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Factbox-SpaceX's business and finances: rockets, satellite communications and budding AI
April 1 (Reuters) - SpaceX is gearing up for a stock market debut that could value it at more than $1.75 trillion, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, as the Elon Musk-led company reaches for the stars in what could be the largest IPO in history. Here are some details about SpaceX - what it does, what is known about its financials, and other topics. SPACEX IN BRIEF SpaceX, founded in 2002, is the largest private space company in the U.S. and conducts more launches annually than any other company globally. It offers launch services on its reusable Falcon 9 rockets and is developing a larger "Starship". Its Starlink satellite communications network offers internet service to individuals and organizations, with more than 9,500 satellites deployed since 2019 to service more than 9 million users globally. Starlink generates 50%-80% of SpaceX's revenue. Musk's mega-merger of his companies SpaceX and xAI in February combined the space-and-defense contractor with a fast-growing, money-losing AI developer spending heavily to build data centers. SpaceX's main rocket customers include NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense, international space agencies, and commercial satellite companies. The Starship system, a combination of SpaceX's Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage, is designed for full reusability and built to carry crew and cargo. NASA has been pressing SpaceX to advance Starship toward lunar mission readiness. Musk sees Starship as core to fulfilling his goal of routinely ferrying humans to Mars. SpaceX launched five Starship flight tests last year, the first three of which suffered complex and explosive setbacks, while the last two were successful. Looking ahead, SpaceX has filed plans to launch a constellation of 1 million solar-powered AI data center satellites. Musk's vast business empire -- unofficially dubbed the "Muskonomy" by some investors and analysts -- also encompasses brain-chip company Neuralink and tunneling venture the Boring Company. SPACEX FINANCIALS SpaceX generated roughly $8 billion in profit against $15 billion to $16 billion in revenue in 2025, Reuters exclusively reported in January. The profit figure reflects EBITDA -- earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization -- a measure of operating performance. Revenue increased 51% to $13.1 billion in 2024, according to media reports. SpaceX's revenue reportedly doubled from $2.3 billion in 2021 to $4.6 billion in 2022, then rose 90% to $8.7 billion in 2023. Musk has noted that NASA will contribute only 5% of SpaceX's revenue this year, adding that the vast majority of revenue is from the commercial Starlink system.
SpaceX's Countdown to a Blockbuster IPO: The Journey and Challenges | Technology
SpaceX's highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) is set to position the company as a major player in the public market. This timeline highlights key events in SpaceX's evolution, from early rocket failures to significant achievements in space exploration and the challenges faced along the way. Elon Musk's SpaceX is on the verge of going public with a confidential filing for an initial public offering in the United States. This move brings Musk closer to having his second publicly traded company, marking a significant milestone for the space exploration giant. Founded in March 2002, SpaceX had a challenging start. After initial failures, it marked its first successful rocket launch in September 2008, later securing a major NASA contract. SpaceX's journey includes notable triumphs like the first all-private spacecraft to dock at the ISS and groundbreaking achievements such as the Falcon Heavy launch carrying a Tesla Roadster. Despite setbacks, including rocket explosions and regulatory challenges, SpaceX continues to innovate with projects like Starlink and ambitions of lunar colonization. With its IPO on the horizon, SpaceX aims to further its influence in space technology and exploration.
