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Anthropic Launches $1.5B Enterprise AI Venture with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and Hellman & Friedman

Anthropic announced a joint venture with Wall Street powerhouses to deliver AI-native services to private equity portfolio companies, aiming to rewire business operations with Claude models. The $1.5 billion initiative targets custom AI agents for enterprise workflows, challenging traditional consulting giants. Partnerships signal Anthropic's aggressive push into commercial AI despite recent policy frictions.

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Trump Admin Plans Pre-Release Vetting for Powerful AI Models Like Anthropic's Mythos

The US government is considering an executive order for pre-release reviews of frontier AI models after Anthropic's Mythos autonomously discovered thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities. Agencies like NSA would get early access for safety checks without veto power. This marks a policy shift amid cybersecurity fears from advanced AI.

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