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New Anthropic Tool Speeds up AI Agent Development for Enterprises
The product comes amid a flurry of releases from the generative AI vendor, which is locked in a tight battle with rival OpenAI. Anthropic released a new tool designed to make it easier and quicker for businesses to build and deploy AI agents. Claude Managed Agents provides developers with out-of-the-box infrastructure that, according to Anthropic, will enable enterprises to launch agents 10 times faster than before. The system achieves this by taking responsibility for the months of complex development work that is usually required before a production agent is shipped, eliminating the need for businesses to do this themselves, according to the vendor. A blog post about the tool said this pre-production work can include "sandboxed code execution, checkpointing, credential management, scoped permissions, and end-to-end tracing". Now, though, none of that is required, Anthropic said. Instead, customers define an agent's tasks, tools and guardrails and run it on Anthropic's infrastructure. The automated spins up a container for each agent, which can decide when to call tools, manage context and recover from errors. Other claimed benefits include long-running sessions that can run for hours, and coordination with other agents, enabling complex work to be done in parallel, although this latter feature is currently only available in research preview. Also in research preview is a feature that allows Claude to continually refine and self-evaluate response quality until it meets the success criteria defined by the user. Managed Agents is currently available in public beta on the Claude platform, and Anthropic lists an array of big-name users, including Notion, Rakuten, Asana and others. Rakuten, for example, is using agents across its product, sales, marketing, finance and HR teams, with each deployed within a week. Removing the need to develop infrastructure has allowed the rewards platform vendor to "focus entirely on democratizing innovation across the company," Yusuke Kaji, general manager, AI, at Rakuten, said in a statement. Pricing for the new tool is based on consumption, with users paying for the models' token use, as per Anthropic's standard API costs, plus an extra $0.08 per session-hour for active runtime. Earlier this week, Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao revealed that the company's run-rate revenue had now surpassed $30 billion -- more than tripling from $9 billion at the end of 2025 -- and that the launch of Managed Agents appears timed to capitalize on the rapidly evolving enterprise market and accelerate that growth further.
Workday's CTO traded his C-suite title for a technical staff role at Anthropic
In short: Peter Bailis, who joined Workday as chief technology officer in May 2025, left the company last month and has taken a role as member of technical staff at Anthropic, where he will focus on reinforcement learning engineering. The move strips away a C-suite title in exchange for technical proximity to the frontier, and lands Bailis inside a company that is now openly building the kind of HR software that Workday sells. The hire was confirmed by an Anthropic spokesperson and reported by Business Insider. Bailis's profile on Workday's leadership pages has been removed, and his LinkedIn profile reflects the transition. Before joining Workday, Bailis served as vice president of engineering at Google Cloud, where he led AI for data initiatives including Conversational Analytics, NL2SQL, and retrieval-augmented generation for structured data. Prior to that he founded and ran Sisu Data, a decision intelligence company, and was an assistant professor of computer science at Stanford University, where he co-led the DAWN project on data-intensive applications. His research background in data systems and his recent enterprise AI work at Google Cloud make him an unusual profile for a reinforcement learning hire -- and one that signals Anthropic's interest in engineering that bridges model training and applied product development. The title Bailis has accepted at Anthropic, member of technical staff, or MTS, is the standard engineering designation at both Anthropic and OpenAI, applied across research and engineering regardless of seniority. OpenAI president Greg Brockman has explained the structure publicly, saying the labs did not want to "bucket people into researchers and engineers," treating the MTS title as a signal of flat technical hierarchy rather than an organisational step down. In practice, the title spans a very wide range of seniority and compensation: MTS base salaries at Anthropic run from approximately $300,000 to $405,000, while at OpenAI the band stretches from roughly $210,000 to $530,000, with equity grants pushing total compensation well into seven figures for senior positions. For Bailis, the trade-off is explicit. A CTO role at a company of Workday's scale, roughly $8 billion in annual revenue, 18,000 employees -- carries institutional authority of a kind that an individual contributor role at even a frontier AI lab does not. What it does carry, however, is directness: access to the models being built, the training decisions being made, and the research agenda being set, without the layers of organisational management that sit between a CTO and the actual work. Anthropic, which now reports a revenue run rate exceeding $30 billion and has more than 1,000 enterprise customers each spending over $1 million annually, is no longer a research lab that happens to generate revenue -- and for a technically ambitious executive, the scale of the engineering questions it is now confronting is a draw in itself. The Anthropic spokesperson confirmed that Bailis will work on reinforcement learning engineering. That is a broad remit at a company where reinforcement learning from human feedback underpins model alignment, and where RL-based training techniques are also being applied to agent behaviour and tool use. What Bailis brings beyond general engineering capability is deep familiarity with the enterprise software stack that Anthropic is now moving into as a product company, not merely as an API provider. Specifically, The Information reported that Bailis's arrival coincides with Anthropic's push to build