Anthropic's Q3 revenue is said to hit $16.8 billion ahead of IPO

Anthropic reportedly told investors its third-quarter revenue reached about $16.8 billion, up roughly 45% from the prior quarter. People familiar with the matter say it also reached adjusted profitability for the first time. The company is preparing for a potential IPO, with reports pointing to a November listing.

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Ahead of IPO, Anthropic reveals its revenue grew 45% sequentially to $16.8B in Q3

SiliconANGLE reports Anthropic disclosed 45% sequential revenue growth to $16.8 billion in Q3 as it prepares to go public. The figures follow a leaked confidential filing in September that showed rapid growth alongside a large 2025 operating loss.

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Security researchers spent 6 days doing their Chromework, built 1B user exploit

Security startup Xbow reportedly used OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol to chain three Chrome zero-days into a sandbox-escaping exploit on Windows. Four researchers spent six days and about $40,000 in tokens; Google patched the bugs and paid a $250,000 bounty. The account rests on Xbow's own description.

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Shares of Oracle, neoclouds drop on CoreWeave debt concerns

Shares of Oracle and several AI cloud providers fell on concerns about CoreWeave's debt. The drop highlights investor sensitivity to the financing behind AI data center buildouts.

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Gemini 4 Argon reaches Gemini app Pro and Ultra subscribers alongside a new tasks mode

Google has rolled out Gemini 4 Argon to Gemini app Pro and Ultra subscribers, after an earlier release to vetted cybersecurity defenders. The rollout adds a new tasks mode. Google's chart from the model's unveiling showed it ahead of Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 on DeepSWE v1.1.

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Microsoft to rely more on homegrown AI chips, reducing dependence on Nvidia

Microsoft plans to run most of its AI inference workloads on its own Maia accelerators, starting with the third-generation chip. The move is intended to reduce reliance on Nvidia and lower costs.

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Grok Voice 3.0 from SpaceXSI outscores OpenAI and Google on speech-to-speech index

Grok Voice 3.0 reportedly outscores OpenAI and Google models on a speech-to-speech benchmark index. The release is positioned as a step forward for xAI's voice capabilities.

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