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MoffettNathanson Initiates Cautious "Neutral" Coverage on Post-IPO SpaceX Valuations
On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, technology and telecom research firm MoffettNathanson issued a comprehensive 93-page report initiating coverage on Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) with a "Neutral" rating and a target share price of $131. The cautious outlook represents the low end of a wide Wall Street valuation spectrum following the expiration of the quiet period for the underwriting syndicate of SpaceX's historic Initial Public Offering (IPO). While other investment firms issued highly optimistic forecasts ranging from $143 (Deutsche Bank) to $800 (Raymond James), MoffettNathanson warned that current market expectations disconnect from quantifiable financial realities. Analysis of the Trillion-Dollar S-1 Disclosures The analytical report compared and contrasted the economic trajectories of SpaceX and its direct-to-device (D2D) competitor, AST SpaceMobile. MoffettNathanson's lead analyst, Julie Zhu, identified multiple points of friction within the optimistic metrics outlined in the aerospace giant's S-1 regulatory filings: * Absurd TAM Projections: The prospectus defines Starlink's total addressable market (TAM) at almost $30 trillion, which the report labels as highly unrealistic. * D2D Niche Modeling: The highly publicized mobility and direct-to-device cellular segments are modeled as niche services rather than mass-market consumer replacements. * Orbital Compute Bottlenecks: Founder and CEO Elon Musk's public target of deploying 100 gigawatts (GW) of orbital data center compute annually by 2029 exceeds current global in-service terrestrial data center capacity and faces severe raw material input constraints over the next three and a half years. Monopoly Leverage and Sovereign Antitrust Risks Despite the cautious pricing model, the researchers acknowledged that SpaceX maintains a functional monopoly in the rocket launch segment, estimating that its nearest competitor, Blue Origin, remains at least 10 years behind in heavy-lift reuse development. However, MoffettNathanson warned that leveraging this dominance to control adjacent sectors like consumer telecommunications and orbital AI hosting introduces severe political risks. Specifically, the report notes that international governments may resist relying on foreign-owned space systems for critical national telecommunications infrastructure, exposing the company to global regulatory and antitrust pushback. Projected Market Volatility and Volumetric Disconnect MoffettNathanson anticipates significant stock price volatility for the Nasdaq-listed SPCX shares as early-stage index inclusions and pre-IPO lock-up periods expire. The firm concluded that the current market capital tier -- implied at roughly $1.77 trillion post-debut -- is highly reliant on broad economic sentiment rather than near-term cash flow. The analysis suggests that while public markets may extend the benefit of the doubt to SpaceX's "unknown unknown" opportunities during general bull markets, the stock remains highly exposed to downward corrections should broader market sentiment shift toward skepticism.
How to watch SpaceX launch Starship Flight 13 on July 16
These will be the first Starlink Version 3 satellites to deploy in space. SpaceX's next Starship test flight aims to achieve a major milestone by deploying 20 upgraded Starlink satellites, marking the first Starlink Version 3s to deploy in space.. Liftoff for the spacecraft's upcoming 13th test flight is scheduled for Wednesday, July 16, at 6:45 p.m. EDT (2245 GMT) from the company's Starbase facility in South Texas. You can watch the launch live on Space.com, courtesy of SpaceX, beginning 30 minutes before liftoff. Follow our Starship live blog for more mission updates. The mission follows a nearly two-month pause after Flight 12 ended with the loss of the Super Heavy booster during its return to the Gulf after stage separation. After reviewing the anomaly and SpaceX's corrective actions, the Federal Aviation Administration cleared the company to resume Starship launches. "The upcoming flight will aim to complete similar objectives targeted on the previous flight test, which debuted the Starship and Super Heavy V3 vehicles, while also carrying next-generation Starlink V3 satellites for the first time," SpaceX officials said in a statement announcing the test flight. As with previous flights, Flight 13's primary goal is to gather engineering data while testing upgrades to the world's most powerful rocket. Here's what to watch for: The mission will begin with all 33 Raptor 3 engines igniting on the Super Heavy booster, generating up to 18 million pounds (about 8,200 metric tons) of thrust at liftoff. About 2.5 minutes later, the booster will separate from the Starship upper stage and begin its return toward the Gulf of Mexico for a controlled splashdown rather than a launch tower catch. SpaceX is continuing to refine its booster recovery procedures following Flight 12's landing burn failure. One of Flight 13's biggest milestones will come after stage separation, when Starship is expected to deploy 20 Starlink V3 satellites for the first time. The satellites are designed to test Starship's payload deployment capabilities and will intentionally reenter Earth's atmosphere after completing the demonstration rather than remain in orbit. The flight will also continue testing SpaceX's upgraded Starship vehicle, including improvements to its propulsion system, avionics and overall performance. Engineers will closely monitor the rocket throughout ascent to evaluate how the latest design performs under flight conditions. After completing its satellite deployment, Starship will continue along a suborbital trajectory before reentering Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. The spacecraft's descent will provide additional data on its heat shield, flight controls and guidance systems before ending with a planned splashdown roughly an hour after launch. While Flight 13 remains another developmental mission, it represents an important step toward making Starship an operational launch vehicle. Successfully deploying Starlink satellites would demonstrate the rocket's ability to begin carrying real payloads while continuing to advance SpaceX's goal of building a fully reusable system for missions to Earth orbit, the moon and eventually Mars.
Claude is warmer in Hindi, more rigorous in English: Anthropic study on AI language variations
New research from Anthropic suggests that Claude's values vary by language, with the popular AI chatbot found to express greater warmth in Hindi and Arabic responses compared to outputs in English and Russian, which tend to be more rigorous and analytical. When Claude generates responses in English, it emphasises different values than when it responds in Portuguese, Indonesian, or Chinese, Anthropic said in a new study published on Monday, July 13. As part of the study, Anthropic researchers set out to measure how the values Claude expresses vary across two factors: models and languages. It adopted a value axis approach where researchers first identified more than 3,000 values expressed by Claude and compressed them into a small number of axes, with each axis in the form of a number line between two groups of values such as those relating to emotional warmth on one end and those relating to rigour on the other end. Analysing Claude's responses in various languages, Anthropic said that the largest difference was observed in the Warmth vs Rigour axis followed by the Candor vs Execution axis. The variations stayed mostly stable on the Deference vs Caution and Depth vs Brevity axes, as per the company. The researchers said that the values expressed by Claude vary based on the language because its training data differs across languages. "One possibility is that our training data is not evenly distributed across languages. Some languages have far more data than others, and training for Claude to express consistent values may be more effective in languages where data is abundant. The composition of that data also varies," Anthropic said. A few languages being over-represented in professional writing could also reflect in Claude expressing different values. Anthropic also said that Claude might be looking to closely match humans' intended behaviour for some languages than others. Story continues below this ad "Claude may also be more closely matching our intended behavior for some languages than others, resulting in a gap in how well Claude serves certain language communities. "Different languages carry different conversational norms, and Claude may be responding with different values based on those norms," it added. Anthropic's latest findings mark an important first step in addressing hidden biases and language-specific gaps during model training. These differences could have real-world implications in terms of user experience. For instance, two people asking Claude to evaluate the same business plan, one in Hindi and the other in Russian, could come away with different impressions of the quality of the model's responses based on how its assessment is framed. Methodology Anthropic researchers began the experiment by identifying 3,307 values and manually clustering those with similar meanings to produce a shorter list of 339 values. Then, they used a privacy-preserving tool to sample 3,09,815 Claude conversations where the user gave the chatbot a subjective task to complete. These samples were collected from three underlying Claude models: Sonnet 4.6, Opus 4.6, and Opus 4.7. It also looked at the 20 most common languages used on the Claude AI chatbot platform, which led to a sample size of roughly 5,000 conversations per model-language pair. Story continues below this ad Also Read | Anthropic researchers find Claude has a hidden 'thinking' workspace: Here's what it means Using its analysis tool, the researchers then labelled every conversation based on which of the 339 values were present or absent. They applied a technique called dimensionality reduction to compress the labelled values into axes based on which ones Claude tends to express together. It came down to the following four key axes that captured 15 per cent of the variation in Claude's values: -Warmth vs Rigour: Whether Claude leans toward expressing positivity and care for the person or emphasising accuracy and precision. -Deference vs Caution: Whether Claude leans toward accommodating what someone wants or guarding against possible risk and harm. -Depth vs Brevity: Whether Claude leans toward explaining in depth or doing only what was asked. -Candor vs Execution: Whether Claude leans toward foregrounding its own uncertainty or producing a more polished and confident answer. The researchers' privacy-preserving analysis tool also provided a short description of how Claude expressed that value. These descriptions were grouped together within a value group based on their reflection of similar behaviours, which gave a clearer view on how the models differed. Story continues below this ad Key findings Beyond warmth vs rigour, Anthropic found that Claude expresses the most deference in Arabic and the most caution in English. On the depth vs brevity axis, Claude was found to lean toward depth in English, refining and correcting details, while leaning toward brevity in Arabic. Meanwhile, between candor and execution, Claude was found to lean the most toward candor in Dutch, owning up to its own errors, while it leaned most toward execution in Indonesian. In its analysis of how values vary across models, Anthropic found that Sonnet 4.6 is regarded as particularly warm, while Opus 4.7 is known for rigour. This means that responses by Sonnet 4.6 can also be characterised as encouraging or positive. Sonnet 4.6 further leans toward expressing more deference to the user and emotional warmth while Opus 4.7 leans toward expressing a focus on accuracy and precision as well as guarding against misuse, as per the study. To be sure, Sonnet 4.6 can express deference and caution in the same conversation. In other words, the value groups on either end of each axis are mutually exclusive. However, the more Claude expresses values on one side of an axis, the less it tends to express values on the other. Story continues below this ad Also Read | Anthropic introduces India pricing for Claude as AI race heats up Meanwhile, Opus 4.7 leans toward depth by showing the reasoning behind its conclusions, while Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 lean toward brevity. Opus 4.6 in particular tends to get straight to the point. On the candor vs execution axis, Opus 4.7 leans toward candor by being upfront about its limitations, while Opus 4.6 leans toward execution, being more likely to stay within the scope of the user's request. Anthropic further said that these findings were in line with how users have come to perceive these models, both internally and online. Moving forward, Anthropic said that it will attempt to track how values vary during model evaluation and post-deployment monitoring. "Tracing these differences back to specific data, training stages, or contextual factors would show us where to intervene if we wanted to shape Claude's behavior in more nuanced ways," Anthropic said.