Anthropic Leaks 512,000 Lines of Claude AI Code in Major Blunder - IT Security News
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SpaceX registers to take rocket maker public in blockbuster IPO, Bloomberg News reports
April 1 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, setting the stage for what could become the largest stock market listing on record, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. A public listing at a potential valuation of more than $1.75 trillion would signal that space exploration has moved from speculative venture to a mainstream investment theme. SpaceX's growth has been driven by its reusable rockets and the Starlink satellite internet network. The filing comes after SpaceX merged with Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI in a deal that valued the rocket company at $1 trillion and the developer of the Grok chatbot at $250 billion. Musk, the world's richest person, runs a sprawling business empire that spans electric vehicles at Tesla, space launch, satellite broadband, AI and social media. "Investors could use a sum-of-the-parts analysis, but, like with Tesla, SpaceX's valuation could very much fluctuate wildly based off how much the public believes in Musk's vision," said Angelo Bochanis, data and index associate at Renaissance Capital, a provider of IPO-focused research and ETFs. "So far, investors seem to be clamoring for any sort of exposure to SpaceX." LARGEST IPO EVER The Starbase, Texas-headquartered firm could seek to raise more than $50 billion in the IPO, handily surpassing the 2019 flotation of Saudi Aramco, which remains the largest IPO on record. A blockbuster SpaceX debut could jolt the IPO market back to life after years of subdued activity, with market participants expecting strong demand from both retail and institutional investors, some drawn by Musk's brand and others seeking exposure to SpaceX's fast-growing space and satellite businesses. SpaceX is the world's most valuable privately held company, based on the valuation implied by its merger deal with xAI. The rocket startup was last valued at about $800 billion in a secondary share sale independently. Several other high-profile startups, including ChatGPT maker OpenAI and rival Anthropic, are also said to be weighing large IPOs, setting up a broader test of investor appetite for new listings. Many large startups have remained private for longer, tapping deep pools of capital in private markets, but a listing by a company such as SpaceX could encourage more of them to pursue public offerings. 'MUSKONOMY' A listing would deepen analyst and investor scrutiny of "Muskonomy" -- the billionaire's sprawling business empire and intertwined fortunes -- bringing renewed focus to how his companies are financed, governed and valued across markets. "A likely dual-class share structure would let Musk tap public capital while retaining firm control, even after the substantial dilution that comes with a public offering," said Minmo Gahng, assistant professor of finance at Cornell University. He runs electric vehicle maker Tesla, brain-chip maker Neuralink and tunnel-digging firm The Boring Company. Musk also folded social media platform X into xAI through a share swap last year, giving the AI startup access to the platform's data and distribution network. Questions about Musk's ability to oversee multiple companies with market values exceeding $1 trillion could temper investor enthusiasm, analysts say. "It is understandable that investors would be concerned with Musk overseeing multiple significant enterprises, especially given his polarizing public profile at times. However, SpaceX appears somewhat differentiated," said Kat Liu, vice president at ?IPOX. "The business is operationally mature, technologically ahead in several key areas, and profitable, which provides a solid fundamental underpinning." SPACE RACE SpaceX generated about $8 billion in profit on $15 billion to $16 billion of revenue last year, Reuters reported in January, citing people familiar with the matter. A growing number of billionaires and private firms have bankrolled a fresh space race in the U.S., investing heavily in rockets, satellite networks and lunar ambitions, including SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. As NASA leans more on commercial partners and defense budgets climb, space is emerging as a strategic battleground shaped by technological edge, national security priorities and the promise of new economic gains. SpaceX has also sought permission to launch up to 1 million solar-powered satellites engineered as orbital data centers, far beyond anything currently deployed or proposed. NASA engineers and technologists have speculated for nearly two decades about moving energy-hungry computing off the planet. SpaceX's merger with xAI has drawn investor attention to how Musk could use a tightly integrated network of rockets, satellites and AI systems to overcome technical and capital hurdles, extending artificial intelligence infrastructure beyond Earth. Artificial intelligence has become Wall Street's favorite theme, with anything tied to AI helping fuel a powerful rally in technology stocks and lifting valuations across the sector. (Reporting by Manya Saini in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
Anthropic Scrambles to Contain Damage After Claude Code Leak - Techstrong.ai
Anthropic, the high-flying artificial intelligence (AI) startup valued at $380 billion, is racing to mitigate the fallout after a human error led to public exposure of internal source code for Claude Code, its viral flagship programming assistant. The leak, which occurred Tuesday during a routine update, has provided competitors and hackers alike with a rare, unfiltered look at the proprietary harness Anthropic uses to transform its AI models into sophisticated autonomous agents. The company confirmed the lapse was not a malicious breach but a "release packaging issue." A published package for the tool included a source map that pointed directly to an archive of the tool's TypeScript source code. An Anthropic spokesperson said, "No sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed. We're rolling out measures to prevent this from happening again." Although customer data remained secure, the commercial damage is significant. By Wednesday morning, Anthropic had filed copyright takedown requests to scrub more than 8,000 copies and adaptations of the code from GitHub. However, the cat-and-mouse game continues; some developers have already used other AI tools to rewrite the leaked functionality into different programming languages to bypass automated takedowns. The leak has demystified the art behind Claude Code's success. Programmers dissecting the files discovered several of Anthropic's secret techniques for "cajoling" AI into high-performance agents, including: "dreaming," a process where the model periodically reviews tasks to consolidate its memory; undercover mode, which are instructions for the AI to avoid identifying itself as an AI when publishing code; and "buddy," a Tamagotchi-style virtual pet hidden within the interface for user interaction. The timing of the leak is particularly sensitive. Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI executives, has seen its run-rate revenue soar to over $2.5 billion in February. This success has sparked an arms race, with Google, OpenAI, and xAI all rushing to build competing agentic tools. The incident marks the company's second data blunder in a single week, following a recent Fortune report that descriptions of upcoming models were found in a publicly accessible data cache. Industry analysts warn that beyond the loss of trade secrets, the leak provides a roadmap for jailbreaking or exploiting the software. For a company built on a reputation for AI safety, the sight of its most valuable internal instructions being mirrored across Reddit and X (where one post reached 21 million views) is a stark reminder that even the most advanced AI is still vulnerable to simple human error.
