Shane

Feb 14, 202617d

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Anthropic raised $30 billion in a Series G funding round, bringing its post‑money valuation to $380 billion, and recruited former Google data‑center managers while discussing plans to build at least 10 gigawatts of data‑center capacity with potential financial backing from Google.

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Zhipu AI released GLM‑5, a 744‑billion‑parameter model under the MIT license, and claimed parity with top Western models on coding and agent benchmarks.

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OpenAI released GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark, a smaller coding model built for real‑time programming that ran on Cerebras chips and processed over 1,000 tokens per second.

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xAI experienced a founder exodus that former employees attributed to safety concerns and dissatisfaction with Grok's failure to catch up, leading to reported departures and cited cultural issues.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-raises-30-billion-pushing-valuation-to-380-billion/

Anthropic raises $30 billion, pushing valuation to $380 billion

Anthropic has closed a $30 billion Series G funding round, bringing the AI company's post-money valuation to $380 billion.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-recruits-ex-google-data-center-veterans-to-build-its-own-ai-infrastructure-empire/

Anthropic recruits ex-Google data center veterans to build its own AI infrastructure empire

Anthropic is discussing building at least 10 gigawatts of data center capacity worth hundreds of billions of dollars, recruiting ex-Google managers and lining up Google as a financial backer to make it happen.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/chinese-ai-lab-zhipu-releases-glm-5-under-mit-license-claims-parity-with-top-western-models/

Chinese AI lab Zhipu releases GLM-5 under MIT license, claims parity with top Western models

Chinese AI company Zhipu AI released GLM-5, a 744-billion-parameter open-source model that rivals Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.2 on coding and agent benchmarks.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/openai-has-yet-another-new-coding-model-and-this-time-its-really-fast/

OpenAI has yet another new coding model and this time it's really fast

OpenAI's new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is a smaller coding model that runs on Cerebras chips and pushes over 1,000 tokens per second. It's the company's first model built specifically for real-time programming.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/xais-founder-exodus-reportedly-tied-to-safety-concerns-and-frustration-over-groks-failure-to-catch-up/

xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safety concerns and frustration over Grok's failure to catch up

Elon Musk's AI company xAI is hemorrhaging talent. Former employees describe a culture of missing safety standards, growing disillusionment, and a constant race to catch up with OpenAI and Anthropic.

the-decoder.com

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