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October 26, 2026, 9:50 AM

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SEC.gov:
Anthropic's co-founders say they “believe that AI is one of the most consequential technologies in human history”, detail its scientific potential, and more  —  We believe that Al is one of the most consequential technologies in human history.  If managed well …
Anthropic:
Anthropic files for an IPO on the Nasdaq under the symbol ANT; the number of Class A shares to be offered and the price range is yet to be determined  —  Today, Anthropic, PBC filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating …
Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Anthropic S-1: an $80.7B net loss on revenue of $16.3B in H1 2026, up from a $13B net loss on revenue of $1.2B in H1 2025, and a net revenue retention of 900%  —  Anthropic PBC filed for an IPO, moving a step closer to being the first company focused primarily on developing the most advanced artificial intelligence models to go public.
More: Capital Brief, Quartz, and Axios
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Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
Meta plans to raise $95B to finance its AI infrastructure, including $35B in public equity offerings, backed by cornerstone investors Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom  —  Chipmakers Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom will act as cornerstone investors  —  Meta is planning to raise $95bn …
Elizabeth Chamberlain / iFixit News:
iPhone Duo teardown: 5/10 repairability, a foldable record, but some screens crack along the fold, possibly because a hinge support bar fails to drop far enough  —  Apple's folding iPhone finally made it to our teardown table.  Some owners' screens didn't make it through setup.
Apple:
Apple unveils a redesigned iPad mini with an 8.5-inch OLED display, an A20 Pro, 24% thinner bezels, and a nano-texture finish option, for $699+ from November 6  —  Featuring a stunning OLED display in an even thinner and lighter design, a huge leap in performance, faster wireless connectivity, and water and dust resistance
Elon Musk / @elonmusk:
Elon Musk says SpaceX closed $40B in GPU debt, debt markets have shut off credit for AI data center companies, and 200+ neoclouds face “death and consolidation”  —  Pretty much. As of the past few weeks, debt markets have almost entirely shut off access to money for any company that doesn't have substantial revenue independent of AI data centers. SpaceX closed $40B of debt for GPUs, but we're investment grade and have Starlink & launch revenue. That means...
Johnny Rodgers / Building Slack:
Inside Slack's Salesforce culture clash: Benioff didn't use Slack and had ~1 hour with CEO Butterfield pre-deal; Butterfield quit after a Davos will.i.am panel  —  I needed a keyboard.  —  I stood at my reserved desk on the 7th floor of Salesforce's tower in Vancouver around 9am.
Washington Post:
Cathedral, a months-old cybersecurity startup founded by ex-DOGE staffers, says it breached Anthropic's internal systems in under 12 hours using AI agents  —  The start-up firm Cathedral has told makers of the Claude chatbot that its researchers were able to quickly penetrate sensitive systems, a report reviewed by The Post shows.
Derrick Bryson Taylor / New York Times:
Elvis Presley's music owners sue Anthropic for allegedly using 274 songs to train its models, seeking $41M+; Anthropic says it disagrees and will defend itself  —  The $41 million lawsuit contends that the A.I. company used Presley's music to train its models without permission.
New York Times:
A look at TSMC's first plant in Phoenix that has achieved chip output rates comparable to its Taiwan facilities, as its Taiwanese engineers teach US workers  —  On July 5 the Northwest Chinese Baptist Church in Phoenix opened its weekly Mandarin service with a verse from the Old Testament.
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
A profile of former Google VP and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, whose startup Dazzle is building an AI assistant to help normal people tackle mundane tasks visually  —  Marissa Mayer has reinvented herself as a start-up founder, with a team of 10 engineers — a fraction of the armies of programmers …

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