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Anthropic closes a $65B Series H at a $965B valuation, valued above OpenAI. The same day, Claude Opus 4.8 launches with Dynamic Workflows. Pope Leo XIV unveils the first AI encyclical alongside an Anthropic co-founder. Mistral bets on industry.

Google I/O 2026 shows Gemini 3.5 Flash, the multimodal Gemini Omni and the Gemini Spark agent, and adds a new $100 AI Ultra tier. An OpenAI model reportedly disproves an 80-year-old Erdős conjecture. Meta trained AI on the staff it is now firing (8,000). Trump pulls his AI safety order.

Google's Android Show I/O Edition unveils Gemini Intelligence and Googlebooks. Google blocks the first AI-generated zero-day exploit. Uber deploys $10B+ into Waymo alternatives. Anthropic at a $30B annualised revenue run rate. OpenAI Deployment Company launches with $4B+.

Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, and Apple reported earnings; combined 2026 CapEx tracking ~$720B. China blocks Meta's Manus acquisition. OpenAI reportedly missed growth targets. Pentagon signs deals with 8 AI firms — Anthropic kept off the list.

Anthropic in 30 days locks Mythos, ships Opus 4.7, secures up to $65B and 10 GW from Google and Amazon, kept out of part of the Pentagon contracts. OpenAI returns with GPT-5.5. Four Chinese frontiers in 14 days. Big Tech 2026 CapEx tracking ~$705–735B.