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Anthropic filed its S-1 on 26 October 2026 with $16.3 billion in first-half revenue, an $80.7 billion net loss driven by accounting, and founder control.
OpenAI is close to a round of up to $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion pre-money valuation, led by UAE investors and Coatue, $150 billion below its earlier target.
DeepSeek is reported to have raised about $15 billion at a roughly $74 billion valuation, two days after DHS ordered its removal from federal civilian systems.
On 14 October 2026, Anthropic told investors its Q3 revenue hit $16.8 billion and that it was profitable on an adjusted basis, ahead of a November IPO.
Anthropic is weighing a new model launch as OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra gains enterprise spending share, Reuters reports, while the Claude maker's IPO timing slips.
Anthropic's backers expect an October listing above $2 trillion, which would eclipse SpaceX. The bet rests on a run rate, not booked revenue, and the skeptics know it.
Databricks closed a $5 billion round at a $190 billion valuation, six months after a $134 billion mark, as it defers an IPO and bets on enterprise AI.
