Today we announced two new programs for university students that I'm very excited about:
1. Claude student ambassador program
2. Program for students building cool stuff with Claude to request API credits for their projects Link to apply to both is below↓
INVESTMENT
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Anthropic Launches Claude Student Ambassador and API Credits Programs
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Bitcoin Mining Powers Kenya Geothermal Energy Site
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The @csmonitor on our geothermal site in Kenya. https://
csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2
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ATEC 2025 AI Robotics Competition Opens with $210K Prize
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ATEC 2025 AI and Robotics Real-World Challenges, with a $210,000 prize pool, is now open for participants. Sign up now! https://
atecup.com/competitions/a
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OpenAI Reaches 20M Paid Users, $5B Annual Revenue
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OpenAI has just hit 20M paid users and is clocking $415M in monthly revenue—with an ARR of $5B
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 2 avril 2025
This comes on the back of $40B funding and the booming demand for ChatGPT and its viral image generation capabilities (now accessible to all free users)!pic.twitter.com/lP7oocU6IwOpenAI has just hit 20M paid users and is clocking $415M in monthly revenue—with an ARR of $5B This comes on the back of $40B funding and the booming demand for ChatGPT and its viral image generation capabilities (now accessible to all free users)!
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DARPA Selects Cerebras for Next-Generation Real-Time Compute
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Read more: https://
cerebras.ai/press-release/
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DARPA Cerebras RANOVUS Build First Wafer-Scale Photonic Supercomputer
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (
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Isomorphic Labs raises $600M for AI drug design
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Alphabet's spinoff Isomorphic Labs, which is behind AlphaFold, raised $600M
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 1 avril 2025
OpenAI investor Thrive Capital led the investment, with Alphabet and its venture arm, GV, in participation
The funding will help the startup develop its AI drug design engine!pic.twitter.com/Ety2uzkNXwAlphabet's spinoff Isomorphic Labs, which is behind AlphaFold, raised $600M OpenAI investor Thrive Capital led the investment, with Alphabet and its venture arm, GV, in participation The funding will help the startup develop its AI drug design engine!
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Agility Raises $400M for Humanoid Robot Digit Development
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Oregon-based robotics company Agility is said to be raising $400M at a pre-money valuation of $1.75B
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 1 avril 2025
The company is building Digit, a humanoid for commercial operations, much like Figure.
And it's led by former Microsoft executive Peggy Johnsonpic.twitter.com/XJDDfIbwIAOregon-based robotics company Agility is said to be raising $400M at a pre-money valuation of $1.75B The company is building Digit, a humanoid for commercial operations, much like Figure. And it's led by former Microsoft executive Peggy Johnson
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OpenAI raises $40B at $300B valuation in historic funding round
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OpenAI raised $40B at a post-money valuation of $300B—the largest private tech deal in history SoftBank led the round, with Microsoft, Coatue, Altimeter, and Thrive in participation The capital will help OAI scale compute and further push AI research
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OpenAI Raises Largest Private Funding Round in History
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TODAY'S AI NEWS: OpenAI just raised the largest private funding round in history! Plus, more news from Amazon AGI Labs, Runway, Luma Labs, Manus, Isomorphic Labs, and more. Here's everything you need to know: