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Friday, May 29, 2026
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Today’s top story
FUNDING
Anthropic raises $65B at $965B valuation, passing OpenAI
CNBC
Anthropic closed a $65 billion Series H led by Altimeter, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia, lifting its valuation to $965 billion and surpassing OpenAI as the most valuable AI startup. The round nearly triples its February valuation of $380 billion and includes $15 billion of previously committed investment, with the company reporting a $47 billion revenue run rate.
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Why it matters
A near-trillion-dollar private valuation reorders the AI hierarchy and signals investors now see Anthropic, not OpenAI, as the frontier leader on revenue and momentum.
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More headlines
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RELEASE
Anthropic ships Claude Opus 4.8 with dynamic workflows tool
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8, citing gains in agentic coding, reasoning and model honesty at unchanged pricing of $5 per million input and $25 per million output tokens. A research-preview Dynamic Workflows feature lets Claude plan tasks and run hundreds of parallel subagents in a single Claude Code session.
TechCrunch
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INDUSTRY
Meta unveils paid subscriptions for its AI chatbot
Meta said it will offer paid subscriptions for its consumer AI assistant, opening a direct-revenue line beyond advertising. The move comes as OpenAI and xAI push into ad-supported products that target Meta's core business.
Bloomberg
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INDUSTRY
KPMG deploys Claude to 276,000 employees across 138 countries
KPMG is rolling out Anthropic's Claude, including Cowork and Managed Agents, to its global workforce, integrating it into the firm's Azure-based client delivery platform. The deployment initially targets Tax & Legal and private equity clients, with full implementation slated for September 2026.
Fortune
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RELEASE
Apple previews revamped Siri and new AI features for iOS 27
Bloomberg detailed a rebuilt Siri, a new chatbot-style app and a Pro camera app among the AI-driven changes Apple plans to show at its June 8 WWDC. The overhaul marks Apple's push to close a widening gap with rivals' assistants.
Bloomberg
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POLICY
Microsoft, Google and xAI to let US agency test models pre-launch
Google, Microsoft and xAI joined OpenAI and Anthropic in granting the Commerce Department's Center for AI Standards and Innovation early access to review frontier models before release. The arrangement broadens voluntary government pre-deployment testing across major labs.
CNN Business
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This week in benchmarks
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vs. Thursday, May 21, 2026
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Intelligence
GPT-5.5 (xhigh) fell from #1 to #2
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Intelligence
GPT-5.5 (high) fell from #2 to #3
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Intelligence
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) fell from #3 to #4
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Intelligence
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview fell from #4 to #5
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Intelligence
GPT-5.4 (xhigh) fell from #5 to #6
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Intelligence
GPT-5.5 (medium) fell from #6 to #7
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