HR applications. Anthropic has already launched Claude plugins for HR use cases, including generating job descriptions, onboarding materials, and offer letters. Bailis spent the past several years inside the enterprise HR and finance software world, first at Google Cloud, where he built AI products that plugged into structured enterprise data, and then as Workday's CTO, where he led the company's agentic AI strategy. That domain expertise is now being pointed at Anthropic's enterprise product roadmap from the inside. The competitive irony is pointed. Workday's CEO, Carl Eschenbach, stated publicly in February 2026 that Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI all use Workday's software internally. The company that bought licences from Workday has now hired its CTO to build products that will compete for the same enterprise HR budgets. Bailis's hire makes more sense in the context of how aggressively Anthropic has been building enterprise distribution infrastructure over the past several months. In early March, Anthropic launched a marketplace for Claude-powered enterprise software, allowing companies with committed API spend to purchase third-party applications built on Claude, with Anthropic foregoing the revenue cut that cloud hyperscalers typically charge. Launch partners included Snowflake, legal AI firm Harvey, and developer platform Replit. Days later, Anthropic committed $100 million to a new Claude Partner Network with Accenture, Deloitte, Cognizant, and Infosys as anchors, formalising consulting relationships designed to accelerate Claude deployments inside the world's largest enterprises. The company said it expected to increase that commitment in subsequent years and was scaling its partner-facing headcount fivefold. Separately, Anthropic has been in talks to anchor a joint venture with private equity firms including Blackstone that would embed Claude across portfolio companies in exchange for roughly $200 million of Anthropic's own capital. Enterprise customers now represent approximately 80% of Anthropic's revenue, and the company's head of enterprise product has described its positioning as a platform rather than a product -- one that aims to operate inside existing enterprise workflows rather than to displace the software those workflows run on. In practice, the distinction is difficult to maintain cleanly: if Claude can generate offer letters, onboarding packs, and job descriptions, it is beginning to substitute for the value that HR software platforms deliver, even if it sits technically alongside them. Bailis is not the first senior enterprise technology executive to trade a corporate title for an individual contributor role at a frontier AI lab. The pattern has been described by observers as rare but growing: executives at the top of established technology companies choosing proximity to cutting-edge research over the authority that comes with managing large organisations. The motivation, where it has been articulated, tends to be the same -- a sense that the most consequential technical work is happening at AI labs, and that watching it from a CTO seat at an enterprise software company is a worse position than doing it. For companies like Workday, the pattern presents a specific challenge. The CTO role is a competitive signal as much as an operational one -- it attracts technical talent, shapes engineering culture, and communicates to the market that the company is at the frontier of what it does. Established enterprise software companies restructuring their leadership and technical strategies in the face of AI disruption is now a recurring story. Workday has not announced a replacement for Bailis. The company is currently rolling out its own Agent Builder tools, which allow enterprise customers to build AI agents on top of Workday's data, and the CTO position is central to positioning that product as differentiated from the Claude-based alternatives that Anthropic is now building with Bailis's help.
Bathroom Standoff: Spring Hill Student Blocks Peers With Steak Knife In Plot For 'Chaos' - Tampa Free Press
SPRING HILL, Fla. - Wednesday morning at Springstead High School took a dark turn when a student allegedly held two classmates hostage in a bathroom, revealing a calculated plan to escalate violence across the campus. The incident began around 8:03 a.m. on April 8, when School Resource Deputy D. Kortman was alerted by frantic students to a situation unfolding in a boys' restroom. According to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office, two students walked into the bathroom and found 19-year-old Erich Baugh crouching in a corner, surrounded by personal belongings. The situation turned aggressive when Baugh reportedly pulled a mask over his face and told the students at the sinks, "I'm afraid I'm not gonna let you leave." Baugh then produced a steak knife from the front pocket of his sweatshirt. While three other students who entered the bathroom or emerged from stalls were allowed to flee, Baugh allegedly refused to let the initial two victims exit. Those who were released immediately ran to the front office to sound the alarm. READ: Ragin' Cajuns Booted: How 50 Louisiana Students Lost Their Florida Spring Break In 48 Hours Deputy Kortman arrived on the scene within minutes, successfully detaining Baugh and seizing the weapon without any injuries to students or staff. During the subsequent investigation, Baugh reportedly admitted he did not know the victims. He told deputies that mounting stress at home and school drove his actions. More disturbingly, Baugh detailed a larger plot, stating he originally intended to ambush the school's guardian, steal their firearm, and "create more chaos" because he disliked the new staff member. Baugh has been charged with two counts of False Imprisonment and one count of Exhibiting a Weapon on School Grounds. He was booked into the Hernando County Detention Center, where he remains held without bond on the imprisonment charges. Please make a small donation to the Tampa Free Press to help sustain independent journalism. Your contribution enables us to continue delivering high-quality, local, and national news coverage. Sign up: Subscribe to our free newsletter for a curated selection of top stories delivered straight to your inbox
"BJP turned Haryana into crime state," says AAP leader Anurag Dhanda amid chaos over Jhajjar shooting case
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Anurag Dhanda on Thursday targeted the BJP government in Haryana over the law and order situation, alleging that the state has become a 'crime state'. In an 'X' post, Dhanda, while referring to a recent shooting case in Jhajjar, also accused the Congress of colluding with the BJP, adding that the party, which never forgets a chance to corner the AAP government in Punjab, has kept 'mum' in Haryana, despite being the main opposition party. 'The BJP has turned Haryana into a crime state. In Jhajjar, gangsters barged into a house in broad daylight, fired 14 bullets, and walked away, while the BJP's police and government slept through it? What's surprising is that the Congress, which never misses a chance to wail about law and order over any incident in Punjab, is staying mum despite being the main opposition party in Haryana. Why does the Congress have such an attachment to the BJP government in Haryana? What do you call this kind of relationship?' he wrote on 'X'. Meanwhile, ACP Beri Anil Kumar said that shots were fired at Dighal resident Sahil on April 8. The injured person was admitted to the hospital before the arrival of the police at the crime scene. 'Sahil, also known as Sonu, was shot at. Based on the information we received, the injured person had already been taken for treatment by the time we arrived. Our teams are currently deployed, and further action is being carried out,' he said. Further details are awaited. (ANI)
Who Is Tanay Kothari? California CEO's Unconventional Hiring Method Goes Viral On Social Media
The interaction started after the young techiedirectly messaged Tanay Kothari on X. In a recruitment world fixated on credentials, refined CVs, and extensive experience, a straightforward message from an unknown 20-year-old broke through the clamour. Tanay Kothari, a CEO based in California, shared on social media platform X how his company made what many would deem a bold move: hiring a young engineer with no experience whatsoever. Amidst a sea of applications from highly qualified professionals, including senior engineers and scientists from leading global firms, this specific candidate caught attention for a distinct reason. ALSO READ | 'Managers' Mysterious Meetings': Former HR Shares Seven Signs Before Company Starts Layoffs They lack a significant tech background, an elite degree, or notable qualifications, but they are characterised solely by their intent, curiosity, and readiness to show up. What ensued was not only an atypical hiring choice but also a narrative that resonates with founders and professionals who are reevaluating what genuinely constitutes talent in today's rapidly evolving tech sector. The interaction started after the young techie directly messaged Tanay Kothari on X. The techie said, "He loved Wispr Flow and wanted to work with us." Instead of disregarding it, Kothari replied with an immediate invitation to meet, encouraging the candidate to arrive within a few hours. The young techie came in and, during a brief dialogue, showed keen thinking and enthusiasm, even without a traditional resume to support his claims. Opting against a conventional hiring procedure, Kothari chose to assess capabilities in real time. He gave a project to the young techie; Kothari told him about a project that would normally take a day and a half. ALSO READ | IT Services Salaries Likely To Fall In 2026 As AI Shift Weighs On Sector: Deloitte Kothari asked the techie if he wanted to start Monday, suggesting that he could start later. The young techie's response altered everything. The young techie replied, "I'll start now." By the following morning, the young techie informed Kothari, saying, 'Tanay, I just pulled an all-nighter. It's done. "Thousands of lines of code written as a fully operational feature. It was not merely about speed, but also about execution, ownership, and initiative." That instance transformed Kothari's hiring decision, turning what appeared to be a risk into one of the most fruitful choices. Essential Business Intelligence, Continuous LIVE TV, Sharp Market Insights, Practical Personal Finance Advice and Latest Stories -- On NDTV Profit.
Software stocks selloff: PLTR, MSFT drop on Anthropic's 'Mythos' model fears By Investing.com
Investing.com -- Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) fell 7% Thursday as software stocks declined following new AI product launches and comments from short seller Michael Burry about competitive threats.Get premium commodity market insights with InvestingPro subscription The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF dropped 3.7%, with top holdings including Palantir, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, and Palo Alto Networks all trading lower. The selloff came after Meta unveiled a new artificial intelligence model and Anthropic launched Claude tools for building agents. Ongoing fears about Anthropic's powerful new Mythos model also impacted the sector. Burry specifically highlighted Palantir's vulnerability to competition from Anthropic, writing that "Anthropic is eating $PLTR Palantir's lunch. That massive boost from $9B to $30B ARR at Anthropic is because Anthropic offers the easier, cheaper, intuitive solution for businesses. PLTR can have government, which is low margin and small." The pressure on software stocks intensified following Anthropic's release of its Mythos model, which demonstrated significant improvements in software engineering tasks. According to Anthropic's system card, Mythos showed a 17 percentage point improvement in Terminal Bench 2.0 and 13 percentage point improvement in SWE bench-verified benchmarks compared to the previous Opus 4.6 model. Kotak Institutional Equities analyst Kawaljeet Saluja commented, "Anthropic's Mythos model exhibits a step-jump in benchmark performance across software engineering tasks, a deviation from the trajectory of incremental/moderate improvements in the recent past. Mythos provides a large improvement in agentic software development, based on qualitative assessments. We believe that the model raises near- to medium-term disruption risks for IT services with the caveat that model capabilities are largely unproven in real-world scenarios due to a lack of a public release."
