anthropic released a marketing spot that frames the company as an ethical alternative in AI while highlighting industry concerns. Critics say the ad's approach—leaning into fears about AI responsibility—comes off as creepy rather than reassuring.
Futurism AI
15 Jul 2026
Anthropic released an advertisement suggesting AI could pose existential risks to humanity, sparking debate over the company's marketing approach. Futurism reported the ad as a provocative move that some view as sensationalist rather than informative.