Nov 15, 2026
Perplexity Teammates AI Agents Arrive on Mac — Behind a $200 Paywall
Perplexity brought its Teammates AI agents to the Mac desktop app this week, but access requires the $200/month Max plan. The always-on agents, launched on the web a week earlier, can perform ongoing research, monitoring, and task execution independently.
Nov 14, 2026
OpenAI Raises $15 Billion at $1.25 Trillion Valuation, Half Its Original Target
OpenAI has raised $15 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, roughly half the $30 billion it originally sought, as it builds a war chest ahead of rival Anthropic's IPO. The raise comes as OpenAI burns through cash with Q3 operating losses of $10.9 billion despite revenue nearing $10 billion.
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Anthropic Wants You to Build on Claude — Then It Competes With You
Anthropic is aggressively expanding into enterprise software with Claude Sheets, Whiteboards, and industry-specific tools, raising alarms among developers who say the company is following Amazon's playbook: watch what sells, then ship a competing version.
Nov 14, 2026
Anthropic Launches Claude for Manufacturing With 17 Factory Skills
Anthropic launched Claude for Manufacturing, a plugin packing 17 skills and 4 connectors to Autodesk Fusion, Infor, Microsoft 365, and Oracle NetSuite. The AI drafts quotes from live inventory, diagnoses breakdowns, and compares supplier options — but always stops for human approval before anything reaches a customer.
Nov 13, 2026
Anthropic IPO 6x Oversubscribed at $1.4T Valuation, Trading Nov 19
Anthropic's IPO is six times oversubscribed at a $1.4 trillion valuation, with pricing set at $70–$78 per share for an 825 million share offering ahead of a November 19 Nasdaq debut under ticker ANT. The company simultaneously launched Claude for Manufacturing — a 17-skill plugin for factory-floor workers — and Claude Meetings, but a shadow hangs over Nvidia's $10 billion private-placement pledge following Jensen Huang's resignation as CEO. For builders, this is the most consequential AI IPO since SpaceX: it will set the pricing benchmark for AI companies and determine how much capital flows into Claude's developer ecosystem.