SpaceX's biggest moneymaker, Starlink, soars in runup to IPO
Analysts expect SpaceX's satellite internet service to generate $20 billion in revenue this year. SpaceX's satellite internet firm, Starlink, has been the biggest moneymaker for Elon Musk's space conglomerate for three years running, and the trend is set to continue, according to industry analysts. Many see the SpaceX subsidiary, which has a factory in Bastrop County and seeks to provide broadband internet access anywhere in the world, as one of the strongest selling points for the space company as it prepares to go public later this year in what's expected to be the biggest initial public offering. The company is reportedly on track to be worth $2 trillion when it goes public. Industry analysts predict SpaceX will generate between $22 billion and $25 billion this year, with most of that coming from the growing Starlink business that already has more than 10 million customers and a network of nearly 10,200 satellites. Some scientists have voiced concerns that the constellation is cluttering the sky and potentially polluting the atmosphere, but that hasn't slowed Starlink's steady growth and expansion plans. It's looking to triple its Starlink network to 34,400 satellites and develop a separate constellation of a million spacecraft working as orbital data centers over the coming years. "The (Starlink) business looks nothing like it did 18 months ago," Quilty Space, a space economy research and consulting firm, said on social media. SpaceX and its subsidiaries are still private companies so their financials aren't yet public, but Quilty's analysts predict that Starlink alone will generate $20 billion in revenue this year, almost doubling the estimated $11.8 billion it made in 2025. "As Starlink scales globally, the story is no longer just about subscriber growth, but a fundamental shift in revenue mix, pricing dynamics, and the growing role of government demand," Quilty said in an email. The firm doesn't break out SpaceX's other revenue sources, such as launches, for 2026, but it estimated the company made $4.4 billion from launches in 2025. SpaceX's launch revenue wasn't expected to significantly grow this year. This year, SpaceX is on track to make $7 billion from its government contracts including those with Starlink, launches for the military and NASA, missions to the International Space Station and its work on the Artemis program. About 44% of Starlink's revenue, which includes the military network known as Starshield, comes from business with the U.S. government, according to Quilty. Starlink is now available in the U.S. and more than 150 other countries as well as in the sky and on the seas. More than 30 airlines provide the service, and revenue from that segment is expected to climb 68% from last year, according to Quilty. About 75,000 vessels were expected to add Starlink service this year, which could generate $1.9 billion. SPACEX NEWS: Another SpaceX land swap saga unfolds in South Texas Analysts think Starlink will have nearly 17 million subscribers and the capacity to build 4,000 satellites annually by the end of the year. Starlink builds and operates its satellites at its Redmond, Wash., facility. In Bastrop, the firm makes the terminal kits that customers buy. State records show it's invested at least $106 million in facilities at its Bastrop site. Last March, SpaceX announced it was investing $280 million there for a semiconductor research and development and advanced packaging facility. The state gave SpaceX $17.3 million for the project in a grant from its Semiconductor Innovation Fund.
Software stocks selloff: PLTR, MSFT drop on Anthropic's 'Mythos' model fears By Investing.com
Investing.com -- Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) fell 7% Thursday as software stocks declined following new AI product launches and comments from short seller Michael Burry about competitive threats.Get premium commodity market insights with InvestingPro subscription The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF dropped 3.7%, with top holdings including Palantir, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, and Palo Alto Networks all trading lower. The selloff came after Meta unveiled a new artificial intelligence model and Anthropic launched Claude tools for building agents. Ongoing fears about Anthropic's powerful new Mythos model also impacted the sector. Burry specifically highlighted Palantir's vulnerability to competition from Anthropic, writing that "Anthropic is eating $PLTR Palantir's lunch. That massive boost from $9B to $30B ARR at Anthropic is because Anthropic offers the easier, cheaper, intuitive solution for businesses. PLTR can have government, which is low margin and small." The pressure on software stocks intensified following Anthropic's release of its Mythos model, which demonstrated significant improvements in software engineering tasks. According to Anthropic's system card, Mythos showed a 17 percentage point improvement in Terminal Bench 2.0 and 13 percentage point improvement in SWE bench-verified benchmarks compared to the previous Opus 4.6 model. Kotak Institutional Equities analyst Kawaljeet Saluja commented, "Anthropic's Mythos model exhibits a step-jump in benchmark performance across software engineering tasks, a deviation from the trajectory of incremental/moderate improvements in the recent past. Mythos provides a large improvement in agentic software development, based on qualitative assessments. We believe that the model raises near- to medium-term disruption risks for IT services with the caveat that model capabilities are largely unproven in real-world scenarios due to a lack of a public release."
How Predictable Yield Is Emerging as a Key Crypto Narrative Amid Varntix's Colossal Rise
The crypto market hasn't slowed down, but the way people approach it is starting to change. Price swings still dominate the headlines, yet they no longer carry the same confidence they once did. Even when activity picks up, there's a lingering question around how dependable those gains really are over time. As a result, more investors are stepping back from purely price-driven strategies. Instead of trying to time every move, many are beginning to explore structured ways to earn from digital assets. Digital Asset Treasury platforms are becoming part of this conversation, offering income models that are more defined and less dependent on short-term market swings. This is where platforms like Varntix are leading the charge. Rather than leaning on price momentum, it focuses on defined income structures and stablecoin payouts, giving investors a clearer framework for earning in a market that often lacks direction. The Growing Demand for Consistent and Defined Income The recent market swings have been a reality check for many investors. A lot of altcoins are still far from their all-time highs, and even those who've held for years are realizing that simply holding doesn't guarantee real gains. Predicting the market's next move has become a challenge, even for the most seasoned traders. Therefore, the appeal of structured income models is growing, where returns are set from the start and tied to a defined timeline. Instead of hoping for price jumps, the focus is shifting toward earning a steady, predictable yield over time. It is a concept that mirrors traditional finance. Fixed-income products have long been used to provide stability and predictability, and a similar approach embodied by Varntix is now gaining traction in crypto. In a market known for uncertainty, clarity is becoming a valuable asset in itself. The Role of Digital Asset Treasuries in This Transition A big reason things are changing is that digital asset treasury strategies are finally going mainstream. Companies