Deutsche Bank sees SpaceX orbital data centers matching ground costs By Investing.com
Investing.com -- Deutsche Bank released analysis on Tuesday suggesting SpaceX could achieve cost parity between orbital and terrestrial data centers by the early 2030s through vertical integration and scaled Starship launches. The bank examined SpaceX's Starmind constellation, which will use AI1 satellites equipped with optical inter-satellite links to route traffic through the existing Starlink network. The AI1 satellites will not require complex phased-array antennas, relying instead on optical terminals for communication with possible Ka-band backup for telemetry. Deutsche Bank estimates more than 10,000 Starlink satellites are currently in orbit, with V2 mini satellites each carrying three optical terminals capable of handling approximately 600 gigabits per second of capacity. The bank anticipates V3 satellites may have at least 2-3 terabits per second of capacity per satellite. Leading providers of optical terminals include Tesat-Spacecom, a subsidiary of Airbus, Mynaric, SA Photonics, which CACI acquired in 2021, and SpaceX itself. SpaceX is utilizing E-band, V-band, W-band, and proposed D-band spectrum for gateway backhaul, in addition to traditional Ku and Ka bands. The FCC recently adopted new standards replacing 1990s-era limits, which Deutsche Bank said could allow up to seven times more capacity from the same number of satellites. SpaceX is building a solar cell manufacturing facility in Bastrop, Texas, targeting 10 gigawatts of capacity across two floors. Construction began in late March, with equipment installation underway. The plant aims for production ramp-up by the end of 2027, initially producing silicon solar cells with approximately 19% efficiency. The AI1 satellite will use a double-sided active deployable liquid radiator covering 110 square meters, capable of dissipating 1,400 watts per square meter. SpaceX is targeting prototype deployments of AI1 satellites late next year, with FCC filings outlining a constellation of up to one million satellites in low Earth orbit. Each AI1 satellite is expected to run at approximately 120 kilowatts, similar to the power consumption of a NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 rack. SpaceX expressed openness to hosting Nvidia GPUs, Google TPUs, Amazon Trainium, and Tesla AI chips. Deutsche Bank estimates upfront capital expenditure for 1 gigawatt of AI compute on the ground is $38 billion with $900 million in annual operating expenses, totaling $42.5 billion over five years based on Epoch AI analysis. The bank calculates that deploying a 1 gigawatt space data center constellation would currently cost six times more than terrestrial alternatives excluding compute costs. This gap could narrow to 1.0-1.5 times by the end of the decade and become cheaper in the early-to-mid 2030s through Starship reusability and satellite optimization. This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C.
Musk's xAI Draws Flak As AI Power Push Hits Black Communities With Toxic Air
Authorities fast-tracked such projects forgoing required studies, hearings. (Representational Image) xAI's Collossus 2 data centre in Tennessee runs on 59 natural gas turbines, will be disproportionately polluting the air in the surrounding Black communities, and is operating without federal clean air permits, as per a Reuters report on Monday. The report cited communications between regulators and xAI representatives regarding the development, and identified two times more unpermitted turbines compared to the figures that the company had publicly reported. The firm had claimed that it had set up 27 unpermitted turbine projects as of January, and had contended that they did not neccessitate the aforementioned permits. ALSO READ: OpenAI's Feud With xAI Carries On As Apple Secrets Fight Revs Up As per the report's analysis, the pollution from these turbine projects is set to largely impact the surrounding Black communities, who are also gauged to be affected by disproportionately high rates of lung disease. The analysis used government data and information from regulators. Reuters cited a 2022 report from UCLA and Columbia University which attributed this phenomenon to redlining, a practice where banks and financial institutions racially discriminated against Black communities in providing mortgages and loans. This led to them making their homes in "red-lined" areas which were usually unsuitable for human settlement due to heavy underinvestment and proximity to hazardous environments. The report stated that local authorities fast-tracked such projects, forgoing the required environmental studies and public hearings, which tend to take years. ALSO READ: 'xAI Is Kind Of A Failure': AI Pioneer Yann LeCun Questions Musk's AI Bet Civil Rights organisations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) and the Southern Environmental Law Center had sued xAI in April due to the company operating such turbine projects across the US in similar situations, without Clean Air permits. Environmental regulators in Mississippi, which has 57 of 59 turbines that xAI is operating, argued that since these projects were mobile and did not operate "onsite" for over a year, they were not required to have these permits. Essential Business Intelligence, Sharp Market Insights, Practical Personal Finance Advice, Daily Fuel, Gold and Silver Prices and Latest Stories -- On NDTV Profit.
Raymond James sets $800 price target on SpaceX, valuing company at $10.5 trillion
The Street-high target implies a 450% upside and would make SpaceX worth more than any company in history, and its 18,712 BTC treasury adds a crypto wrinkle worth watching. A Wall Street analyst just looked at SpaceX and essentially said: "This company should be worth more than the entire GDP of Japan." Raymond James analyst Brian Gesuale initiated coverage of SpaceX with a Strong Buy rating and an $800 price target, implying a market capitalization of roughly $10.5 trillion. The current Street-high target represents a potential 425-450% upside from SpaceX's recent trading levels around $145 per share. The numbers behind the moonshot thesis Gesuale's model projects SpaceX generating over $837 billion in revenue by 2031, with $696 billion in EBITDA. The analyst used a 27x exit multiple on discounted cash flows from 2031 to arrive at the $800 figure, anchoring the thesis to what he estimates is a total addressable market approaching $30 trillion in the long term. SpaceX debuted on public markets via the SPCX ticker in mid-June 2026. Shares initially surged more than 40%, pushing the company's market cap to approximately $2.5 trillion before the inevitable profit-taking set in. The stock has since pulled back to a 52-week low range of $138-$145. The bull case rests on SpaceX's positioning as what Gesuale calls a crucial industrial infrastructure player of the 21st century. Between Starlink's satellite internet constellation, the company's dominant launch services business, and the upcoming Starship launch planned for July 16, 2026, there's no shortage of catalysts on the calendar. The Bitcoin treasury angle crypto investors should watch Buried in the analyst note is a detail that bridges the gap between traditional aerospace investing and digital asset markets: SpaceX holds a confirmed 18,712 BTC on its balance sheet. That figure exceeds earlier estimates from prior blockchain tracking services, suggesting SpaceX has been quietly accumulating Bitcoin beyond what public trackers had identified. SpaceX's recent acquisition of xAI, the artificial intelligence company Musk founded in 2023, adds another dimension. The deal, completed in early 2026, combined with ongoing compute collaborations with Tesla, positions SpaceX at the intersection of space infrastructure, AI, and potentially decentralized compute networks. What this means for investors on both sides of the aisle For crypto investors, SpaceX's 18,712 BTC treasury means that every institutional dollar flowing into SPCX shares is, in a fractional sense, also a bet on Bitcoin. If Gesuale's thesis attracts even a portion of the capital it implies, the downstream effects on BTC demand through corporate treasury expansion could be material. If SpaceX's valuation compresses, management might face pressure to liquidate Bitcoin holdings to shore up the balance sheet. That scenario would create selling pressure in crypto markets at precisely the wrong moment. The Starship launch on July 16 will be the first real test of whether SpaceX can deliver on the kind of operational milestones that justify even a fraction of Gesuale's projections.
How to Spot a Stock Market Bubble 101: Raymond James Just Placed an $800 Price Target on SpaceX, Valuing Elon Musk's Company at $10.5 Trillion
One month ago, on June 12, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) and space economy conglomerate, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) (NASDAQ: SPCX), rewrote history with its initial public offering (IPO). The $85.7 billion raised, including the underwriters' overallotment, nearly tripled the previous IPO record holder, Saudi Aramco. But in kicking off IPO mania -- large language model developers Anthropic and OpenAI are expected to follow in SpaceX's footsteps -- SpaceX may also be fueling the final stages of an AI bubble that history suggests is waiting to pop. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks " Rarely are stock market bubble warning signs as glaring as Raymond James Financial's price target assigned to SpaceX. Image source: Getty Images. Wall Street's high-water price target foresees SpaceX reaching $800 in 2031 Given that 21 underwriters helped bring SpaceX public and received shares for doing so, it should come as no surprise that Wall Street analysts have, as a whole, presented an overwhelmingly positive outlook for the company. But Raymond James Financial analyst Brian Gesuale is a true outlier. His $800 price target by 2031 implies 451% upside, based on where SpaceX's shares ended on July 10, and assumes a valuation of roughly $10.5 trillion. For context, this would be more than double Nvidia's current market cap. Gesuale foresees SpaceX's full-year sales scaling from an estimated $38.5 billion in 2026 to approximately $837 billion by 2031. More importantly, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) are projected to catapult from $17.7 billion in 2026 to $696 billion by 2031. While there's no question that AI and the space economy are two of the hottest addressable opportunities on Wall Street, several headwinds suggest Gesuale's pie-in-the-sky price target is pure fiction and the sign of an end-stage bubble that's about to burst. Image source: Getty Images. SpaceX spotlights everything wrong with Wall Street Although the stock market is a long-term wealth-creating machine, it's prone to occasional bubble-bursting events. SpaceX's current $1.91 trillion valuation and Raymond James' $800 price target for the company spotlight everything that's wrong with Wall Street over the short term. For starters, SpaceX hasn't demonstrated that its operating model is sustainable. While satellite-based broadband services provider Starlink is profitable, AI start-up xAI -- the segment responsible for the lion's share of SpaceX's $28.5 trillion addressable market -- is burning cash as Musk's company chases AI compute capacity. Elon Musk also has a terrible track record of fulfilling lofty promises and innovative expectations. As CEO of Tesla, Musk proclaimed that 1 million robotaxis would be on public roads by the end of 2020, which never happened. He's also assured investors that Level 5 full self-driving is "one year away" annually for more than a decade. Musk continually overpromises and underdelivers. SpaceX is likely to be haunted by historical precedent, as well. No company at the forefront of a game-changing technology has sustained a price-to-sales (P/S) ratio above 30 for any extended period. SpaceX is trading at roughly 50 times Gesuale's forecast sales for this year. Lastly, every game-changing technology for more than three decades has navigated an early stage bubble-bursting event. These bubbles have formed because investors constantly overestimate the optimization timeline of innovations. 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SpaceX (SPCX) Stock Plummets 40% as Cathie Wood Continues Buying Amid Market Concerns
* SPCX shares declined to $136.78 on Monday, barely holding above the $135 IPO level after reaching $225.64 in mid-June * China successfully recovered a Long March rocket booster on July 10, sparking competitive fears in reusable space launch tech * Cathie Wood's ARK Invest acquired $21.3 million of SPCX shares Monday through three ETFs, after buying $52M the prior week * An upcoming lockup expiration -- unlocking 20% of shares post-August earnings -- is creating downward pressure * The company carries a valuation approaching 50x projected 2026 revenue with no expected profitability this year Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SPCX) has witnessed a dramatic 40% decline from its June 16 peak of $225.64, settling at $139.14 on Monday -- a downturn that's captured significant market attention despite overwhelmingly positive analyst sentiment. Space Exploration Technologies Corp., SPCX The aerospace company debuted at $135 per share on June 11, jumped to $150 within 24 hours, and climbed as high as $225.64 before entering a steep correction. Monday's intraday low of $136.78 brought the stock perilously close to breaching its initial offering price. Tuesday's premarket session showed SPCX down an additional 0.4% to $138.61. Yet analyst conviction remains strong: 80% maintain Buy ratings on the stock -- significantly above the typical S&P 500 consensus of 55%-60%. The mean price target hovers around $240, suggesting a potential market capitalization near $3.2 trillion. Evercore ISI initiated coverage Tuesday with a Buy recommendation and $230 target. The market response was muted. Chinese Reusable Rocket Breakthrough On July 10, China demonstrated successful recovery of a Long March booster using a ship-based cable system -- a notable achievement in reusable launch vehicle technology that caught investors' attention. SpaceX has maintained unquestioned leadership in this critical competitive advantage, forming a cornerstone of the investment thesis. This Chinese demonstration suggests the technological moat may be narrowing, despite SpaceX maintaining superior scale and operational capabilities. Share Lockup and Premium Valuation A technical headwind is compounding selling pressure. Following the company's inaugural quarterly earnings release -- anticipated mid-August -- approximately 20% of total outstanding shares will exit lockup restrictions. This substantial supply increase is prompting some shareholders to exit positions preemptively. Valuation concerns persist as well. With a current market capitalization around $1.8 trillion yet no anticipated profitability through 2026, SpaceX commands roughly 50 times forecasted 2026 sales -- an elevated multiple even accounting for robust growth projections. ARK Invest Accumulates Shares Contrarian activity emerged Monday as ARK Invest acquired 130,241 SPCX shares -- approximately $21.3 million -- distributed among ARKK, ARKQ, and ARKW funds. This follows the previous week's $52 million accumulation. The aggressive buying hasn't reversed the downtrend. Technical analysis shows deteriorating momentum with the MACD indicator turning bearish. Market observers identify $145 as a new resistance zone after previously serving as support. A definitive close beneath $135 would represent a significant technical breakdown below the IPO threshold -- a psychologically important marker for market participants. As of Tuesday morning, SpaceX was changing hands at $138.61.
