Anthropic is on pace for more than $65 billion in annualized revenue, according to people familiar with its performance. That run rate is more than seven times higher than at the end of last year, ahead of a potential IPO.
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AI startups stretch valuations and build the infrastructure around them
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Nvidia is discussing an investment in a funding round that would value data-labeling company Mercor at $20 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The potential investment amount and the round's total size remain unknown.
7:30 PMPYMNTS
AI developers and data center operators are spending hundreds of billions of dollars annually on GPUs and other computing capacity, yet compute lacks a standardized market price or effective hedging tools. Silicon Data is building financial infrastructure intended to help Wall Street price, trade, and manage exposure to AI compute costs.
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Anthropic’s Annualized Revenue Tops $65B Before IPO
Summary
Anthropic is on pace for more than $65 billion in annualized revenue, according to people familiar with its performance. That run rate is more than seven times higher than at the end of last year, ahead of a potential IPO.
The sharp acceleration strengthens Anthropic’s case for a high-value public offering and raises the pressure
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Anthropic’s growth could reset private and public market expectations for the commercial scale of leading AI companies.
7:30 PMPYMNTS
Nvidia Weighs Investment in Round Valuing Mercor at $20 Billion
Summary
Nvidia is discussing an investment in a funding round that would value data-labeling company Mercor at $20 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The potential investment amount and the round's total size remain unknown.
A possible Nvidia investment would turn Mercor into a major strategic supplier in the market
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Nvidia's interest could reset expectations for how highly the market values companies that supply the data behind AI models.
1:26 PMTechCrunch
Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute
Summary
AI developers and data center operators are spending hundreds of billions of dollars annually on GPUs and other computing capacity, yet compute lacks a standardized market price or effective hedging tools. Silicon Data is building financial infrastructure intended to help Wall Street price, trade, and manage exposure to AI compute costs.
Silicon Data is treating compute as a financial commodity rather than merely an operating expense.
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Turning compute into a tradable asset could reshape how AI companies budget, finance, and manage one of their largest costs.
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A curated list of other prominent stories from this day.
Rivian spinoff Also raised $150 million to develop autonomous vehicles that can transport people and packages, extending beyond its initial $3,500 e-bike product.
8:50 AMFortune
Relativity Networks raised $22 million to commercialize hollow-core fiber, which transmits data about 30% faster than conventional fiber. The technology remains rarely deployed, but the company is targeting data centers where lower latency can improve performance.
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Also’s $3,500 e-bike is a $1 billion Trojan horse for autonomous transportation
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Rivian spinoff Also raised $150 million to develop autonomous vehicles that can transport people and packages, extending beyond its initial $3,500 e-bike product.
The decisive shift is from selling electric bikes to building a broader autonomous-transportation platform. The
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Also’s e-bike may be an entry point for a much larger bet on autonomous mobility and delivery.
6:00 AMTechCrunch
Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers
Summary
Relativity Networks raised $22 million to commercialize hollow-core fiber, which transmits data about 30% faster than conventional fiber. The technology remains rarely deployed, but the company is targeting data centers where lower latency can improve performance.
The funding gives Relativity Networks capital to move hollow-core fiber from a specialized technology toward
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Faster fiber could become a competitive advantage for data centers as AI and other high-bandwidth workloads make network latency more expensive.
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