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Recent Indian executive moves at OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta & other tech majors
Indian executives have recently taken on key leadership roles at some of the world’s biggest AI and technology companies, highlighting the growing demand for Indian talent. Here are some of the notable appointments.
Anthropic’s fight against the Department of Defense raises a big question: Who controls AI in war?
A federal judge has blocked the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a security risk. This ruling came after the AI company refused military use restrictions on its chatbot. The Pentagon sought to dictate AI technology usage by private companies. The judge found the government's action illegal and baseless, rejecting national security claims. This case tests AI company control over technology when the government is a customer.
Anthropic plans to publicly unveil IPO prospectus after Labour Day
Anthropic is planning to unveil its IPO prospectus after Labour Day, with a potential listing in late September or early October, The Information reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the process. The startup confidentially filed for a public listing earlier this year, as it races with rival OpenAI to their market debuts amid strong investor appetite for AI firms.
Anthropic unveils new framework allowing AI agents to operate physical devices
The MHS enables AI agents to operate lab and manufacturing instruments such as microscopes and robotic arms in tandem and perform complex tasks, ranging from routine drug discovery experiments to laser calibration on a quantum computer, Anthropic said.
Anthropic planned, then abandoned $7 billion purchase of MatX
The merger talks, which a third person said have evolved into a discussion about a partnership, underscore the AI lab's ambition to secure the resources and talent needed to build its own chips. The goal is to help Anthropic accelerate its in-house chip development.
US judge blocks Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting
Anthropic's lawsuit in California federal court alleges that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth overstepped his authority when he designated Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk, a label the government can apply to companies that expose military systems to potential infiltration or sabotage by adversaries.
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Salesforce, Anthropic deepen AI partnership to ramp up Claude use
Salesforce and Anthropic are expanding their AI collaboration with Claudeforce. This new integration brings Claude's advanced reasoning directly into Salesforce's business systems. The partnership will see Claude powering Slackbot and other AI features within the platform. Salesforce expects significant productivity gains as AI tools become more embedded.
Anthropic to rent AI computing power from Nscale for $45 billion
Anthropic has been aggressively expanding its computing power to meet demand growth it expects for products like AI coding tool, Claude Code. Nscale, a cloud infrastructure provider, will deploy Nvidia's new Vera Rubin chips to support Anthropic's computing needs, the person said.
Bill Gates, alarmed by AI, has policy ideas he wants to discuss with China's Xi Jinping
The Microsoft cofounder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates told Reuters in an interview that he believes China might agree to restricting potentially dangerous AI model releases if the US took initiative on that first.
Five things to know about Anthropic ahead of Wall Street debut
Anthropic, the OpenAI rival that bet everything on computer coding, is expected to go public within weeks in a listing that could eclipse SpaceX's record Wall Street debut in June. - Stomaching the losses - According to Bloomberg, Anthropic intends to surpass the record $86.2 billion that Elon Musk's SpaceX raised in its June IPO. SpaceX, which absorbed Musk's AI startup xAI before going public, made its listing a partial AI bet, too.
Anthropic expected to tell investors it sees over $30 trillion in potential revenue, WSJ reports
Anthropic plans to pitch investors on a colossal total addressable market (TAM) exceeding $30 trillion for its upcoming IPO, surpassing SpaceX's previous $28.5 trillion record. By mapping out all work AI models could automate, Anthropic aims to justify its massive infrastructure spending, support its projected $200 billion 2028 revenue target, and validate its upcoming stock listing.
Bain, Anthropic partner to accelerate enterprise AI adoption
Bain & Company has partnered with AI firm Anthropic for global business deployments. This collaboration combines Bain's expertise with Anthropic's Claude AI models. Bain employees are already actively using Claude for various business tasks. The partnership aims to deliver measurable business outcomes for clients. This move positions both companies for broader enterprise AI implementation.
Claude down today: Users report issues as Downdetector shows big spike. Here's latest update
Claude AI users reported widespread service issues on Sunday night, with Downdetector showing a sharp rise in complaints involving Claude Code, Claude Chat and the app. Anthropic acknowledged the disruption and said engineers were working to restore normal service.