SpaceX shares are struggling. Evercore ISI still says it's 'too compelling to ignore'
SpaceX has a lot to prove following its record-smashing initial public offering, but its shares -- even as they're sliding -- have too much upside potential to pass up on, according to Evercore ISI. The investment firm initiated coverage of the space technology name with an outperform rating. It also put a $230 price target on shares, suggesting 65% upside from Monday's close. "The upside skew is too compelling to ignore," analyst Kutgun Maral said Tuesday in a note. "While one can debate the feasibility of certain ambitions and timelines, we don't think there's a debate that this is an extraordinary company on a real path to reshaping the future of humanity." Shares have fallen nearly 7% over the past five days amid concerns about its valuation and lofty ambitions. It has also tumbled more than 38% since hitting a peak of $225.64. SPCX 1M mountain SPCX 1-mo chart However, if SpaceX can follow through on several of its projects, including the roll out of heavy-lift launch vehicle Starship by the end of this year, its setup should remain compelling, per Maral. Other key goals for the firm include scaling Starlink broadband and paving a path for Grok to gain ground in the hyper-competitive artificial intelligence market. "Growth can accelerate rather than fade as the decade wears on," Maral wrote. Evercore ISI's call falls in line with consensus on the Street. Of the 31 analysts covering SpaceX, 26 have a buy or strong buy on the stock, LSEG data shows.
How to Spot a Stock Market Bubble 101: Raymond James Just Placed an $800 Price Target on SpaceX, Valuing Elon Musk's Company at $10.5 Trillion
One month ago, on June 12, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) and space economy conglomerate, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) (NASDAQ: SPCX), rewrote history with its initial public offering (IPO). The $85.7 billion raised, including the underwriters' overallotment, nearly tripled the previous IPO record holder, Saudi Aramco. But in kicking off IPO mania -- large language model developers Anthropic and OpenAI are expected to follow in SpaceX's footsteps -- SpaceX may also be fueling the final stages of an AI bubble that history suggests is waiting to pop. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue " Rarely are stock market bubble warning signs as glaring as Raymond James Financial's price target assigned to SpaceX. Wall Street's high-water price target foresees SpaceX reaching $800 in 2031 Given that 21 underwriters helped bring SpaceX public and received shares for doing so, it should come as no surprise that Wall Street analysts have, as a whole, presented an overwhelmingly positive outlook for the company. But Raymond James Financial analyst Brian Gesuale is a true outlier. His $800 price target by 2031 implies 451% upside, based on where SpaceX's shares ended on July 10, and assumes a valuation of roughly $10.5 trillion. For context, this would be more than double Nvidia's current market cap. Gesuale foresees SpaceX's full-year sales scaling from an estimated $38.5 billion in 2026 to approximately $837 billion by 2031. More importantly, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) are projected to catapult from $17.7 billion in 2026 to $696 billion by 2031. While there's no question that AI and the space economy are two of the hottest addressable opportunities on Wall Street, several headwinds suggest Gesuale's pie-in-the-sky price target is pure fiction and the sign of an end-stage bubble that's about to burst. SpaceX spotlights everything wrong with Wall Street Although the stock market is a long-term wealth-creating machine, it's prone to occasional bubble-bursting events. SpaceX's current $1.91 trillion valuation and Raymond James' $800 price target for the company spotlight everything that's wrong with Wall Street over the short term. For starters, SpaceX hasn't demonstrated that its operating model is sustainable. While satellite-based broadband services provider Starlink is profitable, AI start-up xAI -- the segment responsible for the lion's share of SpaceX's $28.5 trillion addressable market -- is burning cash as Musk's company chases AI compute capacity.
SpaceX Launches Starlink 15-14 and 10-45 Missions, marking 600th Reused Booster flight
The Falcon 9 booster completed its 15th flight before landing successfully on the "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship, marking SpaceX's 665th Falcon 9 mission and its 84th launch of 2026. Flight SpaceX has officially launched the Starlink 15-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 1:28 UTC Tuesday, July 14 (July 13th, 2026 at 6:28pm PDT). The Falcon 9 rocket was reportedly launched from Space Launch Complex 4E carrying booster B1093-15, flying for the 15th time. The rocket delivered a batch of 27 Starlink v2-mini satellites to low Earth orbit. As per the official reports, the booster returned to Earth, just over eight minutes after liftoff, landing on the "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship stationed downrange in the Pacific Ocean. NASASpaceflight.com shared the liftoff footage of the launch on Facebook noting, "SpaceX has launched the Starlink 15-14 mission today (July 13th, 2026) at 6:28pm PDT (1:28 UTC Tuesday) aboard Falcon 9 booster B1093-15 from Space Launch Complex 4E at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in sunny California, sending a batch of 27 Starlink v2-mini satellites to low-Earth orbit." "Just over eight minutes later, after completing its mission, the booster returned to planet Earth, landing on the "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship stationed downrange in the Pacific Ocean. This completes the 665th overall mission for a Falcon 9 rocket and it was SpaceX's 84th mission of 2026," the caption read. The mission was the 665th overall Falcon 9 mission and SpaceX's 84th of 2026, according to the official reports. Furthermore, SpaceX also launched the Starlink 10-45 mission using the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail number B1080, marking its 28th flight and the 600th launch of a flight-proven Falcon 9 booster, a milestone in the rocket family's reusability record. The booster previously flew two crew flights for Axiom Space, which includes the European Space Agency's Euclid observatory, and Northrop Grumman's NG-21. As per the reports by weather officials, the weather forecast noted, there's a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Officials are monitoring weather conditions with concerns related to Thick Cloud Layers Rule. The forecast calls for a temperature of 77°F, overcast clouds, 85% cloud cover and a wind speed of 6mph. "Some lingering thick clouds left over by the evening convection may be present at the beginning of the launch window but should gradually dissipate through the window," launch weather officers wrote. "As a result, we have raised the POV slightly at the beginning of tonight's launch window, but overall good weather is expected," he added. SpaceX's project specifically aims for a space-based Internet communication system as the launch is a part of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet constellation, a global broadband network designed to provide high-speed internet coverage worldwide. According to the reports, the Starlink mega-constellation uses thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit to deliver reliable internet connectivity to underserved and remote areas across the globe. A separate Falcon 9 launched the same day from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, deploying 27 Starlink satellites as part of the Starlink 15-14 mission, reinforcing polar orbit coverage as SpaceX balances launches between its Florida and California ranges. SpaceX is now looking forward to Thursday, July 16 as the Federal Aviation Administration concluded its review of the company's May Starship test flight, clearing SpaceX to attempt Starship Flight 13 as early as July 16. The launch will mark the second flight of the upgraded V3 Starship configuration.
