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Google, xAI, Anthropic, and OpenAI each receive $200 million contracts from Department of Defense

The Department of Defense is spending $800 million on “agentic AI workflows” and most of the big players are getting a slice of the pie. Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI all received awards capping out at $200 million each to help deploy AI in national security applications.

The xAI award comes less than a week after an embarrassing episode where xAI’s chabot, Grok, spewed antisemitic posts praising Hitler after it was given instructions to not shy away from “politically incorrect claims.”

This is just another big bucket of government AI contracts, and there will be many more.

President Trump’s new tax bill carves out over $6 billion for border technologies (and a nice AI tower monopoly for Anduril), OpenAI received an earlier $200 million contract from the DOD, Anthropic is teaming up with Palantir to deploy AI in the battlefield, and Anduril is teaming up with both Meta and Microsoft for various VR headsets for the military.

Meta, OpenAI, and Palantir even have executives who have received commissions from the Army to help further develop a new AI-powered military industrial complex.

In a press release announcing the contracts, Chief Digital and AI Officer Dr. Doug Matty wrote:

“The adoption of AI is transforming the Department’s ability to support our warfighters and maintain strategic advantage over our adversaries.”

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The xAI award comes less than a week after an embarrassing episode where xAI’s chabot, Grok, spewed antisemitic posts praising Hitler after it was given instructions to not shy away from “politically incorrect claims.”

This is just another big bucket of government AI contracts, and there will be many more.

President Trump’s new tax bill carves out over $6 billion for border technologies (and a nice AI tower monopoly for Anduril), OpenAI received an earlier $200 million contract from the DOD, Anthropic is teaming up with Palantir to deploy AI in the battlefield, and Anduril is teaming up with both Meta and Microsoft for various VR headsets for the military.

Meta, OpenAI, and Palantir even have executives who have received commissions from the Army to help further develop a new AI-powered military industrial complex.

In a press release announcing the contracts, Chief Digital and AI Officer Dr. Doug Matty wrote:

“The adoption of AI is transforming the Department’s ability to support our warfighters and maintain strategic advantage over our adversaries.”

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Anthropic reportedly doubles current fundraising round to $20 billion

Anthropic has doubled its current fundraising round to $20 billion on strong investor demand, according reporting from the Financial Times. The new fundraising round would value the company at a staggering $350 billion. That’s up 91% from September, when it raised at a valuation of $183 billion.

The company reportedly received interest totaling 5x to 6x its original $10 billion fundraising goal, and it’s expected to haul in several billion more than that tally before the current round closes.

Anthropic’s success with enterprise customers and the popularity of its Claude Code product are boosting the company’s momentum as it chases the current valuation leader of the AI startup pack: OpenAI.

Anthropic doubles VC fundraising to $20bn on surging investor demand

Anthropic doubles VC fundraising to $20bn on surging investor demand

The company reportedly received interest totaling 5x to 6x its original $10 billion fundraising goal, and it’s expected to haul in several billion more than that tally before the current round closes.

Anthropic’s success with enterprise customers and the popularity of its Claude Code product are boosting the company’s momentum as it chases the current valuation leader of the AI startup pack: OpenAI.

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Amazon says it’s doubling down on opening Whole Foods stores. That sounds familiar.

The company says it’ll open 100 Whole Foods locations in the next few years. That sounds similar to plans Whole Foods’ CEO laid out in 2024 for opening 30 stores a year. Since then, it appears to have added 14, total.

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A look back at how the Chinese startup shattered conventions, changed the way Big Tech thought about AI, and blew a $1 trillion hole in the stock market that got filled right back up... and then soared to new levels.

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Georgia lawmakers introduce data center construction moratorium amid statewide pushback

More and more communities across the US are wrestling with the pros and cons of having a data center come to town. Georgia has become a hotspot of resistance to the data centers planned by Big Tech, according to a new report from The Guardian. The Atlanta metro area led the nation in data center construction in 2024.

Georgia state representatives introduced legislation that would place a one-year moratorium on data center construction in the state. Ten Georgia municipalities have already passed local bans on data centers.

Per the report, at least three other states have seen similar data center moratorium legislation introduced in the last week, including Maryland and Oklahoma.

Georgia leads push to ban datacenters used to power America’s AI boom

Georgia leads push to ban datacenters used to power America’s AI boom

Georgia state representatives introduced legislation that would place a one-year moratorium on data center construction in the state. Ten Georgia municipalities have already passed local bans on data centers.

Per the report, at least three other states have seen similar data center moratorium legislation introduced in the last week, including Maryland and Oklahoma.

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Tesla’s Robotaxi is way cheaper than Uber, Lyft, or Waymo — but you’ll have to wait a lot longer for one

New data from ride-share comparison app Obi shows how much cheaper and less available Tesla’s autonomous ride-share service is.

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