Anthropic Accidentally Leaked Its Claude Code Playbook
Through a packaging error, Anthropic accidentally published roughly 512,000 lines of internal source code for Claude Code, its AI coding assistant. Within hours, the code was scraped, mirrored, and shared more than 100,000 times. Importantly, Claude has not been open-sourced by accident. The leaked code didn't include Claude's model weights or training data. Instead, it exposed something arguably more valuable to competitors: the product layer (aka wrapper or harness). This is the part that turns Claude (the foundation model) into everyone's favorite coding assistant, including: workflow orchestration, tool integration, memory handling, and context management. This wasn't a security breach or hack. It was an unforced error. A file accidentally shipped in the public release, letting anyone reconstruct the underlying codebase. Anthropic fixed the issue quickly and released a new version, but the damage was done. Security researcher Chaofan Shou first flagged the exposure publicly. The most prominent fork, instructkr/claw-code, has already accumulated more than 99,200 stars and more than 91,000 forks. By the time Anthropic started issuing takedown notices, copies had spread everywhere including decentralized sites where (in practice) the code cannot be taken down, ever. Embarrassingly, the exposed code revealed 44 unreleased features, including references to a "KAIROS" background agent capability and internal developer comments about engineering tradeoffs. Competitors building similar products just got a free design review of what is arguably the best AI coding assistant in the world, plus a look at Anthropic's roadmap. For Anthropic, this incident is particularly awkward given their positioning as a safety-focused AI company. It's not existential, but it's another lesson on the road to AGI.
Anthropic accidentally exposes system behind Claude Code
Anthropic inadvertently released internal source code behind its popular artificial intelligence-powered Claude coding assistant, raising questions about the security of an AI model developer that has built its brand on prioritising safety. "Earlier today, a Claude Code release included some internal source code. No sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed," Anthropic said in an emailed statement late Tuesday. "This was a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security breach."
SpaceX registers to take rocket maker public in blockbuster IPO, Bloomberg News reports
April 1 : Elon Musk's SpaceX has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, setting the stage for what could become the largest stock market listing on record, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. A public listing at a potential valuation of more than $1.75 trillion would signal that space exploration has moved from speculative venture to a mainstream investment theme. SpaceX's growth has been driven by its reusable rockets and the Starlink satellite internet network. The filing comes after SpaceX merged with Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI in a deal that valued the rocket company at $1 trillion and the developer of the Grok chatbot at $250 billion. Musk, the world's richest person, runs a sprawling business empire that spans electric vehicles at Tesla, space launch, satellite broadband, AI and social media. "Investors could use a sum-of-the-parts analysis, but, like with Tesla, SpaceX's valuation could very much fluctuate wildly based off how much the public believes in Musk's vision," said Angelo Bochanis, data and index associate at Renaissance Capital, a provider of IPO-focused research and ETFs. "So far, investors seem to be clamoring for any sort of exposure to SpaceX." LARGEST IPO EVER The Starbase, Texas-headquartered firm could seek to raise more than $50 billion in the IPO, handily surpassing the 2019 flotation of Saudi Aramco, which remains the largest IPO on record. A blockbuster SpaceX debut could jolt the IPO market back to life after years of subdued activity, with market participants expecting strong demand from both retail and institutional investors, some drawn by Musk's brand and others seeking exposure to SpaceX's fast-growing space and satellite businesses. SpaceX is the world's most valuable privately held company, based on the valuation implied by its merger deal with xAI. The rocket startup was last valued at about $800 billion in a secondary share sale independently. Several other high-profile startups, including ChatGPT maker OpenAI and rival Anthropic, are also said to be weighing large IPOs, setting up a broader test of investor appetite for new listings. Many large startups have remained private for longer, tapping deep pools of capital in private markets, but a listing by a company such as SpaceX could encourage more of them to pursue public offerings. 