AI Funding
Humans& Raises Record $480M Seed from Anthropic, xAI Alumni
New AI startup Humans& secures one of the largest seed rounds ever at $480M, founded by veterans from Anthropic, xAI, and Google pursuing 'human-centric' AI development.
Anthropic
Anthropic
Anthropic Raises $25B at $350B Valuation in Historic Round
Sequoia, GIC, and Coatue lead Anthropic's massive funding round, valuing the Claude AI maker at $350 billion and reshaping the competitive landscape for foundation models.
Microsoft
Microsoft's Anthropic AI Spending Nears $500M Mark
Microsoft's spending on Anthropic AI is reportedly on track to reach $500 million, signaling a major strategic shift in AI partnerships beyond its OpenAI investment.
LLM Training
How ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini Are Trained: The 3-Stage Pipeline
Modern LLMs undergo three critical training stages: pretraining on massive text corpora, supervised fine-tuning for instruction following, and RLHF for alignment. Here's how the pipeline works.
AI Agents
Model Context Protocol: The Infrastructure for AI Agents
Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) establishes a standardized infrastructure layer enabling AI agents to access external data and tools. This protocol architecture is transforming how AI systems interact with real-world applications and services.
AWS
AWS Unveils AI Supercomputer Powering Anthropic's Claude
Amazon Web Services launches Project Rainier, a massive supercomputer cluster built with custom Trainium2 chips designed specifically for training Anthropic's Claude foundation models at unprecedented scale.