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Anthropic Opus 5, Anduril $100B, Prentis $100M... — 2026-07-25 00:00

Anthropic launches cheaper Opus 5 with cost-capability toggle; Anduril in talks at $100B; Reid Hoffman's Prentis raises $100M for task automation; Cognition buys Poke for AI personality; plus 6 more stories

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1. Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5 — Cheaper, less restrictive than Fable with cost-vs-capability toggle; positioned for enterprise cost sensitivity. TechCrunch · Jul 24
2. Anduril in talks to raise at $100B valuation — Defense AI startup more than triples last year's valuation. TechCrunch · Jul 24
3. Prentis, new AI lab from Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, raising $100M — Betting that automating routine computer tasks will outpace coding as AI's biggest use case. TechCrunch · Jul 24
4. Cognition buys Poke for AI personality — Bringing conversational style and interaction design to coding agent Devin; AI personality as competitive advantage. TechCrunch · Jul 24
5. OpenAI ChatGPT voice mode hits desktop app — Now works with ChatGPT Work and Codex to complete tasks and control agents. TechCrunch · Jul 24
6. Midjourney acquires astrology app Co-Star — AI image and video company expands beyond generative media into unexpected territory. TechCrunch · Jul 24
7. Sam Altman's World raises $52.5M via crypto sale — Biometric identity startup continues to find funding through token sales. TechCrunch · Jul 24
8. US weighs Chinese AI response; industry urges against open-weight bans — Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir push back on potential restrictions. TechCrunch · Jul 24
9. Bluesky AI assistant Attie expands into social research tool — Users can query news, trends, and conversations across Bluesky and the AT Protocol. TechCrunch · Jul 24
10. Meta smart glasses create moderation nightmare — Instagram bans some content filmed with Meta glasses; enforcing rules on always-on recording devices proves difficult. The Verge · Jul 24

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• 🔧 Test Claude Opus 5's cost-vs-capability toggle — enterprise AI headed this way
• 🎥 Watch how Cognition integrates Poke's personality layer into Devin
• 📝 Track the US open-weight policy debate — Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta vs. government restrictions

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