How Will A **$20B** Claude Bet Reshape AI Capital? 🤖📈💸

TL;DR

• Anthropic eyes over $20B mega-round valuation
• SambaNova secures $350M for inference chips
• ai.com launches consumer autonomous AI agents today
• India, UAE double down on sovereign AI infra

HEADLINES

Anthropic preparing $20B+ funding round, $350B valuation 🤖🔗

Sarvam AI launches Bulbul V3 Indic TTS model 🗣️🔗

ai.com debuts consumer autonomous AI agents at Super Bowl 🏈🔗

UAE Government / G42 unveil 4T-transistor wafer-scale AI chip 🧠🔗

Andhra Pradesh approves statewide AI Living Labs Foundation 🏗️🔗

China AI Champions rush to Hong Kong public markets 📈🔗

FROM THE BIG PLAYERS

Vista Equity Partners invested $350M alongside Intel in SambaNova 💾🔗

Accel & Nvidia committed $1B+ to India Deep Tech Alliance 🌏🔗

Crypto.com CEO revealed $70M all-crypto purchase of AI.com 🌐🔗

RAISES

SambaNova Systems raised $350M in a late-stage round led by Vista Equity & Intel 📊🔗

AI Startups India raised $21M across four deals this week 🇮🇳🔗

Guideways raised €1M+ pre-seed for MedTech regulatory AI 💉🔗

NEW LAUNCHES

Sarvam AI launched Bulbul V3 Indic speech model 🗣️🔗

ai.com launched consumer autonomous AI agents platform 🤖🔗

Broadcom unveiled Wi‑Fi 8 AI networking hardware 📡🔗

Ramsey Theory Capital launched real-time AI governance platform 🛡️🔗

TRY THESE TOOLS

ai.com Agents create private autonomous productivity agents 🧩🔗

Ramsey Governance offers real-time AI compliance analytics 📜🔗

Rankpage delivers AI‑driven SEO optimization suites 🔍🔗

Loop AI powers Indian enterprise AI with fresh capital 🧠🔗

METRICS

Anthropic targeting $20B+ raise at $350B valuation 📊🔗

SambaNova exceeded 2025 sales targets, secured four data-center contracts 📈🔗

MiniMax reached 1.8M paying users, 27.6M MAUs 📱🔗

Indian Startups raised $130.5M across 20 deals this week 🇮🇳🔗

Cambricon Technologies saw revenue grow 40x in 2025 💹🔗

BENCHMARKS

Sarvam Bulbul V3 topped human listening study for 8 kHz audio 🎧🔗

MiniMax recorded US$53.4M revenue, US$512M loss YTD 📘🔗

Zhipu AI posted 191M yuan H1 revenue, heavy R&D losses 📑🔗

AI Startups India captured $21M, second-most funded sector weekly 📊🔗

INFRA & COSTS

UAE / G42 revealed 4T‑transistor chip, 5GW AI campus plan ⚙️🔗

SambaNova SN40L packs 1,040 cores, 638T ops per second 🖥️🔗

Broadcom Wi‑Fi 8 integrates edge AI acceleration on access points 📶🔗

AI Living Labs Foundation to provide shared GPU compute across Andhra 🔌🔗

VALUATIONS

Anthropic expected to hit $350B private valuation 🏷️🔗

SambaNova previously valued at $5B in 2021 💵🔗

MiniMax IPO doubled in value on Hong Kong debut 📈🔗

Cambricon market cap topped 600B yuan after rally 🏦🔗

POLICY

India Government doubled deep‑tech startup status to 20 years ⚖️🔗

New York RAISE Act set strict frontier AI safety rules 🛡️🔗

European Commission drafted new data governance rules for AI 📜🔗

Vietnam Regulators advancing Law on AI and data 🇻🇳🔗

AI Awards 2026 set criteria for trustworthy AI projects 🏅🔗

SOVEREIGN

IndiaAI Mission pushes sovereign AI with 10,000+ GPUs 🏛️🔗

Andhra Pradesh creating public AI Living Labs statewide 🌾🔗

UAE Government investing in wafer‑scale AI and mega‑campus 🕌🔗

India Policy Makers prioritize population‑scale AI over AGI race 📣🔗

China’s Industrial Policy backs humanoid robotics and AI leadership 🤖🔗

SECTORS

Content / Entertainment deployed AI “enter‑tech” model for global IP 🎬🔗

Healthcare MedTech deployed AI to accelerate FDA submissions 🩺🔗

Advertising scaled AI‑driven Meta Reels monetization 📺🔗

Telecom / Networks deployed Wi‑Fi 8 AI networking gear 📡🔗

Public Sector India deployed population‑scale governance AI initiatives 🏢🔗

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Kris Marszalek championed ai.com launch after $70M domain bet 🚀🔗