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Anthropic Is Valued at $380 Billion in New Funding Round

12 February 2026 at 17:38
The artificial intelligence start-up raised another $30 billion, and its valuation more than doubled since its last funding round in September.

Β© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Anthropic was founded by Dario Amodei, right, and his sister, Daniela Amodei, who had parted ways with OpenAI.

Anthropic Donates $20 Million to Super PAC Operation to Counter OpenAI

12 February 2026 at 09:33
Anthropic and OpenAI now have their own well-funded political groups that will square off in the midterm elections over artificial intelligence safety and regulation.

Β© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Dario Amodei, a co-founder and chief executive of Anthropic, formerly worked at OpenAI.

These A.I. Dreamers Don’t Fit the Stereotype

11 February 2026 at 17:00
Young tech entrepreneurs in San Francisco are hoping to cash in, even as they wonder how artificial intelligence will affect society.

Β© Danielle Amy for The New York Times

The office of the San Francisco start-up Usul.

After Merging xAI and SpaceX, Elon Musk Hopes He Can Win Over Wall Street

7 February 2026 at 20:27
The billionaire’s decision to merge his A.I. start-up with his rocket company will test investors’ interest in giant combinations of unalike businesses.

Β© Meridith Kohut for The New York Times

SpaceX’s launchpad near Brownsville, Texas. In addition to rockets and satellites, Elon Musk’s company now includes artificial intelligence and social media businesses.

OpenAI in Talks to Raise as Much as $100 Billion

29 January 2026 at 15:53
OpenAI’s discussions with Microsoft, Nvidia, Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and others could value it at $750 billion or more.

Β© Aaron Wojack for The New York Times

OpenAI’s San Francisco offices.

Silicon Valley Wants to Build A.I. That Can Improve A.I. on Its Own

26 January 2026 at 05:02
Ricursive Intelligence, founded by two former Google researchers and valued at $4 billion, is among several efforts to automate the creation of artificial intelligence.

Β© Cayce Clifford for The New York Times

Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, the founders of Ricursive Intelligence, at the start-up’s offices in Palo Alto, Calif.

The Drama at Thinking Machines, a New A.I. Start-Up, Is Riveting Silicon Valley

22 January 2026 at 11:59
Defections, secret conversations, deal talks that fizzled and a battle for control: The turmoil at Thinking Machines Lab is the artificial intelligence industry’s latest drama.

Β© Jim Wilson/The New York Times

Ms. Murati with Mr. Altman and two other OpenAI colleagues in 2023. She co-founded Thinking Labs a year ago.

An A.I. Start-Up Says It Wants to Empower Workers, Not Replace Them

20 January 2026 at 07:00
Founded by researchers from Anthropic, Google and xAI, the new company, Humans&, is already valued at $4.48 billion.

Β© Christie Hemm Klok for The New York Times

Founders of the A.I. start-up Humans& aims to focus on how A.I. can support human workers rather than replace them. From left, Georges Harik, Andi Peng, Noah Goodman, Eric Zelikman and Yuchen He.

The Rise of Prediction Markets

19 January 2026 at 05:01
Billions of dollars are trading hands on sites like Polymarket and Kalshi, where people bet on everything from Taylor Swift’s wedding date to election outcomes.

Β© Mojo Wang

On prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, people can place wagers on virtually anything, from the outcomes of sports matchups and political elections to the date of Taylor Swift’s wedding.

China Is Investigating Meta’s Acquisition of the AI Start-Ip Manus

8 January 2026 at 13:56
Regulators said they would look at whether the deal for Manus, a Singapore start-up with Chinese roots, complied with China’s export and investment rules.

Β© Jason Henry for The New York Times

Meta’s deal for Manus last month capped a year of extravagant spending by the American company on elite artificial intelligence researchers.

Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last?

6 January 2026 at 12:36
Companies like Kairos Power are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured.

Β© Ramsay de Give for The New York Times

Kairos Power, which is developing a new kind of nuclear reactor, makes many of its parts at a facility in Albuquerque, N.M.

Meet a U.S. Start-Up Trying to Break China’s Rare-Earth Monopoly

29 December 2025 at 05:00
Companies like Phoenix Tailings, which recently began producing metal in New Hampshire, are using new processing methods to compete with Chinese suppliers.

Β© Tony Luong for The New York Times

Phoenix Tailings runs a metal-making plant in Exeter, N.H.

Trump Media Merger With Nuclear Fusion Firm Raises Ethics Questions

Trump Media plans to merge with a company developing nuclear fusion technology, putting the president’s financial interests in competition with other energy companies over which his administration holds sway.

Β© Pete Marovich for The New York Times

President Trump’s social media company said on Thursday that it had agreed to an all-stock merger with TAE Technologies, a fusion power company.

Massachusetts Battery Start-Up to List on Stock Exchange

18 December 2025 at 14:13
Factorial, the start-up, said the listing would provide money that would help it bring new solid-state batteries to market as soon as 2027.

Β© Tony Luong for The New York Times

Siyu Huang is the chief executive of Factorial.

What Trump’s Embrace of Crypto Has Unleashed

A boundary-pushing array of new crypto ventures have reached the stock market, enticing investors and leading to more risk taking.

Β© Illustration by Mark Harris; Photographs by Getty Images, iStock photo

In A.I. Boom, Venture Capital Firms Are Raising Loads More Money

15 December 2025 at 12:50
Lightspeed Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley venture firm, has amassed more than $9 billion to invest in artificial intelligence. That is its biggest haul.

Β© Gabriela Hasbun for The New York Times

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