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AI Weekly Issue #481: Musk wants Altman fired, Anthropic passes OpenAI, Meta goes closed

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Anthropic's revenue run rate passed OpenAI's — $30 billion to $24 billion — powered by enterprise demand that doubled its million-dollar customers in under two months

Key takeaways

  • Anthropic overtook OpenAI in revenue ($30B vs $24B run rate) driven by enterprise customers, doubling million-dollar accounts in under two months
  • Meta abandoned open-source AI strategy with first proprietary model under Superintelligence Labs, reversing Llama approach
  • AI legal/regulatory activity intensifying: Musk-Altman litigation escalating, Hollywood writers secured four-year AI protections

Why this matters for operators: Limited - industry news, not GTM implementation insights

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