Anthropic has closed a Series H funding round of $65 billion at a $965 billion post-money valuation, marking what the startup describes as its final private fundraise before a highly anticipated initial public offering. The artificial-intelligence company, which competes with OpenAI and Google on large language models, has now secured substantial capital ahead of its transition to public markets. Source
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, its latest language model, which includes a new tool called Dynamic Workflows designed to coordinate swarms of subagents. The model is positioned to help users orchestrate complex multi-agent tasks, reflecting the industry shift towards agentic systems that can manage multiple specialized AI components working in tandem. Source
Glean, an enterprise AI search startup, has crossed $300 million in annual revenue even as major technology companies have entered the search category. The company has tripled its annual revenue, with cost reduction emerging as a major selling point as enterprises seek to cut their AI spending amid broader budget constraints. Source
Asana has acquired StackAI, a no-code agent-builder, and will incorporate the tool into its growing suite of AI workflow products. The acquisition signals Asana's push to expand its AI capabilities for enterprises seeking to build agentic systems without extensive coding. Source
CNN has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity, an AI search startup, alleging that the company's tools generate "verbatim" copies of its articles and provide users access to content locked behind CNN's subscription paywall. The suit was filed in a New York court and represents escalating legal pressure on AI companies over copyright and content attribution. Source