06/06/2026
A massive power shift has rocked the artificial intelligence sector. As reported by AI Magazine and The New York Times, Anthropic has officially surpassed OpenAI to become the world's most valuable pure-play AI company, hitting a staggering $965 billion valuation following a massive Series H funding round. While OpenAI has struggled with heavy consumer-side cash burn, Anthropic's laser focus on enterprise clients and its highly successful developer tool, Claude Code, has sent its annual recurring revenue skyrocketing from $1 billion to $47 billion in just over a year. Both companies are now aggressively positioning themselves for highly anticipated public stock market debuts later this year.