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AI & Frontier Models

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OpenAI launches a $4B 'Deployment Company' to embed engineers in the Fortune 500 AI & Frontier Models

OpenAI launches a $4B 'Deployment Company' to embed engineers in the Fortune 500

Borrowing Palantir's forward-deployed playbook, OpenAI acquires an applied-AI consultancy to close the enterprise integration gap.

May 27, 2026 · AI & Frontier Models · 1 min read
Anthropic hits $965B valuation in $65B Series H, briefly the world's most valuable startup AI & Frontier Models

Anthropic hits $965B valuation in $65B Series H, briefly the world's most valuable startup

Run-rate revenue rockets past $47B as the Claude maker eclipses OpenAI on paper, powered in part by a $2.5B Claude Code business.

May 19, 2026 · AI & Frontier Models · 1 min read
OpenAI raises $122B at an $852B valuation — the largest private round ever AI & Frontier Models

OpenAI raises $122B at an $852B valuation — the largest private round ever

Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank, Microsoft, a16z, and sovereign vehicles anchor a financing that dwarfs anything in venture history.

March 24, 2026 · AI & Frontier Models · 1 min read
Perplexity abandons ads, doubles down on subscription 'answer engine' AI & Frontier Models

Perplexity abandons ads, doubles down on subscription 'answer engine'

The search disruptor scraps advertising entirely, betting user trust and usage-based enterprise pricing beat the ad model it once courted.

February 24, 2026 · AI & Frontier Models · 1 min read
Jeff Bezos launches Project Prometheus to build 'physical AI' AI & Frontier Models

Jeff Bezos launches Project Prometheus to build 'physical AI'

The Amazon founder backs a new lab aiming for an 'artificial general engineer' for aerospace, semiconductors, and heavy industry, starting with $6.2B.

November 17, 2025 · AI & Frontier Models · 1 min read
Anthropic closes $13B Series F, run-rate revenue nears $9B AI & Frontier Models

Anthropic closes $13B Series F, run-rate revenue nears $9B

The Claude maker's valuation and revenue accelerate as enterprise adoption and its Claude Code agent drive one of the steepest growth curves in software.

September 2, 2025 · AI & Frontier Models · 1 min read
AI swallows a third of all venture funding as capital concentrates AI & Frontier Models

AI swallows a third of all venture funding as capital concentrates

The generative-AI trade goes from thesis to dominant allocation, and non-AI startups find themselves competing for a shrinking pool.

April 4, 2024 · AI & Frontier Models · 1 min read
Amazon completes $4B Anthropic bet as hyperscalers pick their labs AI & Frontier Models

Amazon completes $4B Anthropic bet as hyperscalers pick their labs

The e-commerce giant finalizes its investment and names Anthropic a key AWS partner, mirroring the Microsoft-OpenAI playbook.

March 27, 2024 · AI & Frontier Models · 1 min read
Sam Altman is fired — and reinstated — in a 72-hour OpenAI coup AI & Frontier Models

Sam Altman is fired — and reinstated — in a 72-hour OpenAI coup

The board ousts its CEO on a Friday; by Wednesday he is back and most of the directors are gone, after nearly the entire staff threatens to quit.

November 17, 2023 · AI & Frontier Models · 1 min read
Microsoft pours $10B into OpenAI, cementing the defining AI alliance AI & Frontier Models

Microsoft pours $10B into OpenAI, cementing the defining AI alliance

The multiyear investment values OpenAI near $29B and wires its models into Azure and the entire Microsoft product stack.

January 23, 2023 · AI & Frontier Models · 1 min read
OpenAI releases ChatGPT — and quietly starts the next super-cycle AI & Frontier Models

OpenAI releases ChatGPT — and quietly starts the next super-cycle

A 'low-key research preview' becomes the fastest-growing consumer app in history and resets the entire venture agenda around generative AI.

November 30, 2022 · AI & Frontier Models · 1 min read