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Anthropic Hits $1 Trillion Valuation on Secondary Market, Surpassing OpenAI Amid Explosive Revenue Growth

Apr 24, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Anthropic surpasses OpenAI in secondary market valuation, hitting $1 trillion on Forge Global as its annualized revenue explodes from $9 billion to $39 billion in just months, with investor demand so intense that some are offering property in exchange for shares.

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Vast Data Raises $1 Billion in Funding, Valuation Surges to $30 Billion as Nvidia Backs AI Infrastructure Giant

Apr 23, 2026

CNBC

Vast Data secures a massive $1 billion Series F funding round backed by Nvidia, catapulting its valuation to $30 billion — more than triple its 2023 worth — as the AI infrastructure company surpasses $4 billion in cumulative bookings and $500 million in annual recurring revenue.

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Vast Data Raises $1 Billion in Series F, Triples Valuation to $30 Billion With Nvidia and Fidelity Backing

Apr 23, 2026

The Deep View

Vast Data secures $1 billion in Series F funding, tripling its valuation to $30 billion with backing from Nvidia and Fidelity, as its AI data infrastructure platform tackles critical memory and storage bottlenecks threatening to derail the generative AI revolution.

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SpaceX Strikes $60 Billion Deal to Acquire AI Coding Startup Cursor, Eyes Dominance in AI Tools

Apr 23, 2026

Bloomberg.com

SpaceX strikes a landmark $60 billion deal to acquire AI coding startup Cursor, signaling a major push into the AI tools market as the two companies unite with the ambitious goal of building the world's best coding and knowledge work AI.

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Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab Secures Multibillion-Dollar Google Cloud Deal for Next-Gen AI Infrastructure

Apr 22, 2026

TechCrunch

Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab signs a multibillion-dollar deal with Google Cloud, gaining access to Nvidia GB300 GPU-powered infrastructure to fuel its reinforcement learning workloads and Tinker, its custom frontier AI model automation tool.

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Cursor Creator Anysphere Nears $10 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round Led by Thrive Capital

Apr 22, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Anysphere, the startup behind AI code editor Cursor, is closing in on a $10 billion valuation in a new funding round led by Thrive Capital, after surpassing $100 million in annual recurring revenue in just 12 months.

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SpaceX Signs $60 Billion Deal With AI Coding Tool Cursor, Joining Race Against OpenAI and Anthropic

Apr 22, 2026

The Deep View

SpaceX signs a landmark $60 billion deal with AI coding tool Cursor, granting access to its 'Colossus' supercomputer and xAI's frontier models as the two companies race to dominate the coding agent space against OpenAI and Anthropic.

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Jeff Bezos Nears $10 Billion Funding Round for AI Startup Project Prometheus, Valued at $38 Billion

Apr 21, 2026

Bloomberg.com

Jeff Bezos is closing in on a massive $10 billion funding round for his AI startup Project Prometheus, now valued at $38 billion, as the company leverages artificial intelligence to revolutionize engineering and manufacturing across aerospace and automotive industries.

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Amazon Doubles Down on Anthropic with Up to $25 Billion Investment as AI Race Intensifies

Apr 21, 2026

CNBC

Amazon is pouring up to $25 billion into AI startup Anthropic at a $380 billion valuation, as Anthropic commits to spending over $100 billion on AWS over the next decade while reporting $30 billion in annualized revenue amid a fierce race against OpenAI.

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Cursor Nears $2 Billion Funding Round at $50 Billion Valuation Led by Andreessen Horowitz

Apr 19, 2026

CNBC

AI coding startup Cursor is nearing a massive $2 billion funding round at a $50 billion valuation, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Nvidia and Thrive Capital also set to participate, signaling explosive investor demand for AI coding technology.

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