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CNBC confirmed on 25 Aug 2026 that Chris Malone, OpenAI's head of data centers, has left the company, "adding to the wave of recent executive departures". The WSJ reported the exit first; The Next Web reports OpenAI confirmed the departure and that, per the WSJ, others now lead "a revived leasing effort". Malone joined OpenAI as Head of Data Centers in March 2025 from Meta, where he had been a Distinguished Engineer. Material because the vacancy sits in the function underwriting OpenAI's compute build-out, it comes amid a run of senior departures at a Pre-IPO company, and it is reported alongside a shift in approach from building toward leasing.

Multiple Anthropic backers told the Financial Times they expect the company to go public in October at a targeted valuation of $2 trillion or higher — more than double the $965B Series H valuation from May and eclipsing SpaceX's record $1.77T June IPO. Anthropic filed confidentially in June but has not publicly set a timeline; it is not yet net-profitable (WSJ reports Q2 revenue ~doubling to $10.9B with a first operating profit). Directly updates Anthropic's IPO catalyst.

Brad Lightcap, an eight-year OpenAI veteran and one of its longest-tenured leaders outside Altman and Brockman, is leaving the company. A notable senior-leadership departure at the frontier AI lab.

Anthropic announced it will add an invisible watermark to text produced by Claude, extending support to older models as well, to comply with EU AI Act transparency requirements. A compliance/product move rather than a commercial or financial event.

The Trump administration lifted the June 12 export-control order that had forced Anthropic to disable its most powerful models (Fable 5, Mythos 5) for foreign nationals, ending a 19-day restriction. Anthropic began restoring global access on July 1 and pledged closer cooperation with the government, though access for foreign governments and some state actors remains restricted.

SpaceX began trading on the Nasdaq on June 12, 2026 under ticker SPCX after pricing its IPO at $135/share. Shares opened at $150, spiked as high as $176.52, and closed at $160.95 (+19.22%), valuing the company above $2 trillion. The ~$75B raise is the largest IPO in U.S. history.

SpaceX began trading on the Nasdaq on June 12, 2026 under ticker SPCX after pricing its IPO at $135/share. Shares opened at $150, spiked as high as $176.52, and closed at $160.95 (+19.22%), valuing the company above $2 trillion. The ~$75B raise is the largest IPO in U.S. history.

Project Prometheus — the industrial 'physical AI' startup led by Jeff Bezos and co-CEO Vik Bajaj — announced a ~$12B raise on 11 Jun 2026, lifting its valuation to ~$41B. This follows its $6.2B Nov 2025 launch round, making it one of the best-funded AI startups ever. Focus: AI applied to real-world manufacturing and engineering.

Project Prometheus — the industrial 'physical AI' startup led by Jeff Bezos and co-CEO Vik Bajaj — announced a ~$12B raise on 11 Jun 2026, lifting its valuation to ~$41B. This follows its $6.2B Nov 2025 launch round, making it one of the best-funded AI startups ever. Focus: AI applied to real-world manufacturing and engineering.

SpaceX fixed its IPO price at $135 per share for a ~$1.77 trillion valuation — on track to be the largest IPO in U.S. history, exceeding Saudi Aramco's 2019 listing. Trading begins Friday June 12 on Nasdaq under ticker SPCX.