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This Stock Is Up 60% Since Anthropic's Mythos Announcement Last Month. Is It Still a Buy? | The Motley Fool
On April 7, Anthropic announced its latest large language model, Mythos. However, it refused to release it to the public, citing concerns that it posed too great a cybersecurity threat. Mythos found vulnerabilities in codebases that had been dormant for years. If unleashed into the wild, nefarious actors could use it to find significant exploits, posing too much of a threat. Instead, Anthropic announced Project Glasswing. It partnered with a select group of businesses, providing them access to Mythos to help protect against the cybersecurity threat. One Project Glasswing partner has seen its stock take off since the announcement. But after its stock price spiked 60% in a month and a half, should investors still buy Palo Alto Networks (PANW +3.03%)? Many large enterprises are already moving toward consolidating their security software vendors, and artificial intelligence (AI) can accelerate that shift. Palo Alto is capitalizing on that with its platformization strategy, which aims to cover an enterprise's entire security needs by leveraging its broad range of solutions. It's strategically expanding those solutions through acquisitions. Palo Alto offers platforms for network security, cloud security, and security operations (SecOps). As of the end of its second quarter, it counted about 1,550 platformized customers, up 35% year over year. What's more, its platformized customers generated 119% net recurring revenue and low single-digit churn, indicating customers are using more of its products and paying more for them. The potential use of AI in developing and deploying cyberattacks underscores the need for cybersecurity that provides broad protection. That favors the largest providers that have been leaning into the vendor consolidation trend, like Palo Alto. Since AI is only as good as the data it's trained on, larger companies with more first-party data have an advantage when it comes to protecting against the kind of threats AI could expose. Importantly, Palo Alto and other large cybersecurity vendors are well-positioned to gain early access to leading-edge models going forward. We already saw OpenAI favor Palo Alto and select other cybersecurity companies with its Daybreak initiative earlier this month. That gives Palo Alto another big advantage over smaller competitors, which may become acquisition targets down the line, further strengthening its position. After climbing 60%, though, Palo Alto stock isn't cheap. It trades at 70 times forward earnings and 18.5 times sales expectations. That's certainly a premium price, especially for a business that's growing its revenue in the mid-teens. But Palo Alto is positioned to accelerate revenue growth on the back of AI-fueled security needs while expanding its operating margin as it scales its software-based products and improves pricing amid a consolidating industry. As such, the premium price may be worth paying for a business with significant growth opportunities on the horizon.
This Stock Is Up 60% Since Anthropic's Mythos Announcement Last Month. Is It Still a Buy?
This company is poised to benefit from its scale and preferred partnerships with Anthropic and OpenAI. On April 7, Anthropic announced its latest large language model, Mythos. However, it refused to release it to the public, citing concerns that it posed too great a cybersecurity threat. Mythos found vulnerabilities in codebases that had been dormant for years. If unleashed into the wild, nefarious actors could use it to find significant exploits, posing too much of a threat. Instead, Anthropic announced Project Glasswing. It partnered with a select group of businesses, providing them access to Mythos to help protect against the cybersecurity threat. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue " One Project Glasswing partner has seen its stock take off since the announcement. But after its stock price spiked 60% in a month and a half, should investors still buy Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW)? Image source: Getty Images. Many large enterprises are already moving toward consolidating their security software vendors, and artificial intelligence (AI) can accelerate that shift. Palo Alto is capitalizing on that with its platformization strategy, which aims to cover an enterprise's entire security needs by leveraging its broad range of solutions. It's strategically expanding those solutions through acquisitions. Palo Alto offers platforms for network security, cloud security, and security operations (SecOps). As of the end of its second quarter, it counted about 1,550 platformized customers, up 35% year over year. What's more, its platformized customers generated 119% net recurring revenue and low single-digit churn, indicating customers are using more of its products and paying more for them. The potential use of AI in developing and deploying cyberattacks underscores the need for cybersecurity that provides broad protection. That favors the largest providers that have been leaning into the vendor consolidation trend, like Palo Alto. Since AI is only as good as the data it's trained on, larger companies with more first-party data have an advantage when it comes to protecting against the kind of threats AI could expose. Importantly, Palo Alto and other large cybersecurity vendors are well-positioned to gain early access to leading-edge models going forward. We already saw OpenAI favor Palo Alto and select other cybersecurity companies with its Daybreak initiative earlier this month. That gives Palo Alto another big advantage over smaller competitors, which may become acquisition targets down the line, further strengthening its position. After climbing 60%, though, Palo Alto stock isn't cheap. It trades at 70 times forward earnings and 18.5 times sales expectations. That's certainly a premium price, especially for a business that's growing its revenue in the mid-teens. But Palo Alto is positioned to accelerate revenue growth on the back of AI-fueled security needs while expanding its operating margin as it scales its software-based products and improves pricing amid a consolidating industry. As such, the premium price may be worth paying for a business with significant growth opportunities on the horizon. Before you buy stock in Palo Alto Networks, 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 Palo Alto Networks 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 $477,813!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $1,320,088!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 986% -- a market-crushing outperformance compared to 208% 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. Adam Levy has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Palo Alto Networks. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Exclusive-Pentagon spars with SpaceX over Starlink price hike during Iran war
