Anthropic opens new office in Milan as European expansion accelerates

In news that (shock…!) doesn’t directly involve OpenAI, Anthropic, or Microsoft – Legora has made its fourth purchase of a smaller tech company / team. ...

Stock market filing illustrates AI company’s meteoric rise, while California’s tech billionaires pour cash into elections Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian. This week in tech, we’re discussing Anthropic’s meteoric rise, both theological and financial, and California’s unprecedented infusion of political cash from Silicon Valley. ‘Like a billionaire on acid’: Star Wars director Gareth Edwards comes out in favour of AI To YouTube and beyond: how online gen Z directors stormed Hollywood Continue reading...

About 150 organisations will be given advanced cyber security model following requests from around the world

Anthropic, the firm behind AI assistant Claude, submitted a confidential filing to go public with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The firm, valued at close to a trillion dollars, could make its market debut by the end of the year as it sees a surge in interest for its range of AI products. Also in this edition: as France welcomes new data centre investments, we see what's driving that interest and what impact it could have on local communities.

Claude Opus 4.5 turned Claude Code into a must-have tool for developers, giving Anthropic a powerful opening inside large enterprises.

Anthropic has submitted a confidential draft registration statement to the SEC for a proposed initial public offering, less than a week after closing a $65 billion Series H round that pushed its valuation to $965 billion. The filing marks a dramatic arc for the company, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees and long considered […]

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. The economics of the AI boom are back in focus today, after Google’s parent company Alphabet said it plans to raise up to $80bn in equity to fund its vast AI infrastructure investments. AI is driving an expansionary moment for Alphabet. The company is experiencing strong demand for its AI solutions and services from enterprises and consumers, at levels that are exceeding the company’s available supply. By scaling its investments, the company seeks to expand its foundational infrastructure to support the significant growth opportunity ahead. “Funding of the AI capex boom is becoming an increasingly key topic for markets.” 9.30am BST: Bank of England mortgage approvals and consumer credit data 9.45am BST: Treasury Committee session on student loans 10am BST: Eurozone inflation report for May 3pm BST: US JOLTS vacancies repo

Google DeepMind, Anthropic and Meta study whether AI could become conscious — and what follows for humans if it does