'MUSKONOMY' A listing would deepen analyst and investor scrutiny of "Muskonomy" -- the billionaire's sprawling business empire and intertwined fortunes -- bringing renewed focus to how his companies are financed, governed and valued across markets. "A likely dual-class share structure would let Musk tap public capital while retaining firm control, even after the substantial dilution that comes with a public offering," said Minmo Gahng, assistant professor of finance at Cornell University. He runs electric vehicle maker Tesla, brain-chip maker Neuralink and tunnel-digging firm The Boring Company. Musk also folded social media platform X into xAI through a share swap last year, giving the AI startup access to the platform's data and distribution network. Questions about Musk's ability to oversee multiple companies with market values exceeding $1 trillion could temper investor enthusiasm, analysts say. "It is understandable that investors would be concerned with Musk overseeing multiple significant enterprises, especially given his polarizing public profile at times. However, SpaceX appears somewhat differentiated," said Kat Liu, vice president at IPOX. "The business is operationally mature, technologically ahead in several key areas, and profitable, which provides a solid fundamental underpinning." SPACE RACE SpaceX generated about $8 billion in profit on $15 billion to $16 billion of revenue last year, Reuters reported in January, citing people familiar with the matter. A growing number of billionaires and private firms have bankrolled a fresh space race in the U.S., investing heavily in rockets, satellite networks and lunar ambitions, including SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. As NASA leans more on commercial partners and defense budgets climb, space is emerging as a strategic battleground shaped by technological edge, national security priorities and the promise of new economic gains. SpaceX has also sought permission to launch up to 1 million solar‑powered satellites engineered as orbital data centers, far beyond anything currently deployed or proposed. NASA engineers and technologists have speculated for nearly two decades about moving energy‑hungry computing off the planet. SpaceX's merger with xAI has drawn investor attention to how Musk could use a tightly integrated network of rockets, satellites and AI systems to overcome technical and capital hurdles, extending artificial intelligence infrastructure beyond Earth. Artificial intelligence has become Wall Street's favorite theme, with anything tied to AI helping fuel a powerful rally in technology stocks and lifting valuations across the sector.
The Fact That Anthropic Has Been Boasting About How Much Its Development Now Relies on Claude Makes It Very Interesting That It Just Suffered a Catastrophic Leak of Its Source Code
Earlier this year, the head of Anthropic's blockbuster Claude Code AI agent Boris Cherny boasted that "pretty much 100 percent" of the entire company's code is AI-generated. "For me personally, it has been 100 percent for two plus months now, I don't even make small edits by hand," he tweeted at the time. But the glaring cybersecurity implications of giving an AI agent full access over a computer to carry out complex tasks -- something experts have been ringing the alarm bells over for a while now -- isn't coinciding during a period of competence for the company: it confirmed on Tuesday that parts of the internal source code for its Claude Code had leaked, which is extremely bad. "No sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed," a spokesperson told CNBC, in an apparent effort to focus on the bright side. The news comes less than a week after news of Anthropic's upcoming "Claude Mythos" AI model -- which the company claimed poses "unprecedented cybersecurity risks" -- leaked to the public. Unsurprisingly, Anthropic attempted to downplay the latest situation and blame human agents, not AI ones, for the leak. "This was a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security breach," the spokesperson added. "We're rolling out measures to prevent this from happening again." A file the company shared on the coding platform GitHub included a link back to the source code, allowing anybody with an internet connection to download it. How the file