
SpaceX S-1 Reveals Anthropic's $15B Annual Compute Deal
SpaceX's IPO filing discloses that Anthropic will pay $1.25 billion per month for compute across both Colossus data centers through May 2029, totaling roughly $45 billion.
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SpaceX's IPO filing discloses that Anthropic will pay $1.25 billion per month for compute across both Colossus data centers through May 2029, totaling roughly $45 billion.

OpenAI is merging ChatGPT, Codex, and the developer API into a unified agentic platform under Greg Brockman, while pausing Sora and shutting down its science and adult content experiments.

Cerebras raised $5.55B and surged 68% on Nasdaq debut, the largest US tech IPO since Snowflake in 2020, but a 200x revenue multiple and a single-customer backlog tell a more complicated story.

Cerebras Systems raised its IPO price to $150-$160 per share after investors placed over $10 billion in orders on a $3.5 billion offering - 20 times oversubscribed.

Anthropic is considering a $40-50 billion funding round at a valuation of up to $900 billion, which would make it the world's most valuable private AI company, surpassing OpenAI.

WSJ reports OpenAI missed multiple monthly revenue targets and its 1B user goal in 2026, sending Oracle down 6% and chip stocks sliding as IPO doubts surface.

Anthropic's annualized revenue crossed $30 billion in April 2026, topping OpenAI's $24 billion run rate and marking the first time a rival has outpaced OpenAI in the generative AI race.

Kevin Weil, Bill Peebles, and Srinivas Narayanan all left OpenAI on the same day as the company dismantles its consumer moonshots and sharpens its focus on enterprise revenue ahead of a potential IPO.

Allbirds sold its entire footwear business for $39 million - roughly 1% of its $4 billion peak valuation - and is rebranding as NewBird AI to buy GPUs and rent compute to AI developers. The stock quadrupled in a day.

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar confirmed the company will reserve IPO shares for retail buyers, after the firm raised $3B from individuals in its $122B funding round - three times what it set out to raise.

Britain is offering Anthropic a £40M research lab and a dual London Stock Exchange listing after the Pentagon branded the AI company a supply-chain risk.

OpenAI published a 13-page policy blueprint proposing robot taxes, a public wealth fund for every American, and government-run 4-day workweek pilots as AI reshapes the economy.