How to Spot a Stock Market Bubble 101: Raymond James Just Placed an $800 Price Target on SpaceX, Valuing Elon Musk's Company at $10.5 Trillion
One month ago, on June 12, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) and space economy conglomerate, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) (SPCX 4.75%), rewrote history with its initial public offering (IPO). The $85.7 billion raised, including the underwriters' overallotment, nearly tripled the previous IPO record holder, Saudi Aramco. But in kicking off IPO mania -- large language model developers Anthropic and OpenAI are expected to follow in SpaceX's footsteps -- SpaceX may also be fueling the final stages of an AI bubble that history suggests is waiting to pop. Rarely are stock market bubble warning signs as glaring as Raymond James Financial's price target assigned to SpaceX. Wall Street's high-water price target foresees SpaceX reaching $800 in 2031 Given that 21 underwriters helped bring SpaceX public and received shares for doing so, it should come as no surprise that Wall Street analysts have, as a whole, presented an overwhelmingly positive outlook for the company. But Raymond James Financial analyst Brian Gesuale is a true outlier. His $800 price target by 2031 implies 451% upside, based on where SpaceX's shares ended on July 10, and assumes a valuation of roughly $10.5 trillion. For context, this would be more than double Nvidia's current market cap. Gesuale foresees SpaceX's full-year sales scaling from an estimated $38.5 billion in 2026 to approximately $837 billion by 2031. More importantly, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) are projected to catapult from $17.7 billion in 2026 to $696 billion by 2031. While there's no question that AI and the space economy are two of the hottest addressable opportunities on Wall Street, several headwinds suggest Gesuale's pie-in-the-sky price target is pure fiction and the sign of an end-stage bubble that's about to burst. SpaceX spotlights everything wrong with Wall Street Although the stock market is a long-term wealth-creating machine, it's prone to occasional bubble-bursting events. SpaceX's current $1.91 trillion valuation and Raymond James' $800 price target for the company spotlight everything that's wrong with Wall Street over the short term. For starters, SpaceX hasn't demonstrated that its operating model is sustainable. While satellite-based broadband services provider Starlink is profitable, AI start-up xAI -- the segment responsible for the lion's share of SpaceX's $28.5 trillion addressable market -- is burning cash as Musk's company chases AI compute capacity. Elon Musk also has a terrible track record of fulfilling lofty promises and innovative expectations. As CEO of Tesla, Musk proclaimed that 1 million robotaxis would be on public roads by the end of 2020, which never happened. He's also assured investors that Level 5 full self-driving is "one year away" annually for more than a decade. Musk continually overpromises and underdelivers. SpaceX is likely to be haunted by historical precedent, as well. No company at the forefront of a game-changing technology has sustained a price-to-sales (P/S) ratio above 30 for any extended period. SpaceX is trading at roughly 50 times Gesuale's forecast sales for this year. Lastly, every game-changing technology for more than three decades has navigated an early stage bubble-bursting event. These bubbles have formed because investors constantly overestimate the optimization timeline of innovations. It'll likely be years before SpaceX's solutions are optimized, making Raymond James' high-water price target highly unlikely.
LTM Partners with Anthropic to Expand Enterprise AI Adoption
LTM has partnered with Anthropic to integrate Claude into its AI platform, helping enterprises scale AI adoption across software development and business operations. LTM has partnered with AI company Anthropic to help enterprises deploy Claude across software engineering, application modernisation, and business operations, as organisations increasingly shift their focus from AI experimentation to large-scale implementation. The partnership will see Claude and Claude Code integrated into LTM's BlueVerse AI Delivery Fabric, the company's enterprise AI platform, to support AI-assisted software development, application modernisation, site reliability engineering (SRE), observability, and agent orchestration. The collaboration is expected to initially focus on industries including banking and financial services (BFSI), technology, consumer businesses, and manufacturing. Helping Enterprises Scale AI Deployments While many enterprises have experimented with generative AI over the past two years, scaling those initiatives across business functions remains a challenge. LTM said the partnership aims to address this gap by combining Anthropic's AI models with its enterprise implementation capabilities. Chris Ciauri, Managing Director of International at Anthropic, said the partnership is intended to help customers embed AI into their software development and modernisation programmes. "LTM brings delivery expertise, trained professionals, and long-standing client relationships across industries. By embedding Claude and Claude Code into BlueVerse, the partnership enables customers to integrate frontier AI into how they build, modernise, and manage software," he said. Building Skills Alongside Technology As part of the collaboration, LTM will expand its AI1000 talent initiative to train architects and engineers on Claude, while also establishing a dedicated Center of Excellence (CoE). According to the company, the CoE will focus on developing reusable AI skills, reference architectures, governance frameworks, and best practices for deploying AI across enterprise environments. It will also support areas such as responsible AI, model governance, and data privacy. Enterprise AI Moves Beyond Pilots LTM said it will also integrate Claude into its own delivery operations to establish internal AI workflows before extending those capabilities to customers. Venu Lambu, CEO and Managing Director of LTM, said the partnership is aimed at helping enterprises translate AI investments into measurable business outcomes. "Combining Claude with our BlueVerse platform, domain expertise, technology capabilities, and AI1000 talent initiative creates a foundation for enterprises to embed AI across their businesses and accelerate modernisation," he said. As enterprise AI adoption matures, technology service providers are increasingly partnering with model developers to deliver implementation, governance, and industry-specific solutions alongside AI models. LTM's collaboration with Anthropic reflects this shift, with the emphasis moving from access to AI models to deploying them at scale across business operations.
Here's How Big Wall Street Expects SpaceX's Business to Get in 5 Years
When a company's valuation is high and wildly above what its fundamentals justify, that's a clear sign that expectations are high. While that can be an encouraging sign that there is a ton of growth likely ahead for the business, it also signifies risk, because if it falls short and the growth story unravels, the stock could be poised for a significant sell-off. One company whose valuation hinges on its growth story is Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), which is often referred to as just SpaceX. Its market cap has been hovering around $2 trillion since its shares went public about a month ago. It has some tremendous growth opportunities, and here's just how big analysts believe the business will get in five years. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue " Image source: Getty Images. SpaceX's revenue could top $565 billion by 2031 In recent years, there has been some solid growth, but nothing like what analysts expect from the company in the future. From $10.4 billion in revenue in 2023, the company's top line would rise by 35% to just over $14 billion in 2024, and then by another 33% in 2025, totaling $18.7 billion last year. That's a strong growth rate, but if analysts are right, then the company's top line could be about to take off, significantly. The bull case around SpaceX centers around its growth potential. Today, it trades at around 100 times its trailing revenue, but if the business gets much larger in the future, then its high valuation may be much more tenable. By 2031, Wall Street analysts project that its revenue will soar to $565 billion -- that's more than 30 times what it achieved this past year. Those kinds of numbers would make it among the largest companies in terms of revenue. E-commerce giant Amazon is the leader today, with its revenue totaling $743 billion over its past four quarters. Expectations are high, but so too is the risk SpaceX has some mammoth opportunities in artificial intelligence, space, and telecom. The problem, however, is that kind of significant growth means expectations are going to be through the roof for SpaceX. Not only will the company likely need to ramp up spending at a time when investors are growing more concerned about high capital expenditures, but it will also need to execute and prove that it's making the most of those investments. It's a tall task, to say the least. Given that the stock isn't cheap, investors who buy it at its current levels aren't leaving themselves with any margin for error. While SpaceX's business may do well and achieve its lofty expectations, there's also a strong chance it falls well short of them, which is why taking a wait-and-see approach with the space stock may be the safest option right now. Should you buy stock in Space Exploration Technologies right now? Before you buy stock in Space Exploration Technologies, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now... and Space Exploration Technologies wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $395,679!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $1,294,805!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 929% -- a market-crushing outperformance compared to 211% for the S&P 500. Don't miss the latest top 10 list, available with Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors. See the 10 stocks " *Stock Advisor returns as of July 14, 2026. David Jagielski, CPA has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Amazon. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Kraken rolls out Mastercard crypto debit card in UK and Europe
The exchange's new card lets users spend from over 600 crypto and cash balances at 150 million merchants, with up to 2% cash back in Bitcoin. Kraken just made it possible to buy your morning coffee with Dogecoin. Whether that's progress or a sign of the end times depends on your perspective, but the exchange officially launched the Kraken Card on July 13, a Mastercard-enabled debit card available to verified users across the UK and European Economic Area. The card supports spending from more than 600 crypto and cash balances held on Kraken's platform, with near real-time conversion at the point of sale. It works at over 150 million merchants worldwide. No monthly fees, no forex fees, and cash-back rewards of up to 2% paid in Bitcoin, euros, or pounds sterling. From exchange to neobank This launch has been a slow build. Kraken first announced its partnership with Mastercard back in April 2025, laying the groundwork for crypto-linked payment products. The initial rollout came in November 2025 with a more modest 1% cash-back structure tied to Kraken's peer-to-peer payment features. The July 2026 version is the full package. Both physical and virtual card options are available, issued through Monavate, an FCA-authorized provider. In English: instead of selling your Bitcoin on an exchange, withdrawing to a bank account, waiting two days, and then spending those funds, you just tap the card and Kraken handles the conversion instantly. The bigger picture: crypto meets traditional finance Competitors have been circling this space too. Coinbase has had its own Visa-linked card for years. Crypto.com built an entire brand identity around its metal cards. But Kraken's version stands out in a couple of ways: the sheer breadth of supported assets (600-plus is significantly more than most competitors offer) and the 2% cash-back tier, which is competitive with many traditional rewards cards, not just crypto ones. The geographic focus is also notable. By targeting the UK and EEA specifically, Kraken is leaning into markets where crypto regulation has become increasingly clear under frameworks like MiCA in the EU. What this means for investors The cash-back structure is worth watching closely. Offering up to 2% back in Bitcoin creates a passive accumulation mechanism for users who might not otherwise buy Bitcoin directly. The risk side is straightforward. Tax reporting on crypto-to-fiat conversions at point of sale remains a headache in many jurisdictions, and users will need to understand that every coffee purchase could technically be a taxable event depending on local rules. Kraken's partnership with FCA-authorized Monavate helps on the compliance front, but tax treatment ultimately sits with the user.
Here's How Big Wall Street Expects SpaceX's Business to Get in 5 Years
When a company's valuation is high and wildly above what its fundamentals justify, that's a clear sign that expectations are high. While that can be an encouraging sign that there is a ton of growth likely ahead for the business, it also signifies risk, because if it falls short and the growth story unravels, the stock could be poised for a significant sell-off. One company whose valuation hinges on its growth story is Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), which is often referred to as just SpaceX. Its market cap has been hovering around $2 trillion since its shares went public about a month ago. It has some tremendous growth opportunities, and here's just how big analysts believe the business will get in five years. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue " SpaceX's revenue could top $565 billion by 2031 In recent years, there has been some solid growth, but nothing like what analysts expect from the company in the future. From $10.4 billion in revenue in 2023, the company's top line would rise by 35% to just over $14 billion in 2024, and then by another 33% in 2025, totaling $18.7 billion last year. That's a strong growth rate, but if analysts are right, then the company's top line could be about to take off, significantly. The bull case around SpaceX centers around its growth potential. Today, it trades at around 100 times its trailing revenue, but if the business gets much larger in the future, then its high valuation may be much more tenable. By 2031, Wall Street analysts project that its revenue will soar to $565 billion -- that's more than 30 times what it achieved this past year. Those kinds of numbers would make it among the largest companies in terms of revenue. E-commerce giant Amazon is the leader today, with its revenue totaling $743 billion over its past four quarters. Expectations are high, but so too is the risk SpaceX has some mammoth opportunities in artificial intelligence, space, and telecom. The problem, however, is that kind of significant growth means expectations are going to be through the roof for SpaceX. Not only will the company likely need to ramp up spending at a time when investors are growing more concerned about high capital expenditures, but it will also need to execute and prove that it's making the most of those investments. It's a tall task, to say the least.