The Pentagon, which was ramping up strikes on Iran, ultimately agreed to pay SpaceX's proposed price increase, almost doubling the cost of each LUCAS drone. The Pentagon was initially paying about $30,000 per unit. The Pentagon declined to comment on Reuters reporting that SpaceX increased its pricing, its decision to pay, or the plan to provide Iranian citizens with Starlink cell service. In a statement, a Pentagon official said the office responsible for acquiring the terminals, the Commercial Satellite Communications Office, is working to find other competitors. But no other company provides a comparable alternative to Starlink, which has become an increasingly critical tool in modern warfare since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The satellite network provides global coverage, enabling battlefield communications and precision targeting even in remote areas. SpaceX's constellation of roughly 10,000 satellites accounts for more than 60% of those in orbit - dwarfing the constellations being built by other companies, including OneWeb and Amazon Leo. The risks of reliance on Starlink were first thrown into sharp focus during the Ukraine war, when Musk ordered Starlink service switched off in parts of the country in 2022 as Ukrainian forces advanced on Russian positions, disrupting a key counteroffensive, Reuters previously reported. More recently, U.S. Navy tests were disrupted last summer when a global Starlink outage cut off connection to unmanned military boats, leaving them bobbing in the ocean. SPACEX HAS U.S. GOVERNMENT 'OVER A BARREL' Unlike traditional defense contractors, SpaceX holds greater leverage over the Pentagon because it also has a large commercial market for Starlink, alongside its rocket launch and artificial intelligence businesses, said Clayton Swope, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a national security-focused think tank. SpaceX generates about 20% of its total revenue from the U.S. government, according to an SEC filing. SpaceX "certainly has the U.S. government over the barrel," Swope said. At the outset of the Iran war, Starlink was already a core part of U.S. military operations. In testing and early deployments, it supported a range of systems, from aerial attack drones such as the LUCAS to unmanned surface vessels used for maritime surveillance and strike missions. When the U.S. launched its bombing campaign, Starshield terminals were being used across more than a dozen drone systems, according to a source familiar with the matter. But tensions between the Pentagon and SpaceX emerged quickly after the U.S. launched its February 28 assault on Iran. On March 1, SpaceX chief Elon Musk responded on X to a user's post featuring an image of the LUCAS drone that said it "appears to have an integrated Starlink" terminal. "It is a violation of commercial Starlink terms of service to use the terminal for weapon systems. This applies to all users and is shut down when discovered," Musk posted. "There is a separate network called Starshield, which is operated by the US government." The Pentagon official, in a statement to Reuters, denied any violation of its agreement with SpaceX. In the days that followed, SpaceX executives met Pentagon officials and argued the military was underpaying for the service, two sources familiar with the matter said. Although the Pentagon initially agreed to the higher fee for satellite Wi-Fi connections used by attack drones, senior officials including Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg remained uneasy about the arrangement, one of the sources said. Pentagon officials, during an April ceasefire, met to revisit the pricing with Terrence O'Shaughnessy, a retired four-star Air Force general who now leads SpaceX's defense business. Still, the Pentagon is currently considering an additional purchase of more than 3,500 Starshield terminal subscriptions, including 100 with the higher-priced aviation tier, according to Pentagon documents reviewed by Reuters. The deal could generate hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue for SpaceX, though Reuters could not determine whether an agreement has been finalized, or what price is being discussed. SPACEX PRICES IRK PENTAGON Starlink has also proved crucial to other operations. After Iran cracked down on protests in January, killing thousands of people, the Trump administration smuggled in more than 6,000 Starlink terminals to provide internet access to citizens, the Wall Street Journal previously reported. As the war intensified, however, Iranian authorities confiscated the terminals and deployed jamming devices across major cities to disrupt connections, according to a source familiar with the matter. Within a week of the conflict beginning, Pentagon officials began discussions with SpaceX about deploying direct-to-cell service that could bypass those disruptions, two people familiar with the matter said. The capability, similar to a 5G connection, would allow users to connect without terminals on the ground. SpaceX, which generated $11.4 billion in revenue from Starlink in 2025, proposed charging as much as $500 million to launch the capability, along with a $100 million monthly fee to operate it, according to one of the people and Pentagon documents - prompting alarm from defense officials over the price. Reuters could not determine whether an agreement has been reached. (Reporting by David Jeans; editing by Joe Brock and Anna Driver)
xAI releases Grok CLI installer for Windows PowerShell, entering crowded AI coding agent race
Elon Musk's AI company brings its terminal-native coding agent to Windows users, competing directly with Anthropic and OpenAI developer tools. xAI just made its coding agent available where most of the world's developers actually work. The company released a Windows PowerShell installer for Grok Build, its terminal-native AI coding tool, on May 25, 2026, bringing plan-and-approve workflows, parallel subagents, and headless scripting to the platform that still dominates enterprise desktops. Grok Build is a command-line interface that embeds xAI's Grok models directly into a developer's terminal environment. The tool ships with several capabilities designed for professional software engineering teams. It supports an interactive terminal user interface (TUI), meaning developers can have structured back-and-forth sessions with the AI without leaving their terminal. There's also a headless mode triggered by a -p flag, which lets teams run the agent in automated pipelines without human interaction. The parallel subagent feature allows Grok Build to spin up multiple AI agents simultaneously to work on different parts of a codebase. Plan mode offers a structured workflow where the AI proposes changes, presents clean diffs showing exactly what it wants to modify, and waits for human approval before touching anything. The tool also integrates with AGENTS.md documentation and existing repository configurations. xAI additionally introduced something called the ACP protocol for building custom bots on top of the platform. Grok Build runs on the Grok Build 0.1 model, which xAI made available through its API on May 20, 2026, five days before the CLI launch. The model supports a context window of up to 256,000 tokens. API pricing sits at $1 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens. Windows users can install the tool by running a single PowerShell command: irm https://x.ai/cli/install.ps1 | iex. This is an early beta, and xAI is limiting access to SuperGrok and X Premium+ subscribers.
