Google's TPU Paradox

Anthropic has surged to a trillion-dollar valuation on secondary markets, overtaking OpenAI.

Buyers are in a race to secure a dwindling supply of shares in Anthropic, driving the AI company's valuation on some platforms to $1 trillion.

Pluralistic: Google’s AI pricing plan (21 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Google is spending a lot on AI, but what's not clear is how Google will make a lot from AI. Or, you know, even break even. Given, you know, that businesses are seeing zero return from AI:

Anthropic boasts revenue run rate of $30 billion as the Claude developer expands its partnership with Google and Broadcom

Anthropic’s revenue run rate is higher than the trailing 12-month revenues of all but 129 S&P 500 companies....

Anthropic commits to spending $200 billion on Google's cloud and chips: Report

The commitment suggests the AI startup accounts for more than 40 per cent of the revenue backlog Google disclosed to investors last week, according ‌to the report.

Big Tech’s A.I. Spending Is Accelerating (Again)

Despite the risk of a bubble, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon plan to spend billions more on artificial intelligence than they already do.

I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit

Anthropic are strongly rumored to be about to have their first profitable quarter. Stories are circulating of companies surprised at how expensive their LLM bills are becoming from usage by …

I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit

Anthropic are strongly rumored to be about to have their first profitable quarter. Stories are circulating of companies surprised at how expensive their LLM bills are becoming from usage by …

Google to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic as search giant spreads its AI bets

Anthropic said its latest agreement with Google expands on a longstanding partnership between the two companies.

Analysis | Google’s AI pointed him to a customer service number. It was a scam.

There’s a new AI twist on a travel scam that has fooled people for years. Here’s what you need to know.

Anthropic will pay xAI $1.25B per month for compute | TechCrunch

Elon Musk's xAI surprised the AI world when it made a deal to sell compute to Anthropic. Now we know how much it's worth.

Gary Marcus on Twitter / X

Sheer insanity. Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta collectively are spending more money than the Manhattan Project *every single month*. More than 12x the Manhattan Project every year.And what they have got to show for it? None are making major profits on AI; none has a… pic.twitter.com/1XeMRxDcQX— Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus) April 29, 2026

Expanding our use of Google Cloud TPUs and Services

Announcing a dramatic increase in Anthropic's compute resources

The problem of knowledge in the Anthropocene

In the twentieth century, debates about economic planning were largely shaped by arguments concerning knowledge and the acquisition of information. As the century drew to a close, the dispute was a...