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Anthropic Offers Startups a Free Year of Claude Team Plus $1,000 in API Credits

Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic Offers Startups a Free Year of Claude Team Plus $1,000 in API Credits

Anthropic expanded its Claude Startups program on Oct. 6, giving qualifying companies up to $7,000 in direct benefits and access to partner discounts worth $45,000 more.

Artificial Intelligence · 1 DAY AGO · 2 min

Kevin Mandia's AI Security Startup Armadin Raises $255.5M at $2.5B Valuation

Security & Privacy

Kevin Mandia's AI Security Startup Armadin Raises $255.5M at $2.5B Valuation

Armadin, founded by Mandiant creator Kevin Mandia, closed a $255.5M Series B just seven months after emerging from stealth.

Security & Privacy · 4 DAYS AGO · 3 min

Anthropic Targets Pre-Thanksgiving IPO at Up to $2 Trillion Valuation

Anthropic Targets Pre-Thanksgiving IPO at Up to $2 Trillion Valuation

Anthropic plans to begin formal IPO marketing as early as Nov. 9, targeting a public debut before Thanksgiving at a valuation that could reach $2 trillion.

Funding & M&A · 6 DAYS AGO · 3 min

OCT 02

Salesforce Agrees to Buy AI Research Startup Listen Labs in Reported $2B Deal

2 min

SEP 26

Anthropic Founders Push for 50.1% Voting Control Before Nasdaq IPO

3 min

SEP 24

AI Agent Security Becomes the Fastest-Growing M&A Category in Cybersecurity

3 min

SEP 21

LvlUp Ventures Reviewed 25,000 Startup Applications and Found 5 Rules That Separate Winners From Failures

3 min

SEP 15

Temporal Raises $550M Series E at $12.55B Valuation as AI Agent Demand Surges

2 min

SEP 12

Only 2 Competitive Moats Hold Up Against AI, Data Shows

3 min

SEP 10

Clay Raises $115M Series D at $7.1B Valuation, More Than Doubling Its Worth in One Year

2 min

SEP 09

Mistral AI Raises $3.5B at $24B Valuation in Record European Tech Round

3 min

AUG 31

a16z Raises $1.1B Machine Age Fund to Back AI Hardware Buildout

3 min

AUG 20

Temporal in Talks to Raise $500M at $12 Billion Valuation

3 min

AUG 12

River AI Raises $1.1B at $5B Valuation to Let Enterprises Own Their AI Models

3 min

AUG 11

AI IPOs Could End a $169 Billion LP Liquidity Crisis – But Gains May Flow to the Biggest VC Firms

3 min

AUG 11

Nvidia and Six Wall Street Giants Target $500 Billion to Fund Global AI Infrastructure

3 min

AUG 08

Harvey AI Seeks $500M at $15.5B Valuation as Revenue Surpasses $350M

2 min

AUG 07

Y Combinator Tracks 454 Repeat Founders as Second-Timers Claim Growing Share of Early-Stage Capital

3 min

AUG 05

Anthropic Signs $10B, Six-Year Compute Deal with AI Cloud Startup Volta

3 min

AUG 04

Zenity Raises $125M Series C to Secure AI Agents Across Enterprise Systems

3 min

JUL 13

Phia Accused of Cookie Stuffing, Claiming Affiliate Commissions It Did Not Earn

3 min