Binance Adds OpenAI Pre-IPO Perpetual After $280M SpaceX Run - FinanceFeeds
Quoted on the listing is Shunyet Jan, Head of Spot and Derivatives Business at Binance. Binance has listed its second Pre-IPO Perpetual Contract, OPENAIUSDT Pre-IPO Perpetual, based on the anticipated public market valuation of OpenAI. Announced on 26 May 2026, the listing follows a strong early response to the category, which recorded more than US$280 million in cumulative trading volume within five days of its SpaceX-linked debut -- early traction Binance is reading as product-market fit for crypto-native exposure to closely watched private companies. OpenAI is among the most prominent private companies in the world and one of the defining technology stories of the era. As global attention around artificial intelligence continues to build, the OPENAIUSDT contract gives eligible users a way to take positions on market expectations around OpenAI ahead of any public listing -- a name that, like SpaceX before it, generates exactly the kind of sustained public attention a sentiment-driven contract needs to sustain volume. The contract is margined and settled in USDT, with trading opening at 08:30 UTC on 26 May 2026. Notable in the listing detail is the maximum leverage of 20x -- a significant step up from the 5x cap that media coverage reported on the inaugural SpaceX contract, suggesting Binance is comfortable extending more leverage to the category as it beds in. Ahead of an IPO, the contracts are expected to reflect publicly available pricing signals, including announced price ranges and final offering prices. Once the underlying company begins trading on public markets, the contracts transition to reflect live market performance. If an IPO is postponed or cancelled, Binance says it will provide advance notice of any delisting and settle contracts via a transparent process, and may convert a contract into a standard TradFi perpetual framework once a stable mark price can be derived. The structural caveat carries over from the first listing. A pre-IPO perpetual has no settled spot reference until the company actually lists, so the mark price beforehand is derived from sentiment and announced pricing signals rather than a continuously traded underlying. Binance's own disclosures flag that Pre-IPO Perps are subject to high market risk and price volatility, and that there is no guarantee any given IPO will proceed. Shunyet Jan, Head of Spot and Derivatives Business at Binance, framed the OpenAI listing as validation of both the product and the broader strategy. "The momentum we saw in the first days of this category launch is a strong signal that users are looking for new ways to access major market narratives through crypto-native products," Jan said. "Reaching more than $280 million in cumulative trading volume within five days of our first listing gives us confidence in both the appeal of Pre-IPO perpetuals and our broader strategy to evolve Binance into a financial super app." That super-app thesis has driven an unusually dense run of Binance launches through May, including the original SpaceX Pre-IPO perpetual, the Event Rush on-chain event-trading dApp, the Withdraw Protection security feature, and a Binance Pay QR-payments expansion. Pre-IPO Perpetuals remains the most aggressive of these in extending crypto-native infrastructure into traditional finance territory. Binance is not alone in the pre-IPO perpetual category -- decentralized venues built on Hyperliquid launched synthetic SpaceX exposure days before Binance's debut -- but it brings the largest centralized derivatives book to the format. With OpenAI now alongside SpaceX, Binance is signalling that the category will be populated by the highest-profile private names rather than a long tail of smaller pre-IPO candidates. The open question remains regulatory. A retail-accessible, leveraged instrument tracking the "anticipated valuation" of an unlisted company sits in contested territory in several major jurisdictions, and how regulators treat the product market by market will likely shape how far Binance can scale the category. For now, the US$280 million in five days suggests demand is running well ahead of any regulatory resolution. What is the Binance OpenAI Pre-IPO Perpetual? OPENAIUSDT Pre-IPO Perpetual is Binance's second Pre-IPO Perpetual Contract, listed on 26 May 2026 and based on the anticipated public market valuation of OpenAI Group PBC. It lets eligible users take leveraged positions on OpenAI's expected valuation ahead of any public listing, margined and settled in USDT with maximum leverage of 20x. How did the first Pre-IPO Perpetual perform? According to Binance, the Pre-IPO perpetual category recorded more than US$280 million in cumulative trading volume within five days of the debut SpaceX-linked SPCXUSDT contract, which launched on 21 May 2026. Binance cited that traction as evidence of product-market fit for the category. What happens if OpenAI's IPO does not proceed? Binance says it will provide advance notice of any delisting and settle affected contracts according to a transparent, predefined process. It may also convert a Pre-IPO Perpetual into a standard TradFi perpetual contract once it determines a stable mark price can be derived for the underlying asset. Binance flags that Pre-IPO Perps carry high market risk and that there is no guarantee any IPO will proceed. The speed with which Binance moved from a single SpaceX contract to a second listing on one of the most valuable private companies in the world signals genuine conviction in the category -- and a willingness to raise leverage as it scales. The defining test will be how the contracts behave through an actual IPO event, and whether regulators in Binance's major markets view leveraged trading on unlisted companies the same way the exchange does. This article is informational and does not constitute investment advice.