like MicroStrategy, Metaplanet, and BitMine are proving that crypto isn't just a wild gamble because it can actually be a legitimate part of a company's financial toolkit. Rather than treating it like a speculative play, these firms are focusing on disciplined allocation and long-term goals. As this professional mindset catches on, it's shifting the way the whole crypto market looks at digital assets by moving us away from the "Wild West" era and toward a more structured, mature way of investing. Varntix and the Shift Toward Structured Crypto Income Varntix is emerging as a clear example of how the trend is evolving in DeFi. Built on digital asset treasury principles, the platform offers investors structured ways to earn from crypto without relying solely on market swings. Its fixed income plans allow users to commit capital for 6, 12, or 24 months, with returns reaching up to around 20-24% annually, paid in stablecoins. For those who prefer flexibility, Varntix also provides a flexi income option, offering steady yields in the 4-6.5% range with the ability to withdraw funds at any time. This dual structure allows investors to choose between higher returns with commitment or lower returns with liquidity. Varntix stands out because it combines structure with real transparency. Every payment and redemption is handled by audited smart contracts, while proof-of-reserves reports let users see exactly how their funds are being managed. By spreading investments across a variety of digital assets rather than betting on a single token, the system avoids the concentration risks. This level of transparency is a total game-changer. Varntix is carving out a new path, making crypto income more predictable, accessible, and actually useful for long-term financial planning. Conclusion Predictable yield is quickly becoming a defining theme in the evolution of crypto investing. While speculation will always exist, defined income models are offering a more stable path forward. Varntix reflects this transition, giving investors a way to combine crypto exposure with planned, reliable returns. Varntix is a digital wealth platform focused on fixed income in crypto and on-chain convertible notes. Learn more at varntix.com. Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry risk, including total loss of capital. All market analysis and token data are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial advice. Readers should conduct independent research and consult licensed advisors before investing. Crypto Press Release Distribution by BTCPressWire.com
xAI Says Memphis Water Plant Still Happening - 512 Pixels
xAI is committed to building a state-of-the-art water recycling plant in Memphis. This plant will protect billions of gallons of water each year. The team is currently prioritizing other more immediate projects at the site but our plans to build the water plant have not changed. I certainly hope so. Folks in Memphis responded strongly to yesterday's news that the water treatment plant was on hold. xAI has very little credibility in the eyes of a lot of Memphians. The company not explaining what "other more immediate projects" have taken priority hasn't helped.
Software stocks selloff: PLTR, MSFT drop on Anthropic's 'Mythos' model fears By Investing.com
Investing.com -- Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) fell 7% Thursday as software stocks declined following new AI product launches and comments from short seller Michael Burry about competitive threats.Get premium commodity market insights with InvestingPro subscription The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF dropped 3.7%, with top holdings including Palantir, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, and Palo Alto Networks all trading lower. The selloff came after Meta unveiled a new artificial intelligence model and Anthropic launched Claude tools for building agents. Ongoing fears about Anthropic's powerful new Mythos model also impacted the sector. Burry specifically highlighted Palantir's vulnerability to competition from Anthropic, writing that "Anthropic is eating $PLTR Palantir's lunch. That massive boost from $9B to $30B ARR at Anthropic is because Anthropic offers the easier, cheaper, intuitive solution for businesses. PLTR can have government, which is low margin and small." The pressure on software stocks intensified following Anthropic's release of its Mythos model, which demonstrated significant improvements in software engineering tasks. According to Anthropic's system card, Mythos showed a 17 percentage point improvement in Terminal Bench 2.0 and 13 percentage point improvement in SWE bench-verified benchmarks compared to the previous Opus 4.6 model. Kotak Institutional Equities analyst Kawaljeet Saluja commented, "Anthropic's Mythos model exhibits a step-jump in benchmark performance across software engineering tasks, a deviation from the trajectory of incremental/moderate improvements in the recent past. Mythos provides a large improvement in agentic software development, based on qualitative assessments. We believe that the model raises near- to medium-term disruption risks for IT services with the caveat that model capabilities are largely unproven in real-world scenarios due to a lack of a public release."
Ceasefire Predictions Spark Concerns About Polymarket Insider Trading
One of the 50 accounts reportedly spent a whopping $72,000 on this market, which resulted in returns of roughly $200,000 Prediction markets continue to be a divisive topic, with many criticizing the sector due to its similarities to gambling, lax regulatory oversight and potential opportunities for insider trading. New data sparked further concerns as analysts learned that dozens of new accounts bought "yes" shares in an Iran ceasefire ahead of its announcement by the American president. Crypto analytics specialist Dune reported that its experts have identified the creation of 50 new accounts on Polymarket. While this isn't anything suspicious in itself, Dune's analysts also learned that the new accounts spent significant money on "Yes" shares regarding the recent ceasefire between the US and Iran. To top it all off, the purchases were made mere hours before the official announcement. Dune elaborated that one of the 50 accounts spent a whopping $72,000 on this market, which resulted in returns of roughly $200,000. In a separate case, a user created an account some 12 minutes before the official ceasefire announcement and proceeded to spend $32,000 on "yes" shares, winning some $48,500. This activity sparked renewed concerns about potential insider trading, although no definitive proof has been presented so far. Insider trading (or insider betting in the case of sportsbooks) refers to cases of wagers placed by insiders with some prior knowledge of the likely outcome. While such activity is prohibited, prediction markets have been accused that the very nature of some of their products invites insider trading. Whereas sportsbooks offer wagers on the outcomes of sporting events, prediction markets are much more varied and allow players to predict the outcomes of political decisions, military developments, and cultural developments, among many others. Because of such insider trading concerns, multiple parties have called for the end of event contracts related to war. Congress members have previously suggested that Washington DC insiders are leveraging their insider positions and the opportunities offered by prediction market platforms to make money. At the same time, the conflict between state gaming regulators and prediction markets rages on. The CFTC, which is responsible for overseeing trading platforms, recently took several states to court over their attempt to regulate prediction markets.
