Anthropic scales its most powerful AI a day after filing to IPO

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Anthropic, the AI startup backed by Google and Amazon, filed paperwork to go public while simultaneously scaling up its most powerful AI model. The company's timing, announcing major technical progress just as it enters the IPO process, underscores the intense race among AI developers to demonstrate cutting-edge capabilities before investors. Anthropic has raised $5.3 billion to date and competes directly with OpenAI, which released GPT-4o, and other well-funded rivals racing to build more advanced systems. The dual announcement positions Anthropic as a serious contender in the AI arms race while signaling confidence to potential public investors in its technology and business trajectory.