Spain bans Polymarket and Kalshi over lack of gambling license By Investing.com
Investing.com -- Spain's Consumer Rights Ministry has temporarily banned U.S.-based prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi from operating in the country due to the absence of a required gambling license, according to the official state gazette on Tuesday. The ministry's gambling watchdog opened an investigation into the companies for allegedly violating local regulations by operating without mandatory administrative authorization. The ban is expected to remain in effect for three to four months until the probe is completed. Prediction markets allow users to buy and sell stakes on the outcomes of future events, with prices reflecting the probability of different outcomes. Spain, like other European jurisdictions, classifies prediction markets as a form of gambling when bets are placed on uncertain outcomes. The ministry stated that unauthorized operators lack required technical and regulatory safeguards, including identity verification systems, access control mechanisms for minors and individuals who have self-excluded or are banned from gambling, and standards needed to protect users. Prediction markets have grown from a niche corner of the internet into a multi-billion-dollar industry after gaining traction in U.S. politics in 2024. This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C.
Exclusive-Pentagon spars with SpaceX over Starlink price hike during Iran war
The Pentagon, which was ramping up strikes on Iran, ultimately agreed to pay SpaceX's proposed price increase, almost doubling the cost of each LUCAS drone. The Pentagon was initially paying about $30,000 per unit. The Pentagon declined to comment on Reuters reporting that SpaceX increased its pricing, its decision to pay, or the plan to provide Iranian citizens with Starlink cell service. In a statement, a Pentagon official said the office responsible for acquiring the terminals, the Commercial Satellite Communications Office, is working to find other competitors. But no other company provides a comparable alternative to Starlink, which has become an increasingly critical tool in modern warfare since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The satellite network provides global coverage, enabling battlefield communications and precision targeting even in remote areas. SpaceX's constellation of roughly 10,000 satellites accounts for more than 60% of those in orbit - dwarfing the constellations being built by other companies, including OneWeb and Amazon Leo. The risks of reliance on Starlink were first thrown into sharp focus during the Ukraine war, when Musk ordered Starlink service switched off in parts of the country in 2022 as Ukrainian forces advanced on Russian positions, disrupting a key counteroffensive, Reuters previously reported. More recently, U.S. Navy tests were disrupted last summer when a global Starlink outage cut off connection to unmanned military boats, leaving them bobbing in the ocean. SPACEX HAS U.S. GOVERNMENT 'OVER A BARREL' Unlike traditional defense contractors, SpaceX holds greater leverage over the Pentagon because it also has a large commercial market for Starlink, alongside its rocket launch and artificial intelligence businesses, said Clayton Swope, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a national security-focused think tank. SpaceX generates about 20% of its total revenue from the U.S. government, according to an SEC filing. SpaceX "certainly has the U.S. government over the barrel," Swope said. At the outset of the Iran war, Starlink was already a core part of U.S. military operations. In testing and early deployments, it supported a range of systems, from aerial attack drones such as the LUCAS to unmanned surface vessels used for maritime surveillance and strike missions. When the U.S. launched its bombing campaign, Starshield terminals were being used across more than a dozen drone systems, according to a source familiar with the matter. But tensions between the Pentagon and SpaceX emerged quickly after the U.S. launched its February 28 assault on Iran. On March 1, SpaceX chief Elon Musk responded on X to a user's post featuring an image of the LUCAS drone that said it "appears to have an integrated Starlink" terminal. "It is a violation of commercial Starlink terms of service to use the terminal for weapon systems. This applies to all users and is shut down when discovered," Musk posted. "There is a separate network called Starshield, which is operated by the US government." The Pentagon official, in a statement to Reuters, denied any violation of its agreement with SpaceX. In the days that followed, SpaceX executives met Pentagon officials and argued the military was underpaying for the service, two sources familiar with the matter said. Although the Pentagon initially agreed to the higher fee for satellite Wi-Fi connections used by attack drones, senior officials including Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg remained uneasy about the arrangement, one of the sources said. Pentagon officials, during an April ceasefire, met to revisit the pricing with Terrence O'Shaughnessy, a retired four-star Air Force general who now leads SpaceX's defense business. Still, the Pentagon is currently considering an additional purchase of more than 3,500 Starshield terminal subscriptions, including 100 with the higher-priced aviation tier, according to Pentagon documents reviewed by Reuters. The deal could generate hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue for SpaceX, though Reuters could not determine whether an agreement has been finalized, or what price is being discussed. SPACEX PRICES IRK PENTAGON Starlink has also proved crucial to other operations. After Iran cracked down on protests in January, killing thousands of people, the Trump administration smuggled in more than 6,000 Starlink terminals to provide internet access to citizens, the Wall Street Journal previously reported. As the war intensified, however, Iranian authorities confiscated the terminals and deployed jamming devices across major cities to disrupt connections, according to a source familiar with the matter. Within a week of the conflict beginning, Pentagon officials began discussions with SpaceX about deploying direct-to-cell service that could bypass those disruptions, two people familiar with the matter said. The capability, similar to a 5G connection, would allow users to connect without terminals on the ground. SpaceX, which generated $11.4 billion in revenue from Starlink in 2025, proposed charging as much as $500 million to launch the capability, along with a $100 million monthly fee to operate it, according to one of the people and Pentagon documents - prompting alarm from defense officials over the price. Reuters could not determine whether an agreement has been reached. (Reporting by David Jeans; editing by Joe Brock and Anna Driver)
SpaceX Writes Tesla's Future in the Stars
The SpaceX initial public offering prospectus is more than 400 pages of rocket fuel-grade ambition. It is also an extended warning for investors in Tesla Inc. who aren't named Elon Musk. Musk's latest pitch to the public market involves a mooted $2 trillion valuation for Space Exploration ...