Pete Hegseth Called Anthropic a 'National Security Risk.' Now CISA Is Using It.
CISA is one of around 100 organizations approved to use Anthropic's Mythos model, which is far better than human penetration testers at detecting and exploiting software bugs. The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is now using artificial intelligence (AI) developer Anthropic's Mythos platform to "audit government software" -- a seeming rebuke of the Pentagon, which classified the company as a "national security risk" in February and attempted to institute controls on its use by government agencies. CISA's Attack Surface Evaluation team has been employing the model to audit source code and identify flaws that could be exploited by cybercriminals or nation-state actors, Reuters first reported last week. The initiative is apparently part of a pilot program to evaluate whether AI can accelerate software security reviews across government systems. According to the Reuters report, Mythos successfully identified multiple vulnerabilities during testing, although specifics on the number of vulnerabilities, severity, or affected software were not disclosed. What to Know About Claude Mythos The Claude Mythos platform is an extremely advanced large language model (LLM) that hasn't been released to the general public due to concerns that its software engineering capabilities could be too dangerous. The software has already been used to identify thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities in every major operating system and web browser, including decades-old bugs. As the AI can spot even the most subtle bugs, it has the capability to self-correct any coding mistakes, giving it clear commercial applications. The main risk is that in the wrong hands, it could also autonomously execute exploits at scale and speed that far exceed any human capabilities. "Software code review and analysis are nothing new. Realistically, most issues found are not exploitable without very specific conditions being met (i.e., the vulnerable function needs to actually be invoked and exposed to the attacker in order to be abused)," explained Chris Traynor, penetration tester at Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) and instructor at Antisyphon. Traynor told The National Interest via email that he believes that AI vulnerability scanning will likely find many new and novel issues that were simply too complex to identify with legacy tools before. "But added complexity can cause limitations in exploitability," Traynor said. "AI scanning will likely produce a lot of unactionable output very quickly that will need to be reviewed by experts to find the real risks." AI Is Far Better Than Humans at Finding Bugs -- for Better and Worse Software bugs are virtually inevitable and incredibly common in development. Complex systems require thousands of lines of code, and anything from minor typos to miscommunications to logical missteps can lead to bugs. This introduces unpredictable variables. Code also doesn't exist in a bubble, nor is it created in one. Changes in operating systems, web browsers, and third-party services can break functioning software, often without warning. More worrisome is that such software bugs serve as the foundation for almost all exploits in cybersecurity. A bug has the potential to create unintended weaknesses, such as how a program handles data or permissions. Many software vulnerabilities can go unnoticed, often hidden for years. The danger is that AI can find those quickly. It is an extremely useful, but essentially neutral, tool: a developer or "white hat" penetration tester can use AI to help patch faulty code, or a "black hat" hacker can use it for nefarious purposes. "AI finding vulnerabilities in federal code at scale is interesting, but the harder question is what happens after the finding. A vulnerability that exists in a library no one calls, behind a network segment no one reaches, is not the same problem as one sitting in a critical authentication path," said Seemant Sehgal, founder and CEO of cybersecurity provider BreachLock. "Without validating exploitability and reachability, every finding lands with the same weight, and that creates its own kind of risk," Sehgal told The National Interest. "The real test of this program is whether the output helps prioritize action or just expands the backlog." The US Government Has a Mercurial Approach to AI The federal government is already using AI extensively, deploying more than 3,600 distinct AI programs across its agencies. But the Trump administration is less clear about how it believes AI should be used in security matters. "The federal government can't seem to decide what it thinks about AI in general, or Mythos in particular," Bronwen Aker, AI research and strategy analyst at BHIS, told The National Interest. "One week Anthropic is a supply-chain risk, the next week CISA is handing Mythos the keys to scan federal code for vulnerabilities." The intra-government squabbles over Anthropic are by now a matter of public record. In February, the Pentagon called for Anthropic to be banned across the entirety of the federal government. Four months later, in June, the Department of Commerce instituted an export ban on two powerful Anthropic models, Fable and Mythos, leading Anthropic to shut both of them down. Earlier this month, the Department of Commerce lifted the export ban, and Fable has been made available to the general public once more. Mythos had been strictly limited to just around 100 vetted US organizations focused on critical infrastructure and cybersecurity. That seems to include CISA, which is employing the platform in the software audit. "That inconsistency would be bad enough to start with, but because it's not clear what Mythos is actually scanning, it's much, much worse," Aker told The National Interest in an email. It remains unclear if it is government-written code or software built by third-party contractors and vendors. "In-house bugs are one problem," warned Aker. "Vendor bugs running across federal systems are a supply chain problem, and the public has a right to know which one this is." AI-Generated Code Is Part of the Security Problem Part of the problem is that at the same time AI scans for vulnerabilities in legacy code, it also generates new code on the other end -- code with many of the same flaws in it as human-generated code. In other words, using AI to patch bugs is only solving half the problem. Jacob Krell, senior director for secure AI solutions and cybersecurity at security provider Suzu Labs, observed that CISA pointing Mythos at government codebases should be seen as a smart move, but perhaps only the opening move in what could be a long game. "I've seen federal systems running code that hasn't had a serious security review in a decade, and a model like Mythos can cover that volume in hours instead of months," Krell told The National Interest. "Every federal agency and contractor also has developers writing code with AI assistants, and those tools produce insecure output more often than secure output. Authorization flaws, hardcoded credentials, missing input validation, all shipping by default because the models optimize for 'does it run' and skip 'is it safe.'" The danger is that when combined, the result is akin to a treadmill that isn't so easy to get off of. In this case, Mythos finds legacy bugs, teams patch them, but then AI coding tools introduce fresh vulnerabilities even as they fix the old ones. That puts everything from power grids to water systems, which may be privately run, still squarely in the crosshairs of hackers. Krell suggested that CISA can't simply harden federal code and call it done. "If the agency has a scanning tool this capable, the operators running critical infrastructure need access to it too, because those are the systems that actually keep the lights on," he said. "I'd want CISA to pair this initiative with secure-generation standards for AI coding tools in federal development, and extend scanning access to critical infrastructure operators. We are draining the pool while the hose is still running." About the Author: Peter Suciu Peter Suciu has contributed to dozens of newspapers, magazines and websites over a 30-year career in journalism. He regularly writes about military hardware, firearms history, cybersecurity, politics, and international affairs. Peter is also a contributing writer for Forbes and Clearance Jobs. He is based in Michigan. You can follow him on Twitter:@PeterSuciu. You can email the author: [email protected].
Samsung will make 2nm AI chips for Anthropic
A few days ago, it was reported that Samsung could win a contract to manufacture high-performance AI chips for Anthropic. A new report now claims that Samsung Foundry has secured the contract to make chips for Anthropic, the AI firm behind the popular Claude AI system. According to Newsworks Korea, Samsung Electronics has secured a major contract to fabricate proprietary AI accelerator chips for Anthropic. The chip will be fabricated using Samsung Foundry's cutting-edge 2 nm process node and packaged with the company's advanced packaging technology. It is unclear whether the chip will be manufactured at Samsung's plant in South Korea or its facility in Taylor, Texas. It is worth noting that Samsung Electronics invested in Anthropic's $65 billion Series H funding round. Anthropic is a US-based AI firm founded in 2021 by ex-OpenAI researchers, and it competes directly with OpenAI. Anthropic is significantly more valuable than OpenAI. Samsung Foundry's reported Anthropic contract comes just a few months after it secured chip orders from Tesla and Groq. This could help the company return to profitability next quarter. Samsung is also reportedly in talks with Google and Meta to manufacture AI chips, or components for their AI chips. Due to the ongoing AI boom, TSMC, a much larger contract chip manufacturer than Samsung, is facing significant production backlogs. As a result, it is charging high prices to make chips and is reportedly prioritizing orders from major brands such as Apple, AMD, MediaTek, and Nvidia. This could allow Samsung Foundry to attract more customers. Samsung Electronics is currently the only company that offers chip fabrication, chip packaging, and memory chips under one roof.