Software stocks selloff: PLTR, MSFT drop on Anthropic's 'Mythos' model fears By Investing.com
Investing.com -- Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) fell 7% Thursday as software stocks declined following new AI product launches and comments from short seller Michael Burry about competitive threats.Get premium commodity market insights with InvestingPro subscription The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF dropped 3.7%, with top holdings including Palantir, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, and Palo Alto Networks all trading lower. The selloff came after Meta unveiled a new artificial intelligence model and Anthropic launched Claude tools for building agents. Ongoing fears about Anthropic's powerful new Mythos model also impacted the sector. Burry specifically highlighted Palantir's vulnerability to competition from Anthropic, writing that "Anthropic is eating $PLTR Palantir's lunch. That massive boost from $9B to $30B ARR at Anthropic is because Anthropic offers the easier, cheaper, intuitive solution for businesses. PLTR can have government, which is low margin and small." The pressure on software stocks intensified following Anthropic's release of its Mythos model, which demonstrated significant improvements in software engineering tasks. According to Anthropic's system card, Mythos showed a 17 percentage point improvement in Terminal Bench 2.0 and 13 percentage point improvement in SWE bench-verified benchmarks compared to the previous Opus 4.6 model. Kotak Institutional Equities analyst Kawaljeet Saluja commented, "Anthropic's Mythos model exhibits a step-jump in benchmark performance across software engineering tasks, a deviation from the trajectory of incremental/moderate improvements in the recent past. Mythos provides a large improvement in agentic software development, based on qualitative assessments. We believe that the model raises near- to medium-term disruption risks for IT services with the caveat that model capabilities are largely unproven in real-world scenarios due to a lack of a public release."
Major stations close while commuters face train chaos after death on tracks
Passengers are facing major disruption after a person has died on tracks by London Waterloo station. Emergency services are currently dealing with an incident between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction, forcing all lines to close. Trains are being cancelled or delayed by up to 90 minutes, and the chaos is expected until the end of the day. Stations including Surbiton have been closed as a result - with passengers seen gathering outside trying to find alternative routes.
'Go from prototype to launch in days rather than months': Anthropic reveals Claude Managed Agents, promises to make agent building '10x faster'
Claude Managed Agents is Anthropic's centralized agentic platform * Claude Managed Agents is Anthropic's new AI agent management platform * Enterprises can use it for sandboxing, coordination, governance and multi-agent collaboration * The platform is in public beta with consumption-based pricing, self-evaluation is in research preview Anthropic has revealed a new enterprise-focused platform for building and running AI agents, and it hopes to be able to help its customers "go from prototype to launch in days rather than months." The new Claude Managed Agents platform comes in response to an AI agent building experience that, today, is fragmented, dependent on a lot of engineering and hard to scale. Claude Managed Agents should be able to reduce that engineering overhead considerably, standardizing deployment so that engineering teams can focus on logic and solving real-world problems rather than the underlying infrastructure. Claude Managed Agents makes it easier (and quicker) to deploy AI agents The company highlighted four of the key proposals included within the new platform: secure sandboxing; long-running autonomous sessions; multi-agent coordination so that agents can "parallelize complex work"; and governance, identity management and execution tracing. All of these show AI evolving from handling simple tasks to entire workflows, with multiple agents now able to collaborate end-to-end. "Managed Agents is purpose-built for Claude," Anthropic wrote, signalling a similar position to OpenAI and Microsoft's offerings. While centralized platforms introduce the risk of vendor lock-in, they give companies like Anthropic and customers more control over safety. And just like Anthropic's recent introduction of Code Review, "Claude self-evaluates and iterates until it gets there" - a tool that's currently in research preview. Early adopters include Notion and Asana, with Anthropic claiming to have seen 10x improvements in time to ship. The new platform uses the increasingly popular consumption-based pricing model, combining standard Claude Platform token rates plus $0.08 per session-hour for active runtime. The Managed Agents platform itself is now open in public beta. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button! And of course you can also follow TechRadar on TikTok for news, reviews, unboxings in video form, and get regular updates from us on WhatsApp too.