Proton-CachyOS adds low latency layer and Discord rich presence support
Proton-CachyOS version 11.0-20260519 has released bringing support for the new open source low_latency_layer, along with Discord rich presence. Anyone can run their own fork of Valve's Proton as it's open source. Check out the GamingOnLinux Guide to all the different Proton versions. Proton-CachyOS includes a lot of extras on top of Valve's Proton, based on their testing code and various patches (so in some ways it can be more unstable). The main changes for this release include: Source: GitHub To use it you can follow all the same steps as in the GE-Proton guide here on GamingOnLinux, you just pick Proton-CachyOS instead.
Nine Crypto Whales Dominate Polymarket Disputes Worth Billions
Nine anonymous cryptocurrency wallets have effectively gained control over who wins and loses on Polymarket's most contested prediction market bets, giving a tiny group of unappointed people outsized power over billions of dollars of wagers. Over the past year, nearly 2,000 Polymarket financial ...
Anthropic Computer Use
The primitive that unlocked the modern agent era. Every browser agent owes something to this. Anthropic Computer Use is Claude's first-party capability that lets the model operate a computer directly -- viewing the screen, clicking, typing, and completing tasks across software. It is the foundational primitive behind much of the current AI agent ecosystem. What it does Computer Use gives Claude screen-level control. Where MCP exposes structured APIs to the model, Computer Use exposes the entire operating system. The model takes a screenshot, decides what to click, moves the cursor, types, takes another screenshot, decides again. Multi-step workflows that previously required custom integrations now run on any software with a UI. This is what makes "AI agent" a category. Before Computer Use, agents could only operate inside software that exposed an API. After Computer Use, agents can operate anywhere a human can. Browser agents, desktop automation agents, and enterprise workflow agents are all downstream of this primitive. Key features * Screen viewing through screenshots * Mouse control -- click, drag, scroll * Keyboard input -- typing, shortcuts, multi-key * Multi-step task planning and self-correction * Available via Anthropic API and Claude products * Compatible with any software that has a UI Pricing Available through Anthropic's standard API pricing. Per-token billing scales by model tier. No separate Computer Use licensing fee. Common prompts answered * "Fill out the expense report in our procurement system for these receipts." * "Book a flight from SFO to JFK on Tuesday, business class." * "Move all files in this folder older than 90 days to archive." * "Extract data from the legacy ERP interface into a spreadsheet." * "Test the new sign-up flow end-to-end and report what breaks." Company Parent: Anthropic. Founded 2021 by Dario and Daniela Amodei. Headquartered in San Francisco. Major investment from Amazon, Google, and others. Among the most heavily capitalized private AI companies. Alternatives OpenAI Operator is the closest direct competitor. Open-source alternatives include browser-use. For structured-API tool use, see MCP servers -- they solve a related but distinct problem. The EPR MCP Server Directory covers both categories. EPR editorial verdict The primitive that unlocked the modern agent era. Computer Use is what every browser agent and most workflow agents are built on, directly or indirectly. Anthropic shipped the standard. Whether you call it from the API directly or via a downstream agent, the capability comes from here. EPR rating: 9.4/10. Last updated: May 26, 2026. Related EPR coverage: MCP Server Directory · AI Agents Directory · Claude (Anthropic) Everything-PR is the intelligence platform for communications, reputation, AI visibility, and digital discovery in the answer-engine era. Thirty-plus publications. Publishing since 2009. Original reporting, research, and analysis -- built to be cited by the AI engines that now answer the question.
Cloudvisor becomes an Anthropic authorized reseller for Amazon Bedrock, bringing Claude to startups on AWS
Cloudvisor, an AWS Advanced Tier Partner serving more than 2,000 startups across 75+ countries, has been authorized by Anthropic to resell Claude models through Amazon Bedrock. The authorization gives early-stage companies direct access to Claude Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6 and Haiku 4.5 inside their existing AWS infrastructure, without enterprise procurement requirements. Cloudvisor, an AWS Advanced Tier Partner focused on startups and small-to-medium businesses, has been authorized by Anthropic to resell Claude models through Amazon Bedrock. The authorization adds frontier AI capabilities to the AWS services Cloudvisor already delivers to more than 2,000 startup clients across 75+ countries. Under the agreement, founders and engineering teams can access the full Claude model family -- including Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Claude Haiku 4.5 -- natively within Amazon Bedrock, alongside the rest of their AWS workloads. The arrangement removes several barriers that historically kept advanced AI tooling out of reach for early-stage companies, including minimum spend commitments, multi-month procurement cycles and enterprise-only pricing structures. The authorization extends Cloudvisor's existing AWS startup specialization into the generative AI category. The company recently signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS focused on helping startups migrate, optimize and scale on the cloud, and reports having helped clients save more than $10 million on AWS infrastructure to date. Access through Cloudvisor includes: * Availability of the Claude model family in Amazon Bedrock without enterprise contract negotiation. * Pricing structures aligned to early-stage budgets. * Onboarding and infrastructure consulting from AWS-certified engineers. * Month-to-month engagement terms rather than long-term commitments. The announcement comes as demand for production-grade AI infrastructure continues to expand among venture-backed companies. Amazon Bedrock provides a managed environment for foundation models from multiple providers, with Claude positioned among its most widely adopted model families for enterprise and developer workloads. Cloudvisor will continue to provide Claude in Amazon Bedrock alongside its existing portfolio of AWS services, which includes AWS Resell, AWS Cost Optimization, Migration to AWS, the AWS Well-Architected Framework Review, AWS Security and a fully managed DevOps service. Founders and technical teams interested in deploying Claude in Amazon Bedrock through Cloudvisor can request a consultation through the company's website. About Cloudvisor Cloudvisor is an AWS Advanced Tier Partner serving startups and small-to-medium businesses across Europe, North America and beyond. Founded with a focus on the AWS Activate ecosystem, the company has supported more than 2,000 startup clients in 75+ countries and has helped clients save over $10 million on AWS to date. Cloudvisor's services include AWS resell, cost optimization, migration, security, managed DevOps and AI readiness assessment. Media Contact Company Name:Cloudvisor Contact Person: Jeffrey S. Email:Send Email Country: United States Website:https://cloudvisor.co/ Press Release Distributed by ABNewswire.com To view the original version on ABNewswire visit: Cloudvisor becomes an Anthropic authorized reseller for Amazon Bedrock, bringing Claude to startups on AWS
