Three AI Giants Ate 83% of February's $189B VC
Crunchbase data shows February 2026 was the biggest startup funding month in history, with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Waymo absorbing $156 billion of a record $189 billion total.
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OpenAI vs Anthropic - The $125M Battle for Congress
Two rival AI super PAC networks - one bankrolled by OpenAI's Greg Brockman and a16z, one by Anthropic - are flooding the 2026 midterms with over $125 million to determine who regulates AI.
Knuth Names Paper After Claude That Solved His Math Conjecture
Claude Opus 4.6 solved a directed graph decomposition conjecture Knuth had worked on for weeks in 31 guided explorations over roughly an hour. Knuth wrote the formal proof himself and titled the paper 'Claude's Cycles.'
OpenAI's Head of Post-Training Max Schwarzer Joins Anthropic
Max Schwarzer, VP of Research and Head of Post-Training at OpenAI, leaves after a year leading the team that shipped GPT-5, 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3-Codex to return to RL research at Anthropic.
Altman Calls Pentagon Deal 'Sloppy' After 1.5M Boycott
OpenAI's CEO admits the Pentagon deal was rushed and amends it with new surveillance protections - but legal experts say the fixes don't close the real loopholes.
Cursor Hits $2B ARR in Record Time - at What Cost
Cursor doubled its annualized revenue to $2 billion in just three months, making it the fastest-growing SaaS company in history. But its dependence on model providers raises hard questions about margins and survival.