ended up there in the end, or whether an AI agent could've been involved in the process leading up to the leak, remains unclear. "Claude code source code has been leaked via a map file in their npm registry!" reads an X post, which was viewed tens of millions of times in less than a day. Anthropic tried desperately to contain the fallout after exposing the source code. As the Wall Street Journal reports, representatives issued copyright takedown requests for more than 8,000 copies and adaptations of the source code, which contains the AI firm's underlying instructions on how to direct Claude Code. Ultimately, whether humans -- or AI agents -- are to blame for the leak almost feels beside the point as the damage has already been done. The exposed data included plenty of proprietary techniques Anthropic uses to point its tool in the right direction. According toCybersecurity News, the exposed code covers how the company issues authorizations for making changes to resources, "permission enforcement, multi-agent coordination, and even undisclosed feature pipelines." As the WSJ points out, competitors will now have an even easier time reverse engineering Claude Code, potentially allowing them to quickly catch up. The leak could also give hackers a major leg up in their efforts to identify exploitable software vulnerabilities -- or find new ways to arm their own instances of Claude Code for nefarious purposes. "To most of us, this information is useless," one Reddit user explained. "To people who work for their competitors, you might be able to use this information to understand the ways that they are trying to do things and potentially try and use that information to your advantage." "It's also an exceptional blunder," they added. "Very embarrassing." The incident couldn't have come at a worse time. The runaway success of its coding assistant has allowed Anthropic to gain a considerable lead as competitors, such as OpenAI, continue to focus their efforts on similar enterprise pursuits. Meanwhile, the financial pressure continues to build. A recent round of funding is valuing the Dario Amodei-led firm at $380 billion ahead of its rumored IPO later this year. More on recent Anthropic leaks: Anthropic Just Leaked Upcoming Model With "Unprecedented Cybersecurity Risks" in the Most Ironic Way Possible
SpaceX's Record-Breaking IPO: Musk's Mars Mission on Wall Street | Technology
SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, has confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO, which could become the largest ever. Valued at over $1.75 trillion, this move marks space exploration as mainstream. The company's growth hinges on reusable rockets and the Starlink network, amidst rising interest in space tech investments. Elon Musk's SpaceX has quietly filed for a U.S. initial public offering, positioning itself for the largest stock market debut in history, according to Bloomberg News. The IPO, potentially valued at over $1.75 trillion, underscores the transition of space exploration from speculative effort to mainstream investment opportunity. SpaceX's success owes to its reusable rocket technology and the Starlink internet satellite network. This filing follows the company's merger with Musk's artificial intelligence firm xAI, valuing SpaceX at $1 trillion and xAI at $250 billion. Expected to surpass Saudi Aramco's 2019 IPO, SpaceX plans to raise over $50 billion, reviving the stagnant IPO market. Investors are keen on Musk's vision despite concerns about his multitasking management approach. However, SpaceX's robust financial health and cutting-edge tech serve as strong fundamentals.
Chaos on Wheels: Robotaxi Glitch Leaves Passengers Stranded in Traffic Jam - Internewscast Journal
Some robotaxi passengers were left stranded in the middle of fast-moving traffic in a major Chinese city after their driverless vehicles stopped running, according to police and media reports on Wednesday. Authorities in Wuhan revealed that a preliminary assessment suggests over 100 autonomous taxis ceased operation due to a "system malfunction." The police statement did not provide additional details, and fortunately, no injuries were reported. One rider shared with Chinese media that their vehicle abruptly stopped after navigating a corner. This incident marks the first notable shutdown of robotaxis in China. Previously, in December, numerous Waymo self-driving cars stalled in San Francisco due to a power failure. Baidu did not have any immediate comment. Baidu operates hundreds of robotaxis in Wuhan, which hosted an early pilot project for the company.