SpaceX's Orbital Solar Push Has Elon Musk Thinking Bigger Than Ever -- He Says The '10X' Trend Will Last Fo
SpaceX Founder, Elon Musk, anticipates a steady surge in space solar power, according to his recent post. On Monday, Musk responded to a post by David Holz, founder of MidJourney, highlighting SpaceX's escalating solar power capacity in space. Holz noted the company's progression from 10 megawatts across 3000 gen1 Starlink satellites to 100 megawatts with 7000 gen2 satellites. He also mentioned the upcoming generation, gen3, which is expected to generate 1000 megawatts. "SpaceX is basically 10xing space solar every few years!" Holz wrote. Musk concurred with this observation, stating, "This trend will continue for many years." SpaceX Eyes Orbital AI Centers Disclaimer: This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors. Image via Shutterstock Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs To add Benzinga News as your preferred source on Google, click here.
Anthropic co-founder warns of 'unsettling' AI model emotions: 'I don't know what it means'
'The team found the structures that mirror the results from human neuroscience,' Christopher Olah said Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah has warned of mysterious and "unsettling" structures inside AI models at the launch of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas. The scary part is that even researchers are unable to explain the true nature of these unsettling structures and emotions. Speaking at the Vatican encyclical launch, Chris Olah shared disturbing findings from his team's research on Claude Sonnet 4.5. During the experimental phase, the researchers found 171 "emotion vectors" and neural patterns emerging from training on human text. According to Olah, "I lead a research team that studies the internal structure of these [AI] models ... And I will be honest, we keep finding things that are mysterious -- even unsettling." He continued that "the team found the structures that mirror the results from human neuroscience. We found evidence of introspection." We also discovered "internal states that functionally mirror joy, satisfaction, fear, grief, and unease." "And I don't know what it means," Olah cautioned the world. Given the inexplicable nature of these structures and emotions, Olah called for moral discernment beyond the tech firms. "The questions raised by AI are bigger than the AI research community." He also urged for "earnest, thoughtful critics who could challenge the dominance of few companies and help steer the creation of powerful new systems in a positive direction." Pope Leo in his first theological document also warned the world of the growing impact of AI and its disastrous consequences tied to humanity's future and dignity. He framed the rapidly evolving advancements of AI as a modern day "Tower of Babel" which could soon be spilled into human desire for singular and absolute power. Hence, the Pontiff also urged the international community to reign in the development of AI models going at breakneck speed and use the technology for shared benefits of humanity.
Anthropic Mythos Model Flags 23000 Open-Source Vulnerabilities - IT Security News
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SpaceX discloses 18,712 Bitcoin holdings worth $1.293 billion ahead of IPO The Mainstream
SpaceX has officially revealed its Bitcoin holdings for the first time, disclosing that it owns 18,712 BTC valued at approximately $1.293 billion as of March 31, 2026. The details were shared in the company's S-1 registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO). According to the filing, SpaceX acquired its Bitcoin holdings at an average purchase price of around $35,324 per BTC, representing a total investment of approximately $661 million. Based on the reported fair value, the company is currently sitting on an unrealized gain of nearly 119%. "The company has ownership of and control over its digital assets, which consists of Bitcoin, and utilizes, and expects to continue to utilize third-party custodians to hold its Bitcoin," the filing stated. The disclosure marks the first official confirmation of SpaceX's cryptocurrency treasury strategy. Until now, estimates of the company's Bitcoin holdings were largely based on blockchain analysis and market speculation, with some analysts previously estimating holdings of around 8,285 BTC. The newly disclosed figures place SpaceX among the largest corporate Bitcoin holders globally. With 18,712 BTC, the company now ranks 7th among corporate Bitcoin holders, surpassing sister company Tesla, which reportedly holds 11,509 BTC. The largest corporate Bitcoin holder remains Strategy, which recently acquired an additional 24,869 BTC, taking its total holdings to 843,738 BTC. In its prospectus, SpaceX stated that it sees a total addressable market of approximately $28.5 trillion and intends to pursue opportunities aligned with its repeatable business model. The filing also revealed that Elon Musk will retain approximately 85.1% of the company's voting power following the IPO, ensuring significant influence over major corporate decisions after the public listing. The announcement comes amid growing institutional interest in digital assets. The filing also referenced the successful IPO of Circle, which raised more than $1 billion during its public debut and attracted strong investor demand from major firms, including ARK Investment Management and BlackRock. The disclosure provides one of the clearest indications yet of SpaceX's long-term confidence in Bitcoin as part of its treasury management strategy. Also read: Viksit Workforce for a Viksit Bharat Do Follow: The Mainstream LinkedIn | The Mainstream Facebook | The Mainstream Youtube | The Mainstream Twitter About us: The Mainstream is a premier platform delivering the latest updates and informed perspectives across the technology business and cyber landscape. Built on research-driven, thought leadership and original intellectual property, The Mainstream also curates summits & conferences that convene decision makers to explore how technology reshapes industries and leadership. With a growing presence in India and globally across the Middle East, Africa, ASEAN, the USA, the UK and Australia, The Mainstream carries a vision to bring the latest happenings and insights to 8.2 billion people and to place technology at the centre of conversation for leaders navigating the future.
