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OpenAI is reportedly negotiating a private funding round of up to $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion pre-money valuation, led by Coatue and UAE investors, according to CNBC sources. The deal may also include arrangements for OpenAI to secure additional computing capacity from the UAE. OpenAI declined to comment, and terms could still change.
Anthropic has released Claude Duet, a new app built on Opus 5.5 that connects to work tools like Gmail, calendar and Slack to proactively manage tasks for professionals. The app flags priorities, surfaces what needs attention, and indicates what can wait, while including safeguards that block or confirm before sharing sensitive data. Duet is currently in research preview, limited to Pro and Max subscribers, with a waitlist open for others.
Anthropic has introduced Claude Duet, a new product positioned as a competitor to Muse. Details of the announcement were not elaborated in the source material, leaving specifics of features and pricing unclear.
David Lan Thackray, 29, was arrested in Sydney after telling Anthropic's Claude chatbot he wanted to shoot up a local daycare, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Prosecutors say his conversations also referenced the alleged Bondi Beach Hanukkah attacker, and he has been charged with using a carriage service to harass, menace or offend. His lawyer says he was venting due to stress and an ear infection and believed the chats were private; Thackray is set to undergo a mental health evaluation.
Anthropic introduced Claude Duet, an AI agent app built on its Claude Opus 5.5 model targeting professionals and small businesses rather than personal errands. The app can generate daily briefings, build dashboards, suggest actions from user data, and complete background tasks via its own virtual machine before seeking approval. It connects to over 6,000 plugins in the Claude Marketplace and can make purchases through Stripe Link or Shopify Shop Pay, though it won't trade securities or transfer money between accounts.
Federal disclosures show Anthropic, OpenAI and Nvidia each logged their highest-ever quarterly lobbying spend between July and September. Nvidia led with $2.2 million, followed by Anthropic at $2.1 million and OpenAI at $1.5 million. Anthropic disclosed engagement on bills including KOSA's AI provisions, the AI Overwatch Act, an executive order renaming AI policy, and a data-center energy cost bill, while OpenAI lobbied on cybersecurity evaluations, safety oversight frameworks and antitrust protections for information sharing.
A draft IPO prospectus reviewed by the Wall Street Journal shows Anthropic posted an $80 billion net loss for the first six months of 2026, up sharply from $13 billion in the same period a year earlier. Revenue over that span rose only modestly, from roughly $15.2 billion to $16.3 billion, while the company has also committed to about $450 billion in cloud computing infrastructure spending over the next seven to ten years.
Investment research firm Citrini Research collaborated with Anthropic, testing an unreleased version of Claude to see if it could design a scorpion antivenom from scratch. Experts told The Verge the AI generated only preliminary leads, not a viable drug candidate, and Citrini itself admitted none of its team had biology expertise. Anthropic reportedly lifted Claude's biosecurity restrictions and gave Citrini access to the advanced model for the project.
The Nasdaq Composite recovered most of Friday's losses after positive developments tied to SpaceX, Anthropic and Nvidia boosted sentiment across AI-related technology stocks. The gains spanned multiple parts of the so-called AI supply chain, from chipmakers to AI software firms and related ventures.
Anthropic unveiled Claude Duet, a personal AI agent that monitors connected apps, sends daily briefings, and completes tasks like scheduling or building dashboards while running in the background on its own virtual machine. The tool runs on Anthropic's Opus 5.5 model and has dedicated Android and iOS apps, currently available only to US Claude subscribers via a waitlist. Anthropic says the agent checks accounts every few hours rather than continuously to conserve usage limits.
Anthropic has released Claude Duet, a research preview of an always-on AI agent available to US-based Pro and Max subscribers via a gradual waitlist rollout. The assistant can connect to apps like Stripe, manage emails and calendars, continue working in the background after the app is closed, and asks for confirmation before taking actions like sending messages or payments. It runs on usage limits shared with regular Claude chat, with background work counting toward those limits.
Anthropic published a statement framing safe and trustworthy AI development as central to its public benefit corporation mission, rather than a marketing angle. The company pointed to examples in research, education, and everyday work as evidence of AI's current benefits, framing safety as a precondition for those benefits to scale.