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A lab agrees terms on $30B at a $900B valuation

development2026-05-15

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Anthropic agreed terms on a $30 billion raise valuing it at $900 billion and separately pledged $200 million with the Gates Foundation over four years toward AI public goods in health and education, while California pitched a 7.25% tax on cloud software.

Reported metric: $30B at $900B

Reporting date: 2026-05-15 (not necessarily the event date)

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A lab agrees terms on $30B at a $900B valuation
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Reporting date: 2026-05-15
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-05-15-thirty-billion-at-nine-hundred
Claim: Anthropic agreed terms on a $30 billion raise valuing it at $900 billion and separately pledged $200 million with the Gates Foundation over four years toward AI public goods in health and education, while California pitched a 7.25% tax on cloud software.
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- Welcome to May 15, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-may-15-2026
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