The Fact That Anthropic Has Been Boasting About How Much Its Development Now Relies on Claude Makes It Very Interesting That It Just Suffered a Catastrophic Leak of Its Source Code
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Earlier this year, the head of Anthropic's blockbuster Claude Code AI agent Boris Cherny boasted that "pretty much 100 percent" of the entire company's code is AI-generated. "For me personally, it has been 100 percent for two plus months now, I don't even make small edits by hand," he tweeted at the time. But the glaring cybersecurity implications of giving an AI agent full access over a computer to carry out complex tasks -- something experts have been ringing the alarm bells over for a while now -- isn't coinciding during a period of competence for the company: it confirmed on Tuesday that parts of the internal source code for its Claude Code had leaked, which is extremely bad. "No sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed," a spokesperson told CNBC, in an apparent effort to focus on the bright side. The news comes less than a week after news of Anthropic's upcoming "Claude Mythos" AI model -- which the company claimed poses "unprecedented cybersecurity risks" -- leaked to the public. Unsurprisingly, Anthropic attempted to downplay the latest situation and blame human agents, not AI ones, for the leak. "This was a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security breach," the spokesperson added. "We're rolling out measures to prevent this from happening again." A file the company shared on the coding platform GitHub included a link back to the source code, allowing anybody with an internet connection to download it. How the file ended up there in the end, or whether an AI agent could've been involved in the process leading up to the leak, remains unclear. "Claude code source code has been leaked via a map file in their npm registry!" reads an X post, which was viewed tens of millions of times in less than a day. Anthropic tried desperately to contain the fallout after exposing the source code. As the Wall Street Journal reports, representatives issued copyright takedown requests for more than 8,000 copies and adaptations of the source code, which contains the AI firm's underlying instructions on how to direct Claude Code. Ultimately, whether humans -- or AI agents -- are to blame for the leak almost feels beside the point as the damage has already been done. The exposed data included plenty of proprietary techniques Anthropic uses to point its tool in the right direction. According to Cybersecurity News, the exposed code covers how the company issues authorizations for making changes to resources, "permission enforcement, multi-agent coordination, and even undisclosed feature pipelines." As the WSJ points out, competitors will now have an even easier time reverse engineering Claude Code, potentially allowing them to quickly catch up. The leak could also give hackers a major leg up in their efforts to identify exploitable software vulnerabilities -- or find new ways to arm their own instances of Claude Code for nefarious purposes. "To most of us, this information is useless," one Reddit user explained. "To people who work for their competitors, you might be able to use this information to understand the ways that they are trying to do things and potentially try and use that information to your advantage." "It's also an exceptional blunder," they added. "Very embarrassing." The incident couldn't have come at a worse time. The runaway success of its coding assistant has allowed Anthropic to gain a considerable lead as competitors, such as OpenAI, continue to focus their efforts on similar enterprise pursuits. Meanwhile, the financial pressure continues to build. A recent round of funding is valuing the Dario Amodei-led firm at $380 billion ahead of its rumored IPO later this year.
Anthropic Accidentally Leaks Claude Source Code
Anthropic has inadvertently disclosed the instructions behind its Claude Code AI agent. The exposure could provide competitors with strategic insight into how the model is created and could introduce potential security risks. The leak did not compromise customer data or the core mathematical frameworks of its AI models, a spokesperson for Anthropic told the WSJ. The incident was attributed to a packaging error rather than a breach of security. However, the disclosure of Anthropic's proprietary methods and tools that help Claude work as a coding agent, also known as a harness, presents a risk of being replicated by competitors without the need for reverse engineering. The company, valued at $380 billion, is experiencing increased usage of its Claude Code and is considering a public offering later this year. In February, Anthropic announced that it had raised $30 billion in Series G funding led by GIC, D.E. Shaw Ventures, Coatue, among others. Last month, San Francisco Federal Court District Judge Rita Lin sided with Anthropic in its request for a preliminary injunction in its legal battle against the Trump administration, calling it "illegal First Amendment retaliation." This decision temporarily halts the government's actions to blacklist the AI company and prevents the enforcement of a directive from President Donald Trump that bans federal agencies from using Anthropic's Claude models. Photo Courtesy: Koshiro K on Shutterstock.com This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors. Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs To add Benzinga News as your preferred source on Google, click here.
Anthropic Accidentally Leaks Claude Code Source
The leak was caused by human error, not a security breach, the company said. Anthropic said Tuesday it accidentally leaked internal source code for its popular AI chatbot, Claude Code. The leak stemmed from version 2.1.88 of the @anthropic-ai/claude-code package on the npm registry. It included a 59.8-megabyte source map file that exposed roughly 512,000 lines of unobfuscated TypeScript code across about 1,900 to 2,300 files, an Anthropic spokesperson said in a statement sent to media outlets. The code quickly spread to GitHub repositories that have been forked tens of thousands of times.