Claude Design: Anthropic's AI Tool (Access, Pricing, Uses)
Claude Design is Anthropic's prompt-based design workspace, and more than one million people used it in its first week. It turns plain English into editable slides, interactive prototypes, mockups, and one-page assets, then exports them to PDF, PPTX, Canva, standalone HTML, or straight into Claude Code. It launched on April 17, 2026, lives at claude.ai/design, and on launch day Figma's stock fell about 7%, according to Gizmodo. Claude Design got a major overhaul on June 17, 2026 that changed how it works and what it costs you in usage. It now imports your real design system, round-trips with Claude Code through a /design-sync command, lets you drag and resize elements directly on the canvas, and draws from your shared Claude usage pool instead of a small separate allowance. You also now pick which Claude model does the work. This guide covers what Claude Design is, how to access it on Mac, Windows, and Linux, what each plan costs, what you can build with it, and how it stacks up against Figma and Canva. The Key Takeaways * Claude Design is in beta on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans and included with your subscription. There is no free tier, and Enterprise has it off by default. * The June 17, 2026 update added design system imports, a two-way /design-sync round trip with Claude Code, direct canvas editing, and brand lockdown controls for admins. * Claude Design now shares usage limits with chat, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. The separate design allowance that users burned through in minutes is gone. * It is browser only on Mac, Windows, and Linux. There is no native Claude Design app, and any third-party ".dmg" or ".exe" download claiming to be one is not from Anthropic. * You now pick the model inside Claude Design, choosing between Fable 5, Opus 4.8, Sonnet 5, and Haiku 4.5, alongside an Effort setting. The "powered by Opus 4.7" line from the April launch post is out of date. What is Claude Design? Claude Design is a prompt-based design surface built by Anthropic Labs, the team inside Anthropic that ships experimental products. You describe what you want in plain English, and Claude generates a working design on a side-by-side canvas. You refine it through chat, inline comments, direct manipulation, and layout controls that adjust spacing, color, typography, and alignment. The product is documented in Anthropic's launch announcement. It launched on April 17, 2026, three days after Anthropic CPO Mike Krieger stepped off Figma's board, a resignation TechCrunch dated to April 14. It arrived as a research preview and moved to beta with the June update. At launch it ran on one fixed model, Claude Opus 4.7, which Anthropic then called its most capable vision model. That is no longer how it works. Claude Design now ships a model picker, and you choose the model yourself. Claude Design accepts a wide range of inputs. You can drop in screenshots, photos, DOCX, PPTX, and XLSX files, or point it at a GitHub repository so Claude reads your real components. There is also a web capture tool that grabs elements directly from your own website, so prototypes look like the real product. Anything you build can be shared inside your organization with view-only, comment, or edit permissions. Who is Claude Design for? The tool serves three core audiences. Founders and product managers who need a clickable prototype before they brief a designer. Sales and marketing teams who need a polished pitch deck today, not next week. Engineers who want to sketch an internal admin UI without leaving Claude. Designers themselves are not the primary target, and Claude Design complements tools like Figma and Canva rather than replacing them. What changed in the June 2026 Claude Design update Exactly two months after launch, Anthropic shipped a major Claude Design update on June 17, 2026. The theme was brand consistency and getting designs into production code, and it also fixed the tool's most complained-about flaw. The full changelog is in Anthropic's June 17 announcement. Here is what actually matters. Design system imports Claude Design can now pull in one or several design systems from a GitHub repo, design files, or raw uploads. Once a system is in, Claude builds with your real components, checks its own output against your system, and corrects itself before you ever see the result. This is the difference between a mockup that looks vaguely like your product and one that uses your actual buttons, cards, and tokens. The /design-sync round trip with Claude Code The headline feature is two-way traffic with Claude Code. Running /design-sync inside Claude Code pulls your local codebase's design system into Claude Design, so every prototype starts from existing components instead of approximations. A /design command in the Claude Code terminal lets developers create, edit, and sync design projects without leaving their workflow. The trip back is just as short. When a design is ready, it hands off to Claude Code, which picks up where you left off with no screenshot and no rebuild. If you are already living in the terminal, our roundup of the best Claude Code skills covers what else you can bolt onto that workflow. Direct canvas editing Claude Design used to route almost every tweak through the chat pane. The update added rich layout controls that let you drag, resize, and align elements directly on the canvas. You still ask Claude for the big structural changes, but nudging a card two pixels left no longer costs you a prompt. Brand controls for Team and Enterprise Larger organizations get a new admin role that can approve a single standard design system and lock down edits. Every asset Claude produces then conforms to company guidelines, which is what turns Claude Design from a prototyping toy into something a brand team will actually sign off on. Shared usage limits, the token-burn fix This is the change that matters most to your wallet. At launch, Claude Design metered usage from its own small allowance, and it drained fast. PCWorld reviewer Ben Patterson burned 80% of his weekly Claude Design allowance in roughly 25 minutes on the Pro plan, producing three variations of a single webpage prototype. His review was headlined "I tried Claude Design for half an hour. I'm already locked out for a week." Anthropic scrapped that model. Claude Design now shares usage limits with chat, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork, so there is no separate design allowance to track and you draw from one larger pool. Anthropic also says it cut average token consumption per turn while holding output quality, and that error rates dropped sharply. Which model powers Claude Design? This is the question almost every other guide still gets wrong. Anthropic's April launch post said Claude Design ran on Claude Opus 4.7, and that page has never been updated, so write-ups keep repeating it. Open the product today and it is plainly false. Claude Design carries the same model picker as the rest of Claude, and Anthropic's support documentation lists Claude Design among the surfaces where organization model-access settings apply, right next to chat, Cowork, and Claude Code. The model picker: Fable 5, Opus 4.8, Sonnet 5, and Haiku 4.5 Open the Model dropdown in the prompt composer and you get four models. Fable 5 is pitched for your toughest challenges, Opus 4.8 for complex tasks, Sonnet 5 as the efficient everyday pick, and Haiku 4.5 for fast answers. A More models row opens the rest of the catalogue. No single model "powers" Claude Design any more, so the honest answer is that you decide, per project. In practice, Sonnet 5 is enough for most slide decks, one-pagers, and simple mockups, and it is the cheapest way to iterate. Step up to Opus 4.8 or Fable 5 when you are building a dense interactive prototype or working against an imported design system, where the model has to hold a lot of structure in its head at once. Drop to Haiku 4.5 for quick throwaway variations. The Effort control Underneath the model list sits Effort, which defaults to High. Effort trades intelligence against speed and usage, and Anthropic documents the full ladder as Low, Medium, High, Extra high, and Max in its guide to model, effort, and thinking settings. Because design work now draws from your shared pool, turning Effort down on rough drafts is the single easiest way to stretch a subscription further. Admins get a say too. Since July 1, 2026, Enterprise administrators can restrict both which models their users can reach and which effort levels they are allowed to set, which is the same rollout that brought the picker into Claude Design in the first place. Fable 5 and the included-usage window Claude Fable 5 launched on June 9, 2026 and sits above Opus 4.8 as Anthropic's most capable widely released model, with a 1 million token context window and API pricing of $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens. That capability is not free-flowing. Anthropic includes Fable 5 on paid plans for up to 50% of your weekly usage limit, after which you switch models or buy usage credits, as set out in its Fable 5 redeployment note. That inclusion window is promotional and Anthropic keeps extending it, first to July 7, then July 12, then July 19, 2026. The picker prints the current deadline next to Fable 5, so check the label before you commit a long session to it. Free plans never had access, and standard Enterprise seats are excluded. How to access Claude Design Claude Design is a browser-based product at claude.ai/design. It works identically on Mac, Windows, and Linux because all generation happens on Anthropic's cloud. There is no native Claude Design app for any operating system and no separate desktop installer. Here are the four steps to get in. Optionally, run /design-sync in Claude Code first to import your team's design system, so generations stay on-brand from the very first prompt. Once you are in, you write a prompt in the left chat pane, watch the design build on the right canvas, then fine-tune with the layout controls or by dragging elements directly. Using Claude Design on Mac, Windows, and Linux Because the heavy generation runs on Anthropic's cloud, any Apple silicon Mac, from the original M1 right through the current M5, runs Claude Design identically to a Windows laptop or a Linux desktop. You do not need a discrete GPU, and the Mac mini, MacBook Air, and entry-level MacBook Pro all handle the canvas without lag. The same goes for an average Windows ultrabook. If you build dense interactive prototypes, a larger display helps, because the chat pane and canvas sit side by side. Many Mac users prefer to run Claude Design inside the official Claude Desktop app for macOS, which you can download from claude.com/download. It gives Claude a dedicated window away from your browser tabs. The desktop app is not required, but it is the cleanest setup if you work in Claude all day. What you can build with Claude Design Claude Design starts you from five templates, Prototype, Slides, Document, Wireframe, and Animation, or from a blank prompt if you would rather just describe what you want. Each one is refined through conversation afterwards. Below are five concrete use cases with the kind of prompt that gets the best result on the first try. Two of those templates are easy to overlook. Wireframe deliberately strips the output back to low-fidelity structure, which is what you want when the argument is about layout rather than polish. Animation produces motion, and because Claude Design renders slides as HTML rather than PowerPoint, Anthropic's own presentation tutorial notes that it can animate transitions to carry a story across a deck. 1. Pitch decks and quarterly business reviews You describe the deck including target audience, slide count, and key data points, and Claude builds the full deck in PPTX format. Example prompt: "Build a 12-slide Series A pitch deck for a B2B SaaS analytics startup. Include problem, solution, market size, traction, business model, team, and ask. Use a minimal style with our blue and grey brand colors." The output drops straight into Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, or Google Slides. For deeper presentation workflows, see our guide on how to use AI in PowerPoint. 2. Interactive prototypes for new features Product teams use Claude Design to make a feature tangible before they brief engineering. Example prompt: "Design a 5-screen onboarding flow for a fitness tracking app. Include a welcome screen, goal selection, profile setup, permission requests, and a celebration screen. Use a light theme with sans-serif type." Because the canvas renders real HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, every prototype is clickable and scrollable in the browser. You share the link with stakeholders, collect comments inline, then iterate without leaving the chat. 3. Landing page mockups and one-pagers Founders without a designer use Claude Design to draft a marketing site or sales one-pager in minutes. Example prompt: "Create a SaaS landing page for an AI invoice tool aimed at freelancers. Include a hero, three feature blocks, a pricing table, FAQ, and a CTA footer. Match the layout conventions of modern fintech landing pages." Uploading screenshots of pages you admire pulls real reference material into the prompt, which keeps the output anchored to actual conventions instead of generic templates. If you already have a site, the web capture tool grabs elements from it so the mockup matches your live product. 4. Mockups built on your real design system This use case got dramatically stronger in June. Import your design system from a GitHub repo, design files, or raw uploads, and a new dashboard mockup will use your actual buttons, cards, modals, and tokens. Claude validates its output against the system and fixes deviations before showing you anything, so designs become drop-in references for the next sprint rather than throwaways. When you are ready to ship, click Handoff to Claude Code and send the design to a local Claude Code agent or to Claude Code on the web. Claude Code picks up the design without starting over, so nothing gets rebuilt from a screenshot. 