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The episode discusses the significant developments in the AI sector, including major funding rounds and upcoming IPOs.

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis open on the biggest week in AI yet: Anthropic closed a $65 billion round at a $965 billion valuation, passing OpenAI, right as OpenAI crossed 1 billion monthly users and SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI all line up to go public. They get into what a $4 trillion IPO wave means for the market, plus Claude Opus 4.8 and Anthropic's Mythos expansion. Also in this episode: Google lets publishers opt out of AI search, Microsoft floods Build 2026 with seven new models and an always-on agent, Nvidia's RTX Spark aims to reinvent the PC, companies start rationing AI as costs explode, ElevenLabs ships emotion-preserving dubbing, plus math, robots, a Meta chatbot hack, MiniMax M3, and Trump's scaled-back AI order. Find every episode at aiinside.show. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. 0:00 - Start 0:03:48 - Anthropic raises $65B Series H at a $965B valuation, overtaking OpenAI 0:15:50 - ChatGPT app hits 1 billion monthly active users in record time, data shows 0:17:09 - Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.8, its most honest model yet 0:21:46 - Anthropic expands Mythos to 150 additional organizations in more than 15…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis

Topics covered

• AI IPOs
• Anthropic funding
• OpenAI user growth
• Microsoft AI developments
• Nvidia technology
• AI cost management
• AI in media

Keywords

• AI IPO
• Anthropic
• OpenAI
• Microsoft
• Nvidia
• Claude Opus
• Build 2026
• AI models
• emotion-preserving dubbing
• AI search

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, Google, Microsoft, ElevenLabs, Meta

Products: Claude Opus 4.8, Build 2026, Nvidia's RTX Spark, MiniMax M3

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