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Mandeep Singh
Senior Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence
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"ANTHROPIC, which is growing, you know, almost ten X in the past 12 months... private valuation, they were at a lower multiples." Anthropic serves as the rational benchmark for AI valuations. Its lower multiple despite higher growth highlights the overvaluation in public proxies like Palantir. WATCH Anthropic's valuation dynamics as a leading indicator for where public AI multiples should settle. Private market opacity makes real-time tracking difficult. |
Bloomberg Markets
Tech Stocks Bounce Back as AI Concerns Begin ...
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Feb 17
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Deirdre Bosa
Anchor/Reporter, CNBC Tech Check
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Anthropic is the chosen partner for Figma's "Code to Canvas" feature. This partnership cements Anthropic's utility in the professional enterprise workflow, moving it beyond a simple chatbot to a core infrastructure component for software development and design. LONG (via private shares or proxies if available). Regulatory hurdles or competition from OpenAI. |
CNBC
Figma announces new partnership with Anthropi...
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Feb 17
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Georgia
Host, Tech Check
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The host states, "I switched from Chat GPT and Gemini to Claude Code and I have not looked back... The model is just that much better." Figma explicitly chose Anthropic for this partnership. In the 2026 software landscape, "Coding Agents" are the killer app. Anthropic's dominance in the "Code" vertical (vs. OpenAI's generalist approach) makes it the infrastructure backbone for next-gen SaaS tools like Figma. LONG. Anthropic is winning the high-value developer workflow. Commoditization of LLMs over time. |
CNBC
Figma CEO Dylan Field On The Software Reckoni...
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Feb 12
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Deirdre Bosa
Anchor/Reporter, CNBC Tech Check
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Anthropic donated $20M to a Super PAC specifically to support "guardrails like kids safety, chip export controls, and transparency rules." Bosa notes this is "on brand" and "helps them" differentiate. In a market increasingly concerned about "self-improving models" and "Terminator fears," Anthropic is building a strategic moat by positioning itself as the "adult in the room." If regulation tightens (as the backlash suggests it might), Anthropic is best positioned to comply and capture enterprise market share from risk-averse clients. LONG (Strategic Positioning/Brand Equity). Over-regulation could stifle innovation speed compared to competitors; the "China argument" (speed is necessary for national security) could prevail in Washington. |
CNBC
AI insiders sound the alarm on safety
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Feb 11
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Deirdre Bosa
Anchor/Reporter, CNBC Tech Check
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"The race among top AI companies... is only accelerating." Anthropic has only ~4,000 employees but has caused "billions and billions in disruption." Value is shifting from labor-heavy legacy firms to lean, capital-efficient AI model providers. These companies generate massive disruption with a fraction of the overhead. LONG. These are the engines of the disruption, capturing the value lost by the software and services sectors. Regulatory hurdles or rapid commoditization of the models themselves. |
CNBC
AI disruption fears rattle stocks
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Feb 06
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Deirdre Bosa
Anchor/Reporter, CNBC Tech Check
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The market is "clearing out the old guard" to make room for new autonomous/AI-native companies. The pace of AI progress is accelerating. Things deemed impossible for AI are being achieved weeks later. This suggests the next generation of "billion-dollar companies" (like OpenAI and Anthropic) will capture the value lost by legacy tech. "One person, billion-dollar company" is now within sight due to AI leverage. These companies are currently private; investors must wait for IPOs to access them directly. |
CNBC
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Feb 06
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Jensen Huang
CEO of Nvidia
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Both companies are described as having crossed an inflection point where AI is no longer just "curious" but "super useful" and profitable. These companies are currently compute-constrained. If they had twice the hardware, their revenue would quadruple. They are generating "profitable tokens," meaning the cost to produce the AI output is lower than the value they sell it for. Described as "$20 billion run rate companies" with accelerating growth and profitable revenues. These are private assets (hard to access) and face intense competition from open-source models. |
CNBC
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: AI is going to funda...
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Feb 06
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Deirdre Bosa
Anchor/Reporter, CNBC Tech Check
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OpenAI is preparing for a potential $1 Trillion IPO, and Anthropic is reportedly in early talks to go public. Currently, the market is guessing about the profitability of pure-play AI. When these companies file for IPOs, they will be forced to open their books. This will reveal the "hard numbers"—revenue, margins, and burn rates—finally confirming or denying if the AI business model makes economic sense. Reports of upcoming public filings. If the disclosed numbers show unsustainable burn rates or low margins, it could crash the broader AI sentiment across the entire market. |
CNBC
The market's AI contradictions
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