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Anthropic’s Road to IPO: Funding, valuation, Claude growth and legal battles
Anthropic is preparing for a closely watched U.S. IPO after rapid growth in funding, valuation and revenue. The Claude maker faces legal and regulatory challenges while expanding AI capabilities, cloud partnerships and commercial operations. Its potential listing could offer investors insight into frontier AI economics, governance, capital requirements and growth expectations.
Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide stock market action on Monday
Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty ended higher on Friday, bouncing back to close at 73,896 and 23,140.50 respectively. Geojit’s Vinod Nair cited strong domestic liquidity holding Nifty above 23,000, while elevated crude prices and persistent foreign outflows continue to cap near-term market upside ahead of Monday's trade.
U.S. Stock Market personal finance tips: Wall Street investors may think over these key 5 points during weekend before Monday trading
U.S. releases its monthly employment report for September on Friday. The jobs market has been among the more resilient areas of the economy, but it has started to show more signs of stress.
Dow ends 400 points higher as investors buy AI stocks; Microsoft rallies
Wall Street experienced gains on Friday, driven by positive performance from Microsoft and AI-related technology stocks. High oil prices and rising US Treasury yields created investor uncertainty throughout the week. Various industries are under scrutiny regarding their prospects related to artificial intelligence advancements. Additionally, traders faced a potential interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve in October.
Govt’s frontier AI push; Insurance stock rout continues
The government is weighing an anchor investment for a frontier AI development fund. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
US stocks trade higher as AI enthusiasm eases worries over higher oil prices, yields
Wall Street experienced gains driven by optimism in artificial intelligence despite high oil prices and rising Treasury yields. Microsoft shares increased significantly after the launch of new AI capabilities in the Copilot app. Negotiations to address the Middle East conflict positively influenced market sentiment among investors. However, concerns about inflation and prolonged geopolitical issues limited market enthusiasm.
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Akamai, Anthropic sign $11.6 billion cloud services deal
The seven-year contract could expand by an additional $9 billion, bringing the potential total commitment to about $20 billion. Akamai shares jumped 15% in extended trading on Thursday.
Adobe’s next boss joins a powerful club: Meet the Indian-origin CEOs running the world’s biggest companies
Adobe’s next CEO Anil Chakravarthy is joining a powerful club. From Microsoft and Google to Chanel, FedEx and Micron, Indian-origin executives now run companies spanning technology, banking, luxury, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing. Here are the leaders occupying some of the biggest corner offices in global business.
Anthropic signs $1.8 billion AI cloud deal with Akamai, Bloomberg News reports
AI startup Anthropic has secured a significant computing deal worth $1.8 billion with Akamai Technologies. This partnership aims to meet the growing demand for Anthropic's AI software. Akamai's shares saw a substantial rise following the announcement. The company is well-positioned to access necessary components for AI development. This development follows Anthropic's recent computing deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
US stocks today: Anthropic signs $1.8 billion AI cloud deal with Akamai
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has secured a significant computing deal worth $1.8 billion with Akamai Technologies. This agreement addresses the growing demand for Anthropic's AI software. Akamai's stock saw a substantial rise following the announcement of a long-term cloud deal with a major AI partner. The company is well-positioned to access necessary components for AI development.
AI bots traffic has surged 300%, is disrupting online business: Akamai report
AI bots have surged 300% in a year, disrupting online operations, Akamai’s 2025 report shows. These bots, driven by content scraping, now dominate digital traffic, harming publishers and ecommerce. Malicious bots like FraudGPT and WormGPT inflate costs and distort metrics, leading to faulty analytics and falling ad revenues.
Akamai to build AI inference cloud in India: CEO
Tom Leighton, CEO, Akamai Technologies, tells Himanshi Lohchab that the firm plans to deploy Nvidia’s latest Blackwell chips by December
Akamai eyes edge computing units in three Indian cities
In a move to expand its global compute business, cloud computing giant Akamai Technologies is eyeing Indian cities like Delhi, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad for potential edge computing facilities by the end of the year, according to their CEO Tom Leighton.
Opportunity in India is massive as it is a developer heavy market: Akamai's Sidharth Pisharoti
The opportunity is immense because there is applicability across industries as every customer or every prospect of the company uses cloud in some shape or form and this includes the public sector which is now starting to use cloud offerings, Pisharoti said.
India among fastest growing markets for Akamai
India is a technology-driven market with several trends playing out, like being mobile-first, driven by AI and IoT, making it an important market for the company.
Akamai Technologies partners with MX Player in India
The partnership with Akamai Technologies will help MX Player, the operator of short-video platform MC TakaTak, provide its users a seamless digital experience.
Akamai sees the big picture on video platforms
Predictive content delivery sits within the video platform's app to read the consumer's behaviour and their viewing history to predict what they'd like to watch next and automatically downloads it when the consumer is on a strong WiFi connection.
Global average internet connection speeds up 26%: Report
The report provided insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds, broadband adoption metrics and notable Internet disruptions, among others.
Akamai Technologies bets big on India; to work with startups, venture capitalists
Akamai Technologies is building a set of information security products for launch next year and will continue to work with the government on the 'Digital India' initiative.
Google launches lighter version search results pages in India
According to the 'State of the Internet' report by Akamai, India has one of the lowest broadband Internet penetration in the world.
India's broadband adoption rate has improved: Akamai report
As per the report, the average internet connection speed in India is 2Mbps. The country ranks 115, globally behind Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam.
Akamai Technologies in talks with Indian handset makers
"A lot of the world's most important device manufacturers are in India," Akamai's chief executive Tom Leighton said.
India's Internet speed lowest in Asia-Pacific region: Akamai
A study by US firm Akamai shows India has the lowest average Internet speed in the Asia-Pacific region.
'China largest source of Internet attack traffic volume in 2012'
China, which boasts of more than 500 million online users, is the source of largest volume of attack traffic on the Internet last year.
Akamai Technologies CEO Paul Sagan may exit by end of 2013; profits less than forecast
Akamai Technologies, which helps businesses deliver data at faster speeds over the Internet, said CEO Paul Sagan will leave by the end of 2013.
Content delivery firm Akamai Technology is connecting with local e-commerce sites to grow Indian market faster
The billion-$ firm which came into the Indian market four years back, makes 5% of its revenues from India.
espnstar.com breaks India online streaming record during WC
The live streaming of the high-profile World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan on espnstar.com shattered the country''s previous online streaming record for events delivered by Akamai Technologies.
We are happy as an independent company: Tom Leighton
MIT Professor Tom Leighton, who along with his graduate student founded Akamai in 1998, serves as chief scientist of the company. He spoke to ET during his first visit to India.
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