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Anthropic's Rise: $30 Billion Round and $380 Billion Valuation Reshape the AI Market

Cohere prepares for IPO with $240 million in revenue

xAI loses staff: Elon Musk comments on departure of nine key engineers

Startups·The Verge

Half of Elon Musk's xAI founders left within days

xAI is going through a serious crisis: key co-founders Tony Wu and Jimmy Ba have left the company. Of the project's twelve founders, only half remain on board. What…

Startups·TechCrunch

Anthropic's Super Bowl ad campaign pushed the Claude app into the top 10

Anthropic's ironic Super Bowl campaign and the release of the new Opus model helped Claude break into the top 10 most downloaded apps, becoming a real competitor to…

Startups·TechCrunch

Talent crisis in the AI industry: why key staff are leaving OpenAI and xAI

The era of high expectations is giving way to burnout. Leading AI startups are losing founders and senior executives amid internal conflicts and abrupt shifts in…

Startups·TechCrunch

Airbnb to turn accommodation search into a personalized AI assistant

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced a large-scale rollout of language models for search, user support, and software development optimization.

01Anthropic doubles valuation as the US changes sanctions listsFeb 14, 2026·3 min 02The rise of AI: how new technologies are changing the market and worrying investorsFeb 13, 2026·3 min 03Mass Exodus: Why Key Employees Are Leaving OpenAI and xAIFeb 13, 2026·2 min 04Anthropic reaches a $380 billion valuation after raising record investmentFeb 13, 2026·2 min 05Anthropic raises $30 billion at a $380 billion valuationFeb 13, 2026·2 min

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Startups·36Kr (36氪)

Anthropic raises $30 billion: company valuation jumps to $380 billion

Anthropic closed a Series G round, strengthening its position in the race against OpenAI. The company is now valued at $380 billion.

Startups·3DNews AI

OpenAI introduces GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark based on Cerebras chips instead of Nvidia

OpenAI has introduced the new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark model. Its main feature is that it runs on giant Cerebras WSE-3 chips instead of the usual Nvidia accelerators.

Startups·Guardian

Anthropic raised $30 billion: Claude creator’s valuation jumped to $380 billion

Anthropic closed a record $30 billion funding round. The leading rival to OpenAI doubled its valuation in just five months amid tenfold annual revenue growth.

Startups·ZDNet AI

OpenAI's Spark: revolutionary coding speed with an important caveat

Startups·Bloomberg Tech

Altruist CEO explained why AI tools are shaking markets

Startups·Guardian

“The Claude Effect”: how Anthropic’s AI triggered a sell-off in British tech giants

Startups·Bloomberg Tech

Startup Simile secures $100 million for AI-based human behavior forecasting

Startups·36Kr (36氪)

YuanChen Technology launches new AI division in Shenzhen

Chinese AI startup shares rise despite decline in Hong Kong tech index

Chinese AI startups rise despite Hong Kong tech index decline

Waymo plans 1 million weekly rides by 2026

Startups·The Verge

Anthropic to pay for power grid modernization to avoid higher household bills

AI startup Anthropic has promised to fully cover the cost of power grid upgrades so that new data center construction does not affect ordinary U.S. residents'…

Startups·Bloomberg Tech

Elon Musk restructures xAI after sudden co-founder departures

Elon Musk announced sweeping changes to the structure of his AI startup xAI. The decision comes after the sudden departure of two key company co-founders earlier…