Anthropic's leaked Claude code was an internal error, not an attack
Claude's source code was mistakenly published by Anthropic in the middle of the night, and users have already begun recreating pieces of the internal AI interface leak for their own use. Anthropic has been on a tear, gaining user traction with helpful features like real-time graphics and remote computer control for complicated tasks. All of these round out the tool set users can access through Anthropic's interface, but a recent leak may have jeopardized its proprietary nature. At around 4 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Anthropic pushed what was supposed to be a routine update to Claude (via VentureBeat). Apparently, included in that update was a source map file that led right to Claude's source code. The debugging file contained 512,000 lines of proprietary TypeScript code, which was initially spotted and posted by someone on Twitter/X. It wasn't long before that entire code package was downloaded and circulated to thousands, though this leak doesn't seem to include Claude's model data. Still, this interface code is a valuable loss for the company. Anthropic has since responded, noting that customer information was not at risk of exposure. The issue was one of human error, which means there was no third-party malicious intent. Earlier today, a Claude Code release included some internal source code. No sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed. This was a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security breach. We're rolling out measures to prevent this from happening again. To combat the rapid spread online, Anthropic has issued DMCA infringement requests in repositories where the code is being held. Because of how quickly the leak was picked up on social media, Anthropic's source code is essentially permanently online. A lot has already been unpacked from the leak, though some of the more interesting tidbits include a Tamagatchi-esque interface with stat-based buddies. It's unknown when that feature would make its way to the public-facing version, or if it ever will. It's unclear what much of this means for Anthropic going forward. The leak represents a snapshot of Claude during a steady period of growth, and it certainly doesn't account for improvements the company can make in future updates. Still, the blueprint may equip others with the tools to recreate much of what the company has worked on to this point.
Starlink Satellite Breaks Apart In Orbit As SpaceX Confirms Major Hardware Anomaly
Despite the loss of the craft, SpaceX and NASA officials are stressing that the event won't impact the ISS or the Artemis II mission countdown. The crewed flight, which will carry four astronauts on a journey around the Moon, remains on schedule for its launch from Kennedy Space Center today (Wednesday). So far, weather forecasters and mission controllers have verified that the trajectory of the Artemis SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft will remain clear of this fresh debris field. This latest so-called anomaly comes at a time when the sheer volume of the Starlink constellation is under scrutiny. With 10k-plus satellites already in orbit and plans for tens of thousands more, the risk of cascading collisions is a constant topic of debate among astrophysicists. While SpaceX designs its satellites to fully incinerate upon re-entry to minimize ground risk, the period they spend as uncontrolled fragments in space remains a big question mark. For now, the debris is being monitored by the U.S. Space Force's Space Surveillance Network. However, most of the pieces are small enough that they are difficult to track with precision but large enough to cause significant damage to operational hardware.
Claude Code leak suggests Anthropic is working on a 'Proactive' mode for its coding tool
What should have been a routine release has revealed some of the features Anthropic has been working on for Claude Code. As reported by Ars Technica, The Verge and others, after the company released Claude Code's 2.1.88 update on Tuesday, users found it contained a file that exposed the app's source code. Before Anthropic took action to plug the leak, the codebase was uploaded to a public GitHub repository, where it was subsequently copied more than 50,000 times. All told, the entire internet (and Anthropic's competitors) got a chance to examine more than 512,000 lines of code and 2,000 TypeScript files. In the aftermath, some people claim to have found evidence of upcoming features Anthropic is working to develop. Over on X, Alex Finn, the founder of AI startup Creator Buddy, says he found a flag for a feature called Proactive mode that will see Claude Code work even when the user hasn't prompted it to do something. Finn claims he also found evidence of a crypto-based payment system that could potentially allow AI agents to make autonomous payments. In a Reddit post spotted by The Verge, another person found evidence that Anthropic might have been working on a Tamagotchi-like virtual companion that "reacts to your coding" as a kind of April Fools joke. "A Claude Code release included some internal source code. No sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed," an Anthropic spokesperson told Bleepingcomputer. "This was a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security breach. We're rolling out measures to prevent this from happening again." As with any other leak, it's worth remembering plans can and often do change. Just because a company has written the code to support a feature doesn't mean it will eventually ship said feature.
Anthropic Accidently Leaks Code Behind Its Hit Tool
Update exposes Claude Code harness, spurring cloning and security fears Anthropic just got a crash course in how fast its own AI buzz can backfire. The company behind Claude Code, an AI coding assistant with "viral popularity" among developers, is scrambling after a Tuesday update briefly exposed the internal instructions that tell the tool how to behave -- its so-called "harness" -- on GitHub, per the Wall Street Journal. By Wednesday, Anthropic had pushed the platform