This Seattle AI startup watches you work — then automates the tedious back-office tasks
A Seattle startup from AI2 Incubator is emerging from stealth with a $5 million seed round to automate basic business operations with gen AI.
Anthropic, which opened a Seattle office last year, now valued at $61.5B after raising $3.5B
Anthropic co-founders Dario Amodei (left) and Daniela Amodei. (Anthropic Photo) Anthropic is adding more rocket fuel to its engine as the high-flying San
Judge denies Elon Musk's request to block OpenAI for-profit conversion but welcomes trial
Musk faces legal setback in OpenAI lawsuit as judge fast tracks trial
Elon Musk suffers early loss in bid to block OpenAI restructure
The tech mogul, originally a founder of OpenAI, is now challenging the company’s conversion from a nonprofit to for-profit model.
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Anthropic Nears Closing Of $3.5B Funding At $61.5B Valuation — Report
Anthropic, a ChatGPT rival with its AI assistant Claude, is finalizing a fresh $3.5 billion funding round that would value it at $61.5 billion, per The Wall Street Journal.
UK watchdog drops competition review of Microsoft's OpenAI deal
Microsoft’s $13 Billion OpenAI Tie-Up Cleared by UK Watchdog
Microsoft Corp.’s $13 billion investment into OpenAI Inc. was cleared by the UK’s antitrust watchdog, ending months of uncertainty over the tie-up.
UK competition watchdog drops Microsoft-OpenAI probe
Microsoft cuts data centre plans and hikes prices in push to make users carry AI costs
After a year of shoehorning generative AI into its flagship products, Microsoft is trying to recoup the costs by raising prices, putting ads in products, and cancelling data centre leases. Google is making similar moves, adding unavoidable AI features to its Workspace service while increasing prices.
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OpenAI's CFO says it's 'definitely possible' it will triple revenue in 2025
OpenAI may be burning through cash, but its chief financial officer has said hitting $11 billion in revenue this year is "definitely in the realm of possibility." Reaching $11 billion in sales ...
Ohio State tapped to join $50M OpenAI research partnership
Participating institutions will leverage $50 million in research grants, compute funding and API access, provided by OpenAI, to "catalyze progress at a rate faster than any one institution would alone ... not only to fuel the next generation of discoveries, but also to prepare the next generation to shape AI’s future," according to a press release.