OpenAI is racing to list before Anthropic. Anthropic is racing to list before OpenAI. The public markets are about to decide which AI lab is actually worth more.
Anthropic's latest funding round has pushed the AI startup ahead of OpenAI by valuation, as enterprise adoption of Claude and infrastructure expansion gather pace.
The operation combined stealth bombers, one-way attack drones and fighter jets, with CENTCOM saying strikes are ongoing and detailing targets hit in the first 24 hours.
Comes after US establishment declared war on AI giant Anthropic, declaring it supply chain risk
Amodei's company, in its statement, called the US administration's decision to label it a supply chain risk legally unsound.
Pentagon officials earlier this week had held talks with Anthropic. The company was then served an ultimatum: permit unrestricted military use of its technology by 5:01 pm Friday (February 27, 2026) or face being forced to comply under the Defense Production Act.
India has become Anthropic's second-biggest market for its artificial intelligence assistant, Claude.ai.
Four major tech companies -- Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Anthropic have come together to form a new industry body designed to ensure the "safe and responsible development" of "frontier AI" models.
