SAP Deepens Anthropic Ties, Bundles Claude Into Enterprise AI

The Trump administration has authorized over 100 US companies and government agencies to use Anthropic's Mythos 5 model, including access for their non-American employees. The move represents a significant expansion of AI model access across the private and public sectors. The authorization suggests a shift in how advanced AI capabilities are being distributed within the US economy.

DeepSeek, a three-year-old Chinese AI lab that had never raised outside funding, completed a $7.4 billion Series A in mid-June, valuing the company at over $50 billion. The fundraising marks the largest first-time raise by a Chinese startup. According to three people familiar with CEO Liang Wenfeng's thinking, the decision to seek external capital was prompted by Anthropic's April release of Mythos, a model preview that Anthropic claimed could find and exploit software vulnerabilities.

Anthropic's Claude is gaining market share among paid AI consumers despite ChatGPT's dominant overall position, according to available data. The shift suggests that even in a market ChatGPT has led, consumer preferences are fragmenting toward alternatives. This represents a notable competitive challenge for OpenAI in the premium subscription segment.

Google is restructuring a months-old strike team focused on AI coding tools, aiming to improve model training and expand capabilities beyond coding into areas like presentation creation. The reorganization reflects competitive pressure from Anthropic and OpenAI, which are also broadening their AI coding tool applications. The changes also formalize what was originally conceived as a short-term group into a more permanent structure.