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Monday, April 6, 2026
OpenAI raises $122B at $852B valuation
OpenAI closed a $122B funding round at an $852B valuation while running at $2B monthly revenue, though a separate $6B share sale stalled out with no buyers. Anthropic leaked Claude's source code in their second security incident this month, then turned around and bought biotech startup Coefficient Bio for $400M.

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Top Stories
Bloomberg
OpenAI's inability to sell $6 billion in shares even after bank-orchestrated valuation cuts reveals weakening investor confidence and a troubling gap between private market expectations and real-world demand for AI company equity.
TechCrunch
Anthropic's second major accidental data exposure in a week leaked Claude Code's full source architecture to the public, raising questions about operational security at a company that has built its brand on responsible AI practices.
TechCrunch
Anthropic acquired AI biotech startup Coefficient Bio for $400 million in stock to strengthen its healthcare and life sciences capabilities, bringing on a team of former Genentech researchers specializing in computational drug discovery.
Substack
Mistral raised $830M in debt to build a Paris-based AI data center launching in Q2 2026, underscoring European ambitions for sovereign AI infrastructure and computational independence.
OpenAI
OpenAI raises $122B at $852B valuation, demonstrating explosive growth with $2B monthly revenue and a strategic focus on building compute-driven infrastructure and integrated agentic products to capture enterprise AI adoption at scale.
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