VCs chase deeptech; AI takeaways from ET's WLF
Happy Monday! Specialist VC funds are expanding beyond their traditional sectors to invest more in deeptech. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
Anthropic market debut could break SpaceX IPO record
The company's bankers have told potential investors it could seek to raise "more than $100 billion" in its IPO, which could put the company's value at $2 trillion, The New York Times reported Friday, citing two unnamed sources with knowledge of the talks.
India faces capital, talent gap in foundational AI race: Menlo Ventures’ Deedy Das
India faces hurdles in building globally competitive foundational AI companies, with top research talent concentrated in San Francisco and limited appetite for large, high-risk investments, Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das said at The Economic Times World Leaders Forum 2026. He sees stronger opportunities for Indian startups at the application layer.
Anthropic hires Google chip veteran Amir Salek as part of push into hardware
AI firm Anthropic has hired a Google chip founder for its new semiconductor team. This move signals Anthropic's ambition to develop its own custom AI chips. The company is also securing significant data center capacity deals. Rival OpenAI is pursuing similar custom chip development strategies. These efforts aim to address supply shortages and optimize AI hardware.
Explained: Why OpenAI and Anthropic are suddenly talking about privacy
Enterprise data privacy became the battleground for AI companies this week with OpenAI and Anthropic making moves this month that reverse or challenge their previous positions.
OpenAI cuts developer pricing for frontier GPT-5.6 Sol model by more than 20%
The price cuts are effective on OpenAI's application programming interface, or API, and are rolling out across eligible plans for credits on its agentic AI product ChatGPT Work and its coding tool Codex, OpenAI said.
Broadcom seeks more than $60 billion in latest AI debt deal
The numbers under discussion would potentially bring the total raise to as much as $100 billion, according to the report.
Anthropic plans to change enterprise data retention policy
Under the changes to the data retention policy, Anthropic will still require business customers to retain data for 30 days but will give them the option to keep it on their own cloud computing infrastructure, the source said.
Anthropic prepares supervoting power for founders ahead of IPO
Anthropic has been preparing to give CEO Dario Amodei and other co-founders a class of stock with extra voting power to help insulate them from external shareholder pressure, the Information reported on Tuesday. The company is also planning to maintain its existing body of non-shareholder trustees with a special class of stock to elect a majority of members to the company's board of directors, according to the report.
Anthropic pre-IPO credit facility set to climb past $10 billion
Anthropic is broadening its revolving credit facility past the initial target to prepare for its much-anticipated initial public offering. Multiple banks are looking to partake in the credit line, establishing their positions in the upcoming IPO. Bolstered by a surge in revenue, Anthropic is geared for its entrance onto Wall Street this fall.
Anthropic revenue run rate tops $65 billion
The AI startup's latest revenue run rate - a metric that projects annual performance by extrapolating current sales levels - was up from the $47 billion in May and an extraordinary jump from about $9 billion at the end of 2025.
Anthropic IPO valuation hinges on $190-200 billion 2028 revenue forecast: Report
Wall Street is currently assessing Anthropic's valuation in light of its anticipated revenue growth for the upcoming IPO. The AI company forecasts remarkable revenue increases by 2028, which is pivotal for investor confidence. Revenue multiples derived from these forward-looking projections are being employed, with comparable companies such as Palantir and SpaceX serving as benchmarks. This strategy underscores the AI firm's rapid expansion and significant infrastructure investments.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei defends AI regulation, argues it can boost competition
It started with a comment from investor Gavin Baker on the All-In Podcast, which set off a public argument about Anthropic's ambitions, pulling in one of the top researchers in this field, Advanced Machine Intelligence chair Yann LeCunn, and a public essay from Amodei himself.
Cami Clark: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s wife is a Silicon Valley power player. But Claude barely knows her
Cami Clark, wife of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, has remained largely unknown outside Silicon Valley’s elite despite her proximity to some of the technology world’s most powerful figures. Her unconventional career includes a women-focused pornography startup, a pitch for investment to Jeffrey Epstein, ties to Eric Schmidt and a proposed role in Anthropic’s early funding.
Anthropic IPO valuation hinges on $190-200 billion 2028 revenue forecast
Anthropic is projecting 2028 revenue of roughly $190 billion to $200 billion, according to two people familiar with the company's financials, a figure that has not previously been reported. The projection dwarfs the $47 billion revenue "run rate," reflecting the firm's current pace of business, that the company publicized as recently as May, and shows the scale of growth investors are being asked to underwrite.
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