Anthropic's $60B+ in funding from 200+ investors, half of which came just last month, is now at risk due to the company's contract dispute with the Pentagon
but that's not the case. Investors are just worried about their ROI depending on how this supply chain risk designation plays out. A nothing story. [embedded post]
Anthropic's $60B+ in funding, half of which came just last month, from over 200 investors is now at risk due to the company's contract dispute with the Pentagon
but that's not the case. Investors are just worried about their ROI depending on how this supply chain risk designation plays out. A nothing story. [embedded post]
Sony reports Q4 revenue down 24% YoY to ~$17.7B, PlayStation 5 units sold in FY 24 down 11% YoY to 18.5M, and expects a ~$700M impact from US tariffs in FY 25
Silicon Valley Is Coming for the Pentagon's $1 Trillion Budget — The Trump administration wants startups to remake the US military …
Docs: Palantir has won $2.7B+ in US contracts since 2009, including $1.3B+ in Pentagon contracts, and spent $5.8M in lobbying in 2024, up from ~$1M in 2015
Financial Times :
VCs put $100B+ in US defense tech startups since 2021, but convincing the Pentagon to buy from them has proven difficult; only a few had $25M+ in orders in FY23
Tech startups get cool reception from Defense Department despite its rhetoric that it will buy more from Silicon Valley
Amazon spent $3.63M on lobbying in Q3, up from $3.47M in Q2, as it seeks a big Pentagon contract; Google spent $5.46M, up 30%+ YoY, while Facebook spent $2.82M
Ben Brody / Bloomberg : Tweets: @business Tweets: @business : Amazon's spending on lobbying to influence U.S. lawmakers reaches a company record http://www.bloomberg.com/...