Anthropic
Frontier safety-first AI lab. Maker of Claude.
#4 Riser. Headcount up 19% over the last 90 days.
headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction
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source: PDL v25Hiring flow · Anthropic
source: PDL v25Headcount by role
12-month growth · PDL v25In the news
relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days- TechCrunch2d agoIs it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated
Anthropic is a significant subject of the article, specifically regarding a $1.5B copyright settlement ruling by Judge Alsup.
- TechCrunch2d agoInherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI ‘teammate’ just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 used as performance benchmark comparison for Inherent's Faraday agent.
- TechCrunch3d agoFrontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model
Anthropic scored lowest in containment preparedness study and cited in cybersecurity incident context.
- TechCrunchHeadline3d agoAnthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine
Article is entirely about Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 model failing to enforce safeguards against generating sexually explicit content.
- TechCrunchHeadline4d agoOpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data indicates
Article is primarily about Anthropic's market share loss to OpenAI among US business users based on Ramp data.
- The Verge5d agoSlack is launching collaborative vibe-coding channels
Claude mentioned as one of Slack's founding partner agents integrating with Code feature.
- TechCrunch5d agoOpenAI seeks to one-up Anthropic with new customer privacy protections
Anthropic's data retention policy is a major focus; OpenAI's new service is positioned as superior to Anthropic's approach.
- The Verge6d agoMeta AI is getting a Mac app
Anthropic's Claude app is mentioned as a competitive AI assistant with desktop control capabilities.