Anthropic CPO leaves Figma’s board after reports he will offer a competing product

Krieger’s departure and any forthcoming design tools will be another data point for investors who fear the SaaSpocalypse — that the largest AI labs will come to dominate software businesses, a thesis that has rocked public markets at times this year.

Anthropic releases a new Opus model amid Mythos Preview buzz
Anthropic releases a new Opus model amid Mythos Preview buzz

Anthropic has released its most powerful “generally available” model to date: Claude Opus 4.7. The company called it a step up from Opus 4.6 for advanced software engineering tasks, particularly in complex coding areas that in the past required more hand-holding. It’s also supposed to be better at analyzing images and following instructions, and it […]

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7 with benchmark-leading coding and agentic performance
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7 with benchmark-leading coding and agentic performance

In short: Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.7, its most capable generally available model, with benchmark-leading scores on SWE-bench Pro (64.3% vs GPT-5.4’s 57.7%), multi-agent coordination for hours-long workflows, 3x higher image resolution, and …

Anthropic shrugs off VC funding offers valuing it at $800B+, for now

VCs are frothing at the mouth to write more checks to Anthropic at a valuation that matches or beats OpenAI’s.

Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft paid AI agent bug bounties, then kept quiet about the flaws
Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft paid AI agent bug bounties, then kept quiet about the flaws

In short:Security researcher Aonan Guan hijacked AI agents from Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft via prompt injection attacks on their GitHub Actions integrations, stealing API keys and tokens in each case. All three companies paid bug bounties quietly…

Anthropic, OpenAI, and the Pentagon: a cautionary tale for democratic AI governance
Anthropic, OpenAI, and the Pentagon: a cautionary tale for democratic AI governance

On the afternoon of 27 February 2026, Pete Hegseth picked up his phone and posted to X. The US Secretary of Defense had just designated Anthropic, a San Francisco AI company, a “supply chain risk to national security.” The label, under 10 USC 3252, had…

Anthropic’s rise is giving some OpenAI investors second thoughts

One investor who has backed both companies told the FT that justifying OpenAI’s recent round required assuming an IPO valuation of $1.2 trillion or more — making Anthropic’s current $380 billion valuation look like the relative bargain.

Anthropic co-founder confirms the company briefed the Trump administration on Mythos

In an interview at the Semafor World Economy summit this week, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark explained why the company was still engaged with the U.S. government while simultaneously suing them.

The Trump administration blacklisted Anthropic – and is now telling banks to use its AI
The Trump administration blacklisted Anthropic – and is now telling banks to use its AI

In short: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell are urging Wall Street’s biggest banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos AI model for cybersecurity vulnerabilities, even as the Pentagon fights Anthropic in court after branding it a supp…

Claude just landed in Microsoft Word, and it looks like a genuine upgrade for document work

Anthropic’s new Claude for Word extension can read your documents, edit selected text, work through comments, and track every change so you stay in control.