g-f(2)1992 The Gold Rush for AI's Crown Jewel

 

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Introduction

The article "Inside the Funding Frenzy at Anthropic, One of A.I.’s Hottest Start-Ups" exposes the massive $7.3 billion funding explosion at AI upstart Anthropic. This unprecedented frenzy signals how the limitless potential of generative AI is blowing up Silicon Valley norms, transforming venture capital at its core.

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"The lure of AI's boundless promise has sparked an epic funding frenzy, with investors pouring record billions into startups like Anthropic at breakneck speed to vie for supremacy in the new AI-led era." —Fernando Machuca and Claude

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Over 12 months, Anthropic raised a jaw-dropping $7.3 billion across 5 deals, tripling its valuation to $15 billion, as Google, Amazon, and top VCs scrambled desperately for the hottest AI ticket in town.

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1. Anthropic's deals bundle smaller investors via "special purpose vehicles" while mandating money flows back to funding giants like Amazon.
2. The boom has shattered traditional funding timeframes, with deals now tied purely to monetizing AI's magical potential.
3. Antitrust regulators have already jumped in, probing the questionable Amazon and Google pacts.
4. Anthropic aims for "safe" AI but has links to effective altruists fixated on existential catastrophe.
5. After FTX collapsed, ChatGPT mania and Claude's celebrity status sparked overwhelming investor appetite.
6. The agreements grant Anthropic vital cloud computing and silicon to sustain dizzying innovation velocity.
7. With billions banked, Anthropic can now aggressively scale its tech and talent to win the high-stakes AI race.
8. The odd terms benefit funders like Amazon immediately through lucrative cloud service charges.
9. Anthropic will likely raise billions more soon as FTX bankruptcy trustees rush to unload equity.
10. The AI gold rush has distorted funding eternally, heightening tensions around the potential monopolization of the pivotal AI domain.

Conclusion

Anthropic's eruptive funding big bang signals tectonic movements in Silicon Valley, as investors go all-in on AI's sci-fi-esque possibilities. Expect more convention-shattering deals, bursting treasuries, and ethics interrogations as rivals chase runaway riches in a technological realm brimming with countless opulent and dystopian avenues.

REFERENCE

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Erin Griffith and Cade Metz, Inside the Funding Frenzy at Anthropic, One of A.I.’s Hottest Start-Ups, The New York Times, February 20, 2024.

Erin Griffith

Erin Griffith is a business journalist at The New York Times¹². She has worked for various publications including WIRED, Fortune, Pando, Adweek, peHUB, Buyouts magazine, and Mergermarket¹. Her column at Fortune magazine, "Boom with a View", won a SABEW honorable mention for Commentary/Opinion writing in 2017 and a National Headliner award in 2016¹.

Griffith has been reporting on finance, business, and technology since 2006². She covered the M&A boom of the mid-aughts, the financial crisis of 2008, and the rise of Web 2.0 and start-up “unicorns” in the 2010s². Before joining The Times in 2018, she worked as a reporter at Fortune, Wired, Adweek, and Buyouts magazine².

Her writing has also been published in The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, and The Times of London². She has a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, minors in Philosophy and English, and a Women’s Studies certificate from Ohio University¹.

Source: Conversation with Bing, 2/20/2024

(1) Bio — Erin Griffith. http://www.eringriffith.com/bio.

(2) Erin Griffith - The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/by/erin-griffith.

(3) Erin Griffith - Page 2 - The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/by/erin-griffith?page=2.

Cade Metz

Cade Metz is a technology reporter for The New York Times, specializing in artificial intelligence, driverless cars, robotics, virtual reality, and other emerging areas¹². He has covered technology for 30 years at The Times, Wired Magazine, and other publications¹. Metz majored in English literature in college and also studied math and computer science¹.

He is the author of “Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought A.I. to Google, Facebook, and The World,” which tells the story of the people, ideas, and companies behind the rapid rise of artificial intelligence¹. His goal as a journalist is to tell the truth and help people understand the world¹. He was previously a senior staff writer with Wired magazine and the U.S. editor of The Register, one of Britain’s leading science and technology news sites⁴.

Source: Conversation with Bing, 2/20/2024

(1) Cade Metz - The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/by/cade-metz.

(2) Cade Metz’s Profile | The New York Times Journalist | Muck Rack. https://muckrack.com/cademetz.

(3) Cade Metz Biography | Booking Info for Speaking Engagements. https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Cade+Metz/414168.

(4) Cade Metz - Journalist Profile - Intelligent Relations. https://intelligentrelations.com/journalist/cade-metz/.

(5) Cade Metz - Page 7 - The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/by/cade-metz?page=7.

Copilot's Summary

The New York Times article "Inside the Funding Frenzy at Anthropic, One of A.I.’s Hottest Start-Ups" discusses the significant funding raised by Anthropic, a leading AI start-up¹. Over the last year, the company raised $7.3 billion, reflecting the growing interest in artificial intelligence and its transformative potential¹. This funding frenzy is changing the dynamics of deal-making in Silicon Valley¹. The article provides an inside look into the financial aspects of AI development and the increasing value placed on AI technologies¹.

Source: Conversation with Bing, 2/20/2024

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