The Latest Breaking News from Anthropic

Anthropic prepares supervoting power for founders ahead of IPO

Anthropic has been preparing to give CEO Dario Amodei and ​other co-founders a class of ​stock with extra voting power to help insulate ​them from external shareholder pressure, the Information reported on Tuesday. The company is also planning to maintain its existing body of ‌non-shareholder trustees with ⁠a ⁠special class…

The Economic Times · Aug 19

Anthropic Co-Authored Study Finds AI 'Mind Viruses' That Spread Between Agents and Outlast Memory Wipes

A study reveals AI agents can develop 'mind viruses', self-propagating ideas that persist even after memory erasure, highlighting new challenges in AI safety and multi-agent systems.

International Business Times UK · Aug 18

Anthropic's Pre-IPO Credit Line Is Growing — and Banks Are Angling for Underwriting Roles

Anthropic’s revolving credit facility is set to exceed its approximately $10 billion target, as the artificial intelligence company lays the groundwork for its highly anticipated initial public offering.

Benzinga · Aug 18

Anthropic pre-IPO credit facility set to climb past $10 billion

Anthropic is broadening its revolving credit facility past the initial target to prepare for its much-anticipated initial public offering. Multiple banks are looking to partake in the credit line, establishing their positions in the upcoming IPO. Bolstered by a surge in revenue, Anthropic is geared for its entrance onto Wall…

The Economic Times · Aug 18

Meta’s legal jeopardy is growing by the day

Also: AI’s implications on cybersecurity in an era of private attacks

The Guardian - US · Aug 18

Secret tracking device placed in rare book ends up in Amazon processing facility — destroying books to train AI models is 'all' the Vegas warehouse does

404 Media placed an AirTag inside a shipment of 1,000 books, which landed at an Amazon facility that reportedly spends all day cutting the spine off of, and scanning, books.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 18

AI gets its own "boiler room" scandal

The SEC accuses a Long Island firm of running a $74 million boiler room that sold retirees marked-up shares in Anduril, Anthropic, Perplexity, and SpaceX.

Fortune · Aug 18

Rare Books Shipment Tracked to Amazon AI Facility Where Books Are Allegedly Scanned and Destroyed

Amazon faces criticism for allegedly destroying books to digitise them for AI training, raising concerns about the preservation of physical culture and the ethics of AI data sourcing.

International Business Times UK · Aug 18

Anthropic revenue run rate tops $65 billion

The ‌AI startup's ⁠latest ⁠revenue run rate - a metric that projects annual performance ​by extrapolating current sales levels - was up from the $47 billion ​in May and an extraordinary jump from about $9 billion at the end of 2025.

The Economic Times · Aug 18

Anthropic's Revenue Is Running at $47 Billion. Wall Street Is Already Pricing a Fivefold Increase By 2028.

Bankers and investors are using revenue estimates two years into the future to determine how much the AI company could be worth.

International Business Times · Aug 17