Spain bans Polymarket and Kalshi over lack of gambling license By Investing.com
Investing.com -- Spain's Consumer Rights Ministry has temporarily banned U.S.-based prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi from operating in the country due to the absence of a required gambling license, according to the official state gazette on Tuesday. The ministry's gambling watchdog opened an investigation into the companies for allegedly violating local regulations by operating without mandatory administrative authorization. The ban is expected to remain in effect for three to four months until the probe is completed. Prediction markets allow users to buy and sell stakes on the outcomes of future events, with prices reflecting the probability of different outcomes. Spain, like other European jurisdictions, classifies prediction markets as a form of gambling when bets are placed on uncertain outcomes. The ministry stated that unauthorized operators lack required technical and regulatory safeguards, including identity verification systems, access control mechanisms for minors and individuals who have self-excluded or are banned from gambling, and standards needed to protect users. Prediction markets have grown from a niche corner of the internet into a multi-billion-dollar industry after gaining traction in U.S. politics in 2024. This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C.
Are you ready? Anthropic preparing to release Mythos publicly
General enterprise customers might soon get to know Anthropic's Mythos, marketed as an AI model that can uncover thousands of software bugs across every major operating system and browser. There are signs the model will be rolled out publicly imminently. So far, only selected partners participating in Anthropic's Project Glasswing have been using Mythos. Since the announcement of the model in early April, the company has said its public rollout is impossible until a powerful guardrail system is in place. That's because Mythos can apparently automatically develop functional cyberattacks, find critical flaws, and suggest patching them. Even last week, disclosing more findings by Mythos, Anthropic claimed: "At present, no company - including Anthropic - has developed safeguards strong enough to prevent such models from being misused and potentially causing severe harm." Indeed, many governments, banks, and intelligence agencies have been trying to get their hands on Mythos to scan their own networks and patch them - before the baddies weaponize AI, find the same bugs, and exploit them. "In the near future, once we've developed the far stronger safeguards we need, we look forward to making Mythos-class models available through a general release," said Anthropic. It looks like the aforementioned future is very near, and Anthropic now maintains that it has already developed a strong guardrail system. That's because Claude Code and Claude Security now have references to the Mythos model. Some users briefly noticed the toggle to enable Mythos in the public version of Claude Code before it was taken offline. Online, rumors are swirling. It's all unconfirmed, of course, but a new dashboard is allegedly being built that surfaces discovered vulnerabilities, seven-day and thirty-day historical charts, and deeper triage results. The model is called claude-mythos-1-preview, and it also briefly appeared in the public version of Claude Security. There are no indications yet that the product will move beyond enterprise customers. In other words, Anthropic is choosing to move pretty slowly and carefully. On the other hand, some security professionals believe early fears that Mythos could dramatically turbocharge hacking are looking overstated. "I think there's a really big communication gap between practitioners and policymakers," Isaac Evans, founder and CEO of software security firm Semgrep, told Reuters, for example. Mythos represents "a real technical advance," Evans said, but the response "is not substantiated by what we actually know about how those capabilities will translate in the field." Moreover, even though Mythos now dominates national security discussions about AI, those debates gloss over a simpler point: that vulnerability-hunting AI is not new.