5. Data dashboards, infographics, and internal tools Claude Design also handles charts, dashboards, and quick internal tools. For text-heavy infographics that demand pixel-perfect typography, ChatGPT Images 2.0 is currently a stronger pick because it specializes in dense text rendering. For interactive dashboards with editable data, Claude Design is the better fit, because the output is real code rather than a flat image. Claude Design pricing and usage limits Claude Design is not free. It is included at no extra cost with Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise Claude plans. Since June 17, 2026 it draws from the same shared usage pool as chat, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork, so there is no separate design allowance to monitor. Here is what each plan costs, and our full Claude pricing breakdown goes deeper on API and Bedrock rates. Pro: $20 per month Claude Pro is the cheapest way into Claude Design at $20 per month, or $17 per month billed annually. It is the right plan for individual founders, marketers, and engineers who want to try Claude Design without a team contract. Design work now competes with your chat and Claude Code usage for the same pool, so a heavy prototyping session will eat into what you have left for everything else. Max 5x: $100 per month Claude Max 5x costs $100 per month and gives you 5x the Pro usage. This is the sweet spot for power users running daily Claude Design sessions alongside heavy Claude Code or Claude Cowork work, precisely because all three now share one pool. Max 20x: $200 per month Claude Max 20x costs $200 per month for 20x the Pro usage, plus priority access to Anthropic's newest features and models. This is for designers and agencies treating Claude Design as their primary visual workflow. Team and Enterprise Team Standard is $25 per seat per month ($20 annually) and Team Premium is $125 per seat per month ($100 annually). Those Team plans run from 5 to 150 seats. Enterprise is custom-priced through sales and ships with Claude Design turned off by default, so an admin must enable it in Organization settings. Once you exhaust your plan limits, Pro and Max users can switch on extra usage, sometimes called usage credits, and keep working. That overflow is billed at standard API rates rather than being included, so it is a metered top-up, not a bigger bucket. If you bought your subscription through the mobile app, you have to enable extra usage on the web. Claude Design vs Figma vs Canva vs Fello AI These four tools solve overlapping problems from different starting points. Claude Design generates from a prompt. Figma builds on a vector canvas with components. Canva assembles from templates and stock assets. Fello AI sits one level up, giving you Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and DeepSeek in a single app. Here is how they compare on the metrics that matter. The short verdict. Use Claude Design when you need to go from idea to interactive output fast and you already pay for Claude Pro or higher. Pick Figma for production UI work, design systems, and developer handoff at scale. Use Canva for brand-consistent marketing collateral with stock assets. Choose Fello AI at $9.99 a month when you want several frontier models in one app and you do not need a design canvas at all. Fello AI: a multi-model alternative for $9.99 a month If you do not have a paid Claude plan and you mostly need AI-generated slides, documents, and everyday creation work, Fello AI is a cheaper way in. For $9.99 a month it bundles Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and DeepSeek, and its PowerPoint Skill produces real .pptx files straight from a chat conversation. The app runs natively on Mac, iPhone, and iPad with cross-device sync, and it holds a 4.7-star rating across more than 27,000 reviews. The trade-off is the canvas. Fello AI does not give you a side-by-side visual editor, so it is not a replacement for a real design surface. It is the better choice when you want speed and one-app access to several models, and the weaker choice when you specifically need to push pixels. Plenty of people run both, Claude Design for work that needs a canvas and Fello AI for everything else. How Claude Design fits with Claude Cowork and Claude Code Anthropic now ships three Claude products that talk to each other, namely Claude Design, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. The intended workflow is straightforward. Claude Design produces the visual artifact, Claude Code implements it, and Claude Cowork runs the long-horizon agent tasks on top, like research, document drafts, and analytics. The June update tightened that loop considerably. All three now share one usage pool, one set of credentials, and one billing relationship, and /design-sync plus Handoff to Claude Code are the explicit bridges between visual work and shipped code. Claude Design also sends work out to Adobe, Base44, Canva, Gamma, Lovable, Miro, Replit, Vercel, and Wix, on top of PDF and PowerPoint export. If you want quick presentation generation outside the design canvas, our guide to converting PDF to PowerPoint with AI covers that workflow. Limits and caveats Claude Design is still in beta, and the constraints below matter before you commit a workflow to it. Enterprise organizations have it disabled by default and need an admin to opt in. Anthropic has never corrected its April launch post, which still claims the tool runs on Opus 4.7, so plenty of secondhand write-ups repeat a model claim the live product flatly contradicts. Whichever model you pick, its vision and reasoning limits apply to your designs as well. And because design work now draws from your shared pool, a long prototyping session directly reduces what you have left for chat and Claude Code. On capability, the honest boundaries hold. For brand-heavy marketing collateral with consistent assets across dozens of pieces, Canva still wins. For complex multi-screen design systems with tight pixel precision, Figma still wins. Claude Design is at its best on the first 80% of a design, and most teams will hand the last 20% to a real designer. Anthropic has also shipped Claude Dreaming, its agent memory feature, which is worth watching if you plan to keep design sessions context-aware across weeks. Conclusion Claude Design spent its first two months as an impressive demo with a punishing usage cap. The June 17 update fixed the cap, taught it your design system, and wired it directly into Claude Code, which is what turns it into something you can actually put in a workflow. If you already pay for Claude Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise, open claude.ai/design and run one of the example prompts above, and run /design-sync first if you have a codebase worth matching. If you do not have a Claude subscription and you want several frontier models in one native Mac app instead, download Fello AI on the App Store. To compare the underlying models powering all of this, see our best AI models guide. If you are weighing the two big AI visual tools against each other, our head-to-head on Claude Design vs ChatGPT Images 2.0 breaks down which one wins for slides and mockups, and our walkthrough on how to use ChatGPT Images 2.0 to create visuals covers the OpenAI side in practice.
Claude Design: Anthropic's AI Tool (Access, Pricing, Uses)
Claude Design is Anthropic's prompt-based design workspace, and more than one million people used it in its first week. It turns plain English into editable slides, interactive prototypes, mockups, and one-page assets, then exports them to PDF, PPTX, Canva, standalone HTML, or straight into Claude Code. It launched on April 17, 2026, lives at claude.ai/design, and on launch day Figma's stock fell about 7%, according to Gizmodo. Claude Design got a major overhaul on June 17, 2026 that changed how it works and what it costs you in usage. It now imports your real design system, round-trips with Claude Code through a /design-sync command, lets you drag and resize elements directly on the canvas, and draws from your shared Claude usage pool instead of a small separate allowance. You also now pick which Claude model does the work. This guide covers what Claude Design is, how to access it on Mac, Windows, and Linux, what each plan costs, what you can build with it, and how it stacks up against Figma and Canva. The Key Takeaways * Claude Design is in beta on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans and included with your subscription. There is no free tier, and Enterprise has it off by default. * The June 17, 2026 update added design system imports, a two-way /design-sync round trip with Claude Code, direct canvas editing, and brand lockdown controls for admins. * Claude Design now shares usage limits with chat, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. The separate design allowance that users burned through in minutes is gone. * It is browser only on Mac, Windows, and Linux. There is no native Claude Design app, and any third-party ".dmg" or ".exe" download claiming to be one is not from Anthropic. * You now pick the model inside Claude Design, choosing between Fable 5, Opus 4.8, Sonnet 5et Haiku 4.5, alongside an Effort setting. The "powered by Opus 4.7" line from the April launch post is out of date. What is Claude Design? Claude Design is a prompt-based design surface built by Anthropic Labs, the team inside Anthropic that ships experimental products. You describe what you want in plain English, and Claude generates a working design on a side-by-side canvas. You refine it through chat, inline comments, direct manipulation, and layout controls that adjust spacing, color, typography, and alignment. The product is documented in Anthropic's launch announcement. It launched on April 17, 2026, three days after Anthropic CPO Mike Krieger stepped off Figma's board, a resignation TechCrunch dated to April 14. It arrived as a research preview and moved to beta with the June update. At launch it ran on one fixed model, Claude Opus 4.7, which Anthropic then called its most capable vision model. That is no longer how it works. Claude Design now ships a model picker, and you choose the model yourself. Claude Design accepts a wide range of inputs. You can drop in screenshots, photos, DOCX, PPTXet XLSX files, or point it at a GitHub repository so Claude reads your real components. There is also a web capture tool that grabs elements directly from your own website, so prototypes look like the real product. Anything you build can be shared inside your organization with view-only, comment, or edit permissions. Who is Claude Design for? The tool serves three core audiences. Founders and product managers who need a clickable prototype before they brief a designer. Sales and marketing teams who need a polished pitch deck today, not next week. Engineers who want to sketch an internal admin UI without leaving Claude. Designers themselves are not the primary target, and Claude Design complements tools like Figma and Canva rather than replacing them. What changed in the June 2026 Claude Design update Exactly two months after launch, Anthropic shipped a major Claude Design update on June 17, 2026. The theme was brand consistency and getting designs into production code, and it also fixed the tool's most complained-about flaw. The full changelog is in Anthropic's June 17 announcement. Here is what actually matters. Design system imports Claude Design can now pull in one or several design systems from a GitHub repo, design files, or raw uploads. Once a system is in, Claude builds with your real components, checks its own output against your system, and corrects itself before you ever see the result. This is the difference between a mockup that looks vaguely like your product and one that uses your actual buttons, cards, and tokens. The /design-sync round trip with Claude Code The headline feature is two-way traffic with Claude Code. Running /design-sync inside Claude Code pulls your local codebase's design system into Claude Design, so every prototype starts from existing components instead of approximations. A /design command in the Claude Code terminal lets developers create, edit, and sync design projects without leaving their workflow. The trip back is just as short. When a design is ready, it hands off to Claude Code, which picks up where you left off with no screenshot and no rebuild. If you are already living in the terminal, our roundup of the best Claude Code skills covers what else you can bolt onto that workflow. Direct canvas editing Claude Design used to route almost every tweak through the chat pane. The update added rich layout controls that let you drag, resize, and align elements directly on the canvas. You still ask Claude for the big structural changes, but nudging a card two pixels left no longer costs you a prompt. Brand controls for Team and Enterprise Larger organizations get a new admin role that can approve a single standard design system and lock down edits. Every asset Claude produces then conforms to company guidelines, which is what turns Claude Design from a prototyping toy into something a brand team will actually sign off on. Shared usage limits, the token-burn fix This is the change that matters most to your wallet. At launch, Claude Design metered usage from its own small allowance, and it drained fast. PCWorld reviewer Ben Patterson burned 80% of his weekly Claude Design allowance in roughly 25 minutes on the Pro plan, producing three variations of a single webpage prototype. His review was headlined "I tried Claude Design for half an hour. I'm already locked out for a week." Anthropic scrapped that model. Claude Design now shares usage limits with chat, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork, so there is no separate design allowance to track and you draw from one larger pool. Anthropic also says it cut average token consumption per turn while holding output quality, and that error rates dropped sharply. Which model powers Claude Design? This is the question almost every other guide still gets wrong. Anthropic's April launch post said Claude Design ran on Claude Opus 4.7, and that page has never been updated, so write-ups keep repeating it. Open the product today and it is plainly false. Claude Design carries the same model picker as the rest of Claude, and Anthropic's support documentation lists Claude Design among the surfaces where organization model-access settings