Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 21 April 2026 at 03:10 Amazon has made another circular AI deal: It's investing another $5 billion in Anthropic. Anthropic has agreed to spend $100 billion on AWS in return.
Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 16 April 2026 at 23:20 Five years later the founders, now 24 years old, say their startup has achieved $300 million in annualized revenue.
Anthropic shrugs off VC funding offers valuing it at $800B+, for now TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 15 April 2026 at 20:21 VCs are frothing at the mouth to write more checks to Anthropic at a valuation that matches or beats OpenAI's.