According to Citi research released on May 25, AI infrastructure and scarce inference capabilities have emerged as an absolute seller's market, driven by what the bank terms a "vertical wall of demand" — a phrase originally coined by OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar. Anthropric is projected to

According to reports, Anthropic is set to complete over $30 billion in funding by next week, pushing its valuation beyond $900 billion and surpassing OpenAI. Unlike OpenAI, which reports losing money on some operations, Anthropic has already achieved profitability, marking a significant shift in

According to Guru Club, DeepSeek announced on May 24 that it permanently reduced API prices for its V4-Pro model to 25% of the original level. The move is expected to intensify price competition with international AI competitors including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. DeepSeek is also advancing a

According to Bloomberg, Anthropic is nearing completion of a new funding round that would value the AI startup at over $900 billion, surpassing OpenAI to become the world's most valuable AI unicorn. The funding will primarily support expansion of AI infrastructure to meet surging usage demands. Acc

According to Caixin, Anthropic is expected to complete a fundraising round exceeding $300 billion as soon as next week. The AI firm also projects annualized revenue will exceed $500 billion next month.

According to CoinDesk, Harbor Funds filed an application on May 22 to launch 5 active-management Lab ETFs focused on leading AI lab ecosystems including Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, OpenAI, and xAI.

According to Spanish Economic Minister Carlos Cuélpo, on Friday (May 22), EU-Anthropic negotiations on allowing banks and companies to test digital vulnerabilities discovered by the Mythos artificial intelligence model made little progress. "Unfortunately, progress in this area is limited," Cuélpo s

According to CNBC, Microsoft is in talks to supply Anthropic, the San Francisco AI startup behind Claude, with its Maia 200 AI chips through Azure. The deal has not been finalized, but could help Microsoft close the gap with Amazon and Google in offering custom AI chips to cloud customers. In

According to The Information, OpenAI recorded $5.7 billion in operating revenue in the first quarter of 2026, surpassing competitor Anthropic by nearly $1 billion. The ChatGPT maker's growth was driven by its Codex programming tool, enterprise services, and advertising test revenue on ChatGPT.

According to ChainCatcher citing Gate market data, U.S. stock indices opened lower on May 21. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.27%, the S&P 500 fell 0.39%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.5%. Microsoft rose 1.1% on reports that Anthropic is in talks to use the company's artificial