Accenture Invests in Replit to Advance AI-Driven Software Development for Enterprises
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has invested, through Accenture Ventures , in Replit , an AI-powered software creation platform company, to help enterprises accelerate the creation of new digital platforms using AI-driven software development. As part of this investment, the two companies are also entering into a strategic partnership. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260409125745/en/ As organizations across industries pursue AI-driven reinvention, the way software is built is beginning to shift. Traditional development cycles -- often slowed by complex environments, infrastructure setup, and lengthy coding processes -- are giving way to AI-native approaches that enable teams to move from idea to working application in significantly less time using natural language prompts and agentic AI -- an approach increasingly referred to as "vibe coding." As part of this partnership, Accenture will collaborate with Replit to explore how AI-driven development can be applied to enterprise environments. The teams will work together to identify practical use cases and new development workflows that can be scaled to Accenture's clients globally. "Every enterprise wants to move faster -- from idea to working application, and from prototype to production," said Ram Ramalingam, global lead for Software and Platform Engineering at Accenture. "Our collaboration with Replit puts that capability in the hands of more teams, breaking down the barriers between business vision and technical execution." Replit provides a cloud-based platform that combines coding environments with AI-powered development assistance, collaboration tools, and hosting infrastructure in a single workspace. With AI agents capable of generating and modifying code from natural language prompts, teams can rapidly build prototypes, iterate ideas, and deploy applications without the traditional complexity of configuring development environments. "Our mission has always been to make software creation accessible to anyone with an idea," said Ghazi Masood, Chief Revenue Officer at Replit. "Partnering with Accenture will allow us to bring AI-driven software development to more enterprises and jointly help teams move from ideas to production faster than ever." By combining Accenture's expertise in scaling emerging technologies for large organizations with Replit's cloud-based software creation platform, this partnership aims to help enterprises adopt AI-driven development safely while integrating it into existing engineering practices and technology ecosystems. Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world's leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise, bringing together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people, our proprietary assets and platforms, and deep ecosystem relationships. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients. Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity, and we measure our success by the 360° value we create for all our stakeholders. Visit us at accenture.com . About Replit Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. The company, founded in 2016, has over 50 million users worldwide, including users at 85% of the Fortune 500 companies. Teams at enterprises including Atlassian, Adobe, Databricks and Zillow use Replit to build apps, and the company has partnerships with Google, Stripe and Slack among others. Replit, headquartered in San Francisco, United States, recently introduced Agent 4, its most powerful product yet. For more information, visit https://replit.com/ .
Accenture Invests in Replit to Advance AI-Driven Software Development for Enterprises
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has invested, through Accenture Ventures , in Replit , an AI-powered software creation platform company, to help enterprises accelerate the creation of new digital platforms using AI-driven software development. As part of this investment, the two companies are also entering into a strategic partnership. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260409125745/en/ As organizations across industries pursue AI-driven reinvention, the way software is built is beginning to shift. Traditional development cycles -- often slowed by complex environments, infrastructure setup, and lengthy coding processes -- are giving way to AI-native approaches that enable teams to move from idea to working application in significantly less time using natural language prompts and agentic AI -- an approach increasingly referred to as "vibe coding." As part of this partnership, Accenture will collaborate with Replit to explore how AI-driven development can be applied to enterprise environments. The teams will work together to identify practical use cases and new development workflows that can be scaled to Accenture's clients globally. "Every enterprise wants to move faster -- from idea to working application, and from prototype to production," said Ram Ramalingam, global lead for Software and Platform Engineering at Accenture. "Our collaboration with Replit puts that capability in the hands of more teams, breaking down the barriers between business vision and technical execution." Replit provides a cloud-based platform that combines coding environments with AI-powered development assistance, collaboration tools, and hosting infrastructure in a single workspace. With AI agents capable of generating and modifying code from natural language prompts, teams can rapidly build prototypes, iterate ideas, and deploy applications without the traditional complexity of configuring development environments. "Our mission has always been to make software creation accessible to anyone with an idea," said Ghazi Masood, Chief Revenue Officer at Replit. "Partnering with Accenture will allow us to bring AI-driven software development to more enterprises and jointly help teams move from ideas to production faster than ever." By combining Accenture's expertise in scaling emerging technologies for large organizations with Replit's cloud-based software creation platform, this partnership aims to help enterprises adopt AI-driven development safely while integrating it into existing engineering practices and technology ecosystems. Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world's leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise, bringing together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people, our proprietary assets and platforms, and deep ecosystem relationships. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients. Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity, and we measure our success by the 360° value we create for all our stakeholders. Visit us at accenture.com . About Replit Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. The company, founded in 2016, has over 50 million users worldwide, including users at 85% of the Fortune 500 companies. Teams at enterprises including Atlassian, Adobe, Databricks and Zillow use Replit to build apps, and the company has partnerships with Google, Stripe and Slack among others. Replit, headquartered in San Francisco, United States, recently introduced Agent 4, its most powerful product yet. For more information, visit https://replit.com/ .
