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Anthropic PBC raised $65 billion in a funding round that valued the artificial intelligence company at $965 billion including the new investment, eclipsing rival OpenAI's value for the first time. The funding, announced Thursday, was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital. Each of the lead investors put in more than $2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Sequoia declined to comment. The other three firms did not respond to a request for comment. For more, we speak with Mandeep Singh, Global Head of Tech Research for Bloomberg Intelligence.

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening, dealing a major setback to the Jeff Bezos-backed firm in its efforts to challenge a dominant SpaceX. Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said it was too early to determine the cause of the explosion and described it as "a very rough day" in a post on X. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Matt Bloxham joined Caroline Hepker to discuss the implications.

the Humanoids Summit in Tokyo gathers leading companies, builders, and investors from around the world for live humanoid demonstrations and talks on commercialization, mass production, and safety.

French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI is expanding into advanced manufacturing, striking deals with new customers Airbus and BMW as it looks to so-called physical AI to fuel growth. Mistral is also announcing a new data centre in France. The CEO and co-founder Arthur Mensch spoke with Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie from Paris.

Description: French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI is expanding into advanced manufacturing, striking deals with new customers Airbus and BMW as it looks to so-called physical AI to fuel growth. Mistral is also announcing a new data centre in France. The CEO and co-founder Arthur Mensch spoke with Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie from Paris.

Taiwan prosecutors suspect three individuals successfully smuggled at least one shipment of Nvidia AI chips to China after first exporting them to Japan, people familiar with the matter said. The trio was detained for allegedly falsifying documents related to exports of Super Micro Computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips, which the US has barred from sale to China without a license. Bloomberg Intelligence's Matthew Bloxham breaks down the situation.

As global banking executives weigh the potential impact of artificial intelligence on their industry, research by Bloomberg Intelligence finds that AI will likely impact 27% of workers across all sectors in advanced economies more than 120 million in the 31 countries covered by the study. Bloomberg's Charlie Wells and Ana Andrade have more.

For the past several months, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has delayed the final approval that allows Airbus jets to enter the country and be put into service, according to people familiar with the matter. The move signals impatience with how long European regulators are taking to certify Chinese-made aircraft. Bloomberg's Danny Lee reports.

SpaceX's Starship lifts off in a test of a new rocket designed to deliver Elon Musk's ambitions for human space travel, satellite internet and data centers in orbit. Ed Ludlow reports.

BlackRock Chief Investment Strategist Wei Li says artificial intelligence is driving a lot of the major earnings upgrades in equity markets. "We can look at AI lifting the whole market, but identifying where the bottlenecks are is a good active play," Li tells Bloomberg Television.