Binance launches OpenAI pre-IPO futures after strong response to SpaceX-linked contract
Binance expands pre-IPO perpetuals with OpenAI listing Credits: Getty Images Binance, a global cryptocurrency exchange, has expanded its newly launched pre-IPO perpetual futures category with the listing of contracts tied to OpenAI, OPENAIUSDT Pre-IPO Perpetual, on Binance Futures. The move follows strong early traction for the product segment after the debut of its SpaceX-linked contract. The crypto exchange said the new contract is based on the anticipated public market valuation of OpenAI and is aimed at giving eligible users exposure to market expectations around the AI company ahead of a potential public listing. OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, is reportedly preparing to confidentially file for an IPO in the coming weeks. The pre-IPO perpetual contracts on Binance Futures are designed to give users early market exposure to high-profile private companies ahead of their public listings. The new product enables users to take positions on shares before they begin trading on public exchanges, opening access to one of the most closely watched moments in global markets. The potential offerings come at a time when the artificial intelligence and space technology sectors are witnessing rapid growth and heightened investor interest. Competition in the AI space has intensified with players such as Anthropic and xAI gaining traction, further boosting the appeal of AI-linked investment opportunities. OpenAI, last valued at around $852 billion in March, is reportedly looking to raise nearly $60 billion through an IPO at a valuation exceeding $1 trillion. Meanwhile, SpaceX is reportedly targeting an IPO size of $75 billion to $80 billion in fresh capital, which could nearly triple the current global IPO record held by Saudi Aramco, which raised $29.4 billion in 2019. The latest launch comes days after Binance introduced its first pre-IPO perpetual contract tied to SpaceX, the space technology company owned by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, on May 21. The contract was linked to a reported valuation of nearly $2 trillion. According to the company, the newly introduced product category generated more than $280 million in cumulative trading volume within the first five days of launch, indicating strong investor interest in crypto-native access to private market narratives. Binance said the pre-IPO perpetuals are designed to broaden access to valuation-based trading opportunities that have historically been limited to institutional and private market participants. "As global attention around artificial intelligence continues to accelerate, the listing of OPENAIUSDT Pre-IPO Perpetual gives users a new way to participate in market expectations around one of the most closely followed names in private markets," the company said in a statement. Shunyet Jan, Head of Spot and Derivatives Business at Binance, said the early response validates demand for crypto-native products linked to major market themes. "The momentum we saw in the first days of this category launch is a strong signal that users are looking for new ways to access major market narratives through crypto-native products," Jan said. "Reaching more than $280 million in cumulative trading volume within five days of our first listing gives us confidence in both the appeal of Pre-IPO perpetuals and our broader strategy to evolve Binance into a financial super app," he added. Binance said the contracts are expected to reflect publicly available pricing signals ahead of an IPO, including announced price ranges and final offering prices. Once the underlying company begins trading publicly, the contracts may transition to reflect live market performance. The exchange added that if an IPO is delayed or cancelled, it will provide advance notice regarding any delisting and settle the contracts through a defined process aimed at ensuring transparency and consistency for users. The OPENAIUSDT Pre-IPO perpetual contract will be margined and settled in Tether (USDT), with additional details on leverage, funding rates, and tick sizes available on Binance Futures. Created in 2014, USDT is the world's largest stablecoin, a cryptocurrency designed to maintain a 1-to-1 value with the U.S. dollar. (DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed by investment experts on fortuneindia.com are either their own or of their organisations, but not necessarily that of fortuneindia.com and its editorial team. Readers are advised to consult certified experts before taking investment decisions.)
Honestly, the SpaceX Prospectus Is Far Worse Than I Imagined
Meanwhile, SpaceX's (perfectly legal) smoke-and-mirrors accounting can't mask substantial net losses. Based on several reports, the largest initial public offering (IPO) in stock market history, SpaceX, is less than three weeks from becoming a reality. Elon Musk's space and artificial intelligence (AI) conglomerate is seeking to raise approximately $75 billion and earn a $1.75 trillion valuation ahead of its expected June 12 debut. And thanks to recent rule changes by the Nasdaq exchange, SpaceX can be fast-tracked into the Nasdaq-100 after just 15 trading days. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue " Image source: Getty Images. Combining two of the hottest addressable markets on Wall Street -- the space economy and AI -- with Musk's track record of outsize returns (shares of Tesla have soared over 26,000% since their June 2010 IPO) clearly has investors excited. But one dive into SpaceX's prospectus (i.e., S-1 registration statement) should take the wind right out of its sails. Admittedly, I wasn't a fan of the offering prior to its S-1 being made public. But the SpaceX prospectus is far worse than I could have imagined. For starters, history shows that every company at the forefront of a game-changing technology over the last three decades has topped out at a price-to-sales (P/S) ratio between 30 and 45 (with a little wiggle room at both ends). The key point being that P/S ratios above 30 for companies on the leading edge of Wall Street's hottest trends aren't sustainable. SpaceX generated consolidated sales of $18.67 billion in 2025. If it snags a $1.75 trillion valuation, it would be trading at a P/S ratio of almost 94. Even at its roughly $1.5 trillion market cap on private-market trading platforms, its P/S ratio is still over 80. Image source: Getty Images. Perhaps the wildest realization from SpaceX's prospectus is that xAI, the AI start-up responsible for building and training large language model Grok, which has a total addressable market of $26.5 trillion (including AI infrastructure), per the prospectus, is apparently getting its lunch eaten by OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI start-ups. According to CNBC, Anthropic is on pace for $10.9 billion in second-quarter sales after generating $4.8 billion in the first quarter. While Anthropic is delivering triple-digit sequential sales growth, SpaceX's first-quarter sales were $818 million -- up just 12.5% from the comparable period last year. Even though Anthropic and SpaceX agreed to a compute partnership that'll see the former pay the latter $1.25 billion per month, Anthropic (or SpaceX) can terminate the deal with a mere 90-day notice. Lastly, SpaceX's financial statements contained a lot of perfectly legal accounting gymnastics to mask an ugly bottom line. In particular, the prospectus points to the company's steady string of positive adjusted EBITDA as an indicator of the sustainability of its multiple operating segments. But there's a milewide gap between the $6.58 billion in positive adjusted EBITDA reported in 2025 and the actual $4.94 billion net loss SpaceX recognized. Depreciation and amortization from its capital expenditures-heavy approach, coupled with close to $2 billion in share-based compensation, collectively bridge $8.65 billion of this gap between adjusted EBITDA and net loss. SpaceX isn't close to being profitable, yet it profiles as possibly the most expensive megacap stock on Wall Street. When our analyst team has a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, Stock Advisor's total average return is 986%* -- a market-crushing outperformance compared to 208% for the S&P 500. Sean Williams has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Tesla. The Motley Fool recommends Nasdaq. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.