The 2026 IPO Bottleneck Breaks: From SpaceX to AI Unicorns | Investing.com ZA
* Following years of inactivity, the US IPO market is surging with 127 filings in Q1 2026, the third-highest quarter in three years, driven by easing interest rates and a massive backlog of private unicorns. * SpaceX has reportedly filed confidentially for a June 2026 IPO at a $1.75 trillion valuation; fueled by Starlink's 10 million subscribers, it could surpass Saudi Aramco as the largest public debut in history. * While mid-cap infrastructure firms like QumulusAI are already filing, AI industry giants OpenAI and Anthropic are eyeing late 2026 debuts. The US IPO market in 2026 is shaping up to be a historic bottleneck break. After years of companies staying private longer, a combination of easing interest rates and a massive backlog of AI unicorns has created a highly anticipated, albeit selective, window for public debuts. SpaceX Ready to Launch Just last week news broke that SpaceX had confidentially filed to go public, meaning the financials of the company are not disclosed until later. SpaceX is reportedly eyeing a June 2026 listing, and is targeting a staggering $1.75 trillion valuation, seeking to raise between $50 billion and $75 billion. If successful, this would comfortably unseat Saudi Aramco as the largest IPO in history. What's driving this valuation? While the rocket business is steady, the valuation is heavily anchored by Starlink. In a post on X, the satellite internet provider confirmed they surpassed 10 million subscribers in February 2026 and are seeing revenues projected as high as $24 billion for this year. The IPO Race Amongst AI Unicorns OpenAI and Anthropic are also rumored to be eyeing public debuts in 2026. According to a recent report from The Information, however, there is reported tension at Open AI between CEO Sam Altman, who wants a Q4 2026 IPO, and CFO Sarah Friar. Friar has expressed concerns that the company isn't operationally ready and that slowing revenue growth might not yet support their $600 billion five-year spending plan. The company was recently valued at $852 billion after a $122 billion funding round. To shore up its "path to profit," OpenAI began running ads for non-premium users in February. Fellow AI darling, Anthropic, is said to be considering an IPO as early as October 2026, potentially aiming to beat OpenAI to the public markets. It was valued at $380 billion in February. Bankers suggest they could raise over $60 billion, capitalizing on their perceived lead in enterprise-grade AI and coding models. Q1 2026 IPO Activity In Q1 2026, Wall Street Horizon tallied 127 IPO filings, this is the third-highest quarter in the last three years, surpassed only by the massive rush in late 2025 (Q3 and Q4). This suggests that despite geopolitical tensions, the backlog of companies waiting to go public is still being cleared at a record pace. While mega-cap AI names like those mentioned above are still rumored, mid-cap AI names are already filing. Notable Q1 2026 names include QumulusAI and SharonAI Holdings. These suggest that smaller AI infrastructure companies are moving to market faster than the giants. We're also seeing global fintech names file to IPO, with PayPay Corporation and PicPay showing up in the data for Q1. These massive fintech players from Japan and Brazil, respectively, are choosing the US markets (via ADRs or direct filings) to likely capitalize on higher valuations. And lastly, retailers such as Bob's Discount Furniture round out the list. This indicates that consumer-facing, private-equity-backed brands finally see a window to exit. This is often a sign that "soft landing" expectations are being priced into the IPO market. Source: Wall Street Horizon The Bottom Line While the IPO window is open, the 2026 market is selective. Investors are no longer buying growth at all costs. They are demanding a clear path to profitability (as seen with OpenAI's new ad model) and proven scale (like Starlink's subscriber base).
Waterloo rail chaos after casualty on track closes all lines
Waterloo was thrown into major disruption on 9 April after a casualty on the track at Queenstown Road station brought services to a halt. British Transport Police said officers were called at 11. 49am ET, and a person was pronounced dead at the scene. All lines between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction were closed, with delays, cancellations, and revised services affecting journeys beyond the immediate corridor. What happened on Waterloo lines The incident began just before midday ET and quickly spread into a wider rail problem for southwest London. Network Rail said the emergency services were dealing with an incident between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction, and that all lines were closed while access was needed for responders. It added that passengers could face cancellations, delays of up to 90 minutes, or altered services. Services to stations beyond Clapham Junction, including Wimbledon and Richmond, were also hit by the disruption. Some lines later reopened, but Network Rail warned trains could still be cancelled, delayed by up to 90 minutes, or revised. The situation was expected to cause major disruption until the end of the day, with an update suggesting the impact could continue until 3pm ET. Waterloo disruption and passenger advice South Western Railway response teams were on site, and power to the track needed to be switched off in the affected area to allow emergency services access. Passengers were advised to speak to staff or use station help points for journey assistance. Tickets were being accepted on alternative routes, including London buses, the Underground, and other rail services, though passengers were also warned that some rail tickets would not be valid on local buses unless stated. British Transport Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious and that a file would be prepared for the coroner. The force confirmed the call to Queenstown Road station at 11. 49am ET and said paramedics also attended before the person was pronounced dead at the scene. Immediate reaction from officials A British Transport Police spokesperson said: "We were called to Queenstown Road railway station at 11. 49am on 9 April to reports of a casualty on the tracks. Paramedics also attended and sadly a person was pronounced dead at the scene. This incident is not being treated as suspicious, and a file will be prepared for the coroner. " A Network Rail spokesperson said: "The emergency services are dealing with an incident between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction, resulting in all lines being closed. As a result, passengers can expect cancellations, delays of up to 90 minutes, or train service alterations. Response teams are on their way to site. " Quick context on the Waterloo corridor The Waterloo corridor is one of the busiest rail links in southwest London, so even a single-track incident can ripple across several routes at once. In this case, the closure affected not only the main line between Waterloo and Clapham Junction, but also services connecting onward to other destinations. For now, passengers are being told to check their journeys before travelling and to expect ongoing disruption across the Waterloo network. With all power needing to be switched off in the affected area, Waterloo remains under pressure as services recover and the full impact of the incident continues to unfold.
Chaos as Iran hits Trump with brutal new humiliation in bombshell statement
Trump's ceasefire already appears fragile. (Image: Getty) Iran will only allow a maximum of 15 ships per day to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, according to reports. An Iranian source told Russian outlet TASS that the movement of ships through the vital waterway depends on whether Iran gives consent and the ships follow a specific protocol. They added that the rules have been compiled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and warned that "there will be no return to the pre-war status quo". They said: "Under the current ceasefire, no more than 15 vessels are permitted to transit the Strait of Hormuz per day. Strait of Hormuz (Image: Getty) "This movement is strictly dependent on Iran's consent and adherence to a specific protocol. "This new legal framework, supervised by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has been officially communicated to the parties in the region. There will be no return to the pre-war status quo."
