Anthropic's $30T Claim, NVIDIA's Blowout, and the AI Bubble Debate

Anthropic had a massive week. The company is targeting $30 trillion in potential revenue, roughly the size of US GDP. A federal judge also struck down the Trump administration's attempt to label Anthropic a "supply chain risk,” a major hurdle cleared ahead of its IPO. The company also locked in a $45B compute deal with Enscale. Its AI infrastructure spending now tops $150B.

Nvidia had a big week too. The company posted a blowout $96B Q2 and purchased Hugging Face for $13B. Dave and Aman break down why Nvidia has shifted strategy. It's now fortifying the entire open-source AI ecosystem so no single LLM provider gets too much leverage.

Additionally: New details on that recent OpenAI hack of Hugging Face. Chinese open-weight models keep gaining user share. Meta settles a landmark $17B social-media addiction lawsuit - its implication for the industry going forward. Dave and Aman also break down Elon’s latest move.

Plus: a wide-ranging interview with Hoxton Ventures' Hussein Kanji on building a European venture firm from scratch, and a Valuation Corner deep-dive on Neoclouds.

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