apply, right next to chat, Cowork, and Claude Code. The model picker: Fable 5, Opus 4.8, Sonnet 5, and Haiku 4.5 Open the Model dropdown in the prompt composer and you get four models. Fable 5 is pitched for your toughest challenges, Opus 4.8 for complex tasks, Sonnet 5 as the efficient everyday pick, and Haiku 4.5 for fast answers. A More models row opens the rest of the catalogue. No single model "powers" Claude Design any more, so the honest answer is that you decide, per project. In practice, Sonnet 5 is enough for most slide decks, one-pagers, and simple mockups, and it is the cheapest way to iterate. Step up to Opus 4.8 or Fable 5 when you are building a dense interactive prototype or working against an imported design system, where the model has to hold a lot of structure in its head at once. Drop to Haiku 4.5 for quick throwaway variations. The Effort control Underneath the model list sits Effort, which defaults to High. Effort trades intelligence against speed and usage, and Anthropic documents the full ladder as Low, Medium, High, Extra high, and Max in its guide to model, effort, and thinking settings. Because design work now draws from your shared pool, turning Effort down on rough drafts is the single easiest way to stretch a subscription further. Admins get a say too. Since July 1, 2026, Enterprise administrators can restrict both which models their users can reach and which effort levels they are allowed to set, which is the same rollout that brought the picker into Claude Design in the first place. Fable 5 and the included-usage window Claude Fable 5 launched on June 9, 2026 and sits above Opus 4.8 as Anthropic's most capable widely released model, with a 1 million token context window and API pricing of $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens. That capability is not free-flowing. Anthropic includes Fable 5 on paid plans for up to 50% of your weekly usage limit, after which you switch models or buy usage credits, as set out in its Fable 5 redeployment note. That inclusion window is promotional and Anthropic keeps extending it, first to July 7, then July 12, then July 19, 2026. The picker prints the current deadline next to Fable 5, so check the label before you commit a long session to it. Free plans never had access, and standard Enterprise seats are excluded. How to access Claude Design Claude Design is a browser-based product at claude.ai/design. It works identically on Mac, Windows, and Linux because all generation happens on Anthropic's cloud. There is no native Claude Design app for any operating system and no separate desktop installer. Here are the four steps to get in. Optionally, run /design-sync in Claude Code first to import your team's design system, so generations stay on-brand from the very first prompt. Once you are in, you write a prompt in the left chat pane, watch the design build on the right canvas, then fine-tune with the layout controls or by dragging elements directly. Using Claude Design on Mac, Windows, and Linux Because the heavy generation runs on Anthropic's cloud, any Apple silicon Mac, from the original M1 right through the current M5, runs Claude Design identically to a Windows laptop or a Linux desktop. You do not need a discrete GPU, and the Mac mini, MacBook Air, and entry-level MacBook Pro all handle the canvas without lag. The same goes for an average Windows ultrabook. If you build dense interactive prototypes, a larger display helps, because the chat pane and canvas sit side by side. Many Mac users prefer to run Claude Design inside the official Claude Desktop app for macOS, which you can download from claude.com/download. It gives Claude a dedicated window away from your browser tabs. The desktop app is not required, but it is the cleanest setup if you work in Claude all day. What you can build with Claude Design Claude Design starts you from five templates, Prototype, Slides, Document, Wireframe, and Animation, or from a blank prompt if you would rather just describe what you want. Each one is refined through conversation afterwards. Below are five concrete use cases with the kind of prompt that gets the best result on the first try. Two of those templates are easy to overlook. Wireframe deliberately strips the output back to low-fidelity structure, which is what you want when the argument is about layout rather than polish. Animation produces motion, and because Claude Design renders slides as HTML rather than PowerPoint, Anthropic's own presentation tutorial notes that it can animate transitions to carry a story across a deck. 1. Pitch decks and quarterly business reviews You describe the deck including target audience, slide count, and key data points, and Claude builds the full deck in PPTX format. Example prompt: "Build a 12-slide Series A pitch deck for a B2B SaaS analytics startup. Include problem, solution, market size, traction, business model, team, and ask. Use a minimal style with our blue and grey brand colors." The output drops straight into Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, or Google Slides. For deeper presentation workflows, see our guide on how to use AI in PowerPoint. 2. Interactive prototypes for new features Product teams use Claude Design to make a feature tangible before they brief engineering. Example prompt: "Design a 5-screen onboarding flow for a fitness tracking app. Include a welcome screen, goal selection, profile setup, permission requests, and a celebration screen. Use a light theme with sans-serif type." Because the canvas renders real HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, every prototype is clickable and scrollable in the browser. You share the link with stakeholders, collect comments inline, then iterate without leaving the chat. 3. Landing page mockups and one-pagers Founders without a designer use Claude Design to draft a marketing site or sales one-pager in minutes. Example prompt: "Create a SaaS landing page for an AI invoice tool aimed at freelancers. Include a hero, three feature blocks, a pricing table, FAQ, and a CTA footer. Match the layout conventions of modern fintech landing pages." Uploading screenshots of pages you admire pulls real reference material into the prompt, which keeps the output anchored to actual conventions instead of generic templates. If you already have a site, the web capture tool grabs elements from it so the mockup matches your live product. 4. Mockups built on your real design system This use case got dramatically stronger in June. Import your design system from a GitHub repo, design files, or raw uploads, and a new dashboard mockup will use your actual buttons, cards, modals, and tokens. Claude validates its output against the system and fixes deviations before showing you anything, so designs become drop-in references for the next sprint rather than throwaways. When you are ready to ship, click Handoff to Claude Code and send the design to a local Claude Code agent or to Claude Code on the web. Claude Code picks up the design without starting over, so nothing gets rebuilt from a screenshot. 5. Data dashboards, infographics, and internal tools Claude Design also handles charts, dashboards, and quick internal tools. For text-heavy infographics that demand pixel-perfect typography, ChatGPT Images 2.0 is currently a stronger pick because it specializes in dense text rendering. For interactive dashboards with editable data, Claude Design is the better fit, because the output is real code rather than a flat image. Claude Design pricing and usage limits Claude Design is not free. It is included at no extra cost with Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise Claude plans. Since June 17, 2026 it draws from the same shared usage pool as chat, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork, so there is no separate design allowance to monitor. Here is what each plan costs, and our full Claude pricing breakdown goes deeper on API and Bedrock rates. Pro: $20 per month Claude Pro is the cheapest way into Claude Design at $20 per month, or $17 per month billed annually. It is the right plan for individual founders, marketers, and engineers who want to try Claude Design without a team contract. Design work now competes with your chat and Claude Code usage for the same pool, so a heavy prototyping session will eat into what you have left for everything else. Max 5x: $100 per month Claude Max 5x costs $100 per month and gives you 5x the Pro usage. This is the sweet spot for power users running daily Claude Design sessions alongside heavy Claude Code or Claude Cowork work, precisely because all three now share one pool. Max 20x: $200 per month Claude Max 20x costs $200 per month for 20x the Pro usage, plus priority access to Anthropic's newest features and models. This is for designers and agencies treating Claude Design as their primary visual workflow. Team and Enterprise Team Standard is $25 per seat per month ($20 annually) and Team Premium is $125 per seat per month ($100 annually). Those Team plans run from 5 to 150 seats. Enterprise is custom-priced through sales and ships with Claude Design turned off by default, so an admin must enable it in Organization settings. Once you exhaust your plan limits, Pro and Max users can switch on extra usage, sometimes called usage credits, and keep working. That overflow is billed at standard API rates rather than being included, so it is a metered top-up, not a bigger bucket. If you bought your subscription through the mobile app, you have to enable extra usage on the web. Claude Design vs Figma vs Canva vs Fello AI These four tools solve overlapping problems from different starting points. Claude Design generates from a prompt. Figma builds on a vector canvas with components. Canva assembles from templates and stock assets. Fello AI sits one level up, giving you Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and DeepSeek in a single app. Here is how they compare on the metrics that matter. The short verdict. Use Claude Design when you need to go from idea to interactive output fast and you already pay for Claude Pro or higher. Pick Figma for production UI work, design systems, and developer handoff at scale. Use Canva for brand-consistent marketing collateral with stock assets. Choose Fello AI at $9.99 a month when you want several frontier models in one app and you do not need a design canvas at all. Fello AI: a multi-model alternative for $9.99 a month If you do not have a paid Claude plan and you mostly need AI-generated slides, documents, and everyday creation work, Fello AI is a cheaper way in. For $9.99 a month it bundles Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and DeepSeek, and its PowerPoint Skill produces real .pptx files straight from a chat conversation. The app runs natively on Mac, iPhone, and iPad with cross-device sync, and it holds a 4.7-star rating across more than 27,000 reviews. The trade-off is the canvas. Fello AI does not give you a side-by-side visual editor, so it is not a replacement for a real design surface. It is the better choice when you want speed and one-app access to several models, and the weaker choice when you specifically need to push pixels. Plenty of people run both, Claude Design for work that needs a canvas and Fello AI for everything else. How Claude Design fits with Claude Cowork and Claude Code Anthropic now ships three Claude products that talk to each other, namely Claude Design, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. The intended workflow is straightforward. Claude Design produces the visual artifact, Claude Code implements it, and Claude Cowork runs the long-horizon agent tasks on top, like research, document drafts, and analytics. The June update tightened that loop considerably. All three now share one usage pool, one set of credentials, and one billing relationship, and /design-sync plus Handoff to Claude Code are the explicit bridges between visual work and shipped code. Claude Design also sends work out to Adobe, Base44, Canva, Gamma, Lovable, Miro, Replit, Vercel, and Wix, on top of PDF and PowerPoint export. If you want quick presentation generation outside the design canvas, our guide to converting PDF to PowerPoint with AI covers that workflow. Limits and caveats Claude Design is still in beta, and the constraints below matter before you commit a workflow to it. Enterprise organizations have it disabled by default and need an admin to opt in. Anthropic has never corrected its April launch post, which still claims the tool runs on Opus 4.7, so plenty of secondhand write-ups repeat a model claim the live product flatly contradicts. Whichever model you pick, its vision and reasoning limits apply to your designs as well. And because design work now draws from your shared pool, a long prototyping session directly reduces what you have left for chat and Claude Code. On capability, the honest boundaries hold. For brand-heavy marketing collateral with consistent assets across dozens of pieces, Canva still wins. For complex multi-screen design systems with tight pixel precision, Figma still wins. Claude Design is at its best on the first 80% of a design, and most teams will hand the last 20% to a real designer. Anthropic has also shipped Claude Dreaming, its agent memory feature, which is worth watching if you plan to keep design sessions context-aware across weeks. Conclusion Claude Design spent its first two months as an impressive demo with a punishing usage cap. The June 17 update fixed the cap, taught it your design system, and wired it directly into Claude Code, which is what turns it into something you can actually put in a workflow. If you already pay for Claude Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise, open claude.ai/design and run one of the example prompts above, and run /design-sync first if you have a codebase worth matching. If you do not have a Claude subscription and you want several frontier models in one native Mac app instead, download Fello AI on the App Store. To compare the underlying models powering all of this, see our best AI models guide. If you are weighing the two big AI visual tools against each other, our head-to-head on Claude Design vs ChatGPT Images 2.0 breaks down which one wins for slides and mockups, and our walkthrough on how to use ChatGPT Images 2.0 to create visuals covers the OpenAI side in practice.