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Anthropic's investors talked up a $2T+ October IPO, even as data showed Fable 5 barely selling. Google cut prices on Gemini 3.7 Flash, OpenAI previewed a 14× faster tier, Trump enlisted private hackers, and Twitch fed Amazon's AI.
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• Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash targets coding and agents with a 50% introductory price cut (VentureBeat) • OpenAI previews Ultrafast, an API tier powered by Cerebras that runs GPT-5.6 Sol up to 14× faster and generates up to 750 output tokens per second (9to5Mac) • President Trump signs a memo letting the US government partner with private companies to conduct cyberattacks abroad against criminal groups targeting Americans (Bloomberg) • Sources: Anthropic's investors expect it to float at a $2T+ valuation in an October IPO and to hit $100B to $120B in annualized revenue by the end of 2026 (Financial Times) • Ramp data: Fable 5 drew just 6% of Anthropic's API tokens in its first month and 75% of GPT-5.6 Sol's model revenue, suggesting corporate willingness to pay for frontier AI has hit a ceiling (The Decoder) • Databricks closed a $5B funding round at a $190B valuation, six months after raising $5B at a $134B valuation, and says it has crossed $7B in revenue run rate (CNBC) • Twitch says it intends to use videos streamed on its platform to help train Amazon's generative AI content models and adds a setting for creators to opt out (TechCrunch)
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- https://venturebeat.com/technology/googles-gemini-3-7-flash-targets-coding-and-agents-with-a-50-introductory-price-cut
- https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/13/openai-previews-ultrafast-gpt-5-6-sol-running-up-to-14-times-faster/
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-13/trump-enlists-private-sector-to-boost-cyber-offensive-arsenal?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NjYwMjQzMywiZXhwIjoxNzg3MjA3MjMzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSk9QM0hLSzNOWTkwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGNDJDMzlEM0JBNjY0NkQ0ODdDNTI0NzM1QjQ2OTExMyJ9.numdJnKP-sXa3qzd_-fCDfuNsY61ZpPAV_crbprM4Ek
- https://www.ft.com/content/840ac156-af1c-4a82-b260-ae791072fcfa?accessToken=zwAAAZ_6yHO9kdOECsFWrxxKgtOyYK55EHL8-g.MEUCIQDUzeMiGW6UboFtYr2F_Llwge2IB8ubdmWZVqeD-dEI2gIgQmlsOPTronqbAHY24gjsyrrdmBKBLz0uGHiKPRMhYdU&sharetype=gift&token=fa2b9bb8-393a-4cee-8a73-6a5864cb21fd
- https://the-decoder.com/fable-5s-slow-adoption-suggests-corporate-willingness-to-pay-for-frontier-ai-has-hit-a-ceiling/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/databricks-funding-round-190-billion-valuation.html
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/amazon-will-train-on-twitch-streamers-content-by-default-unless-they-opt-out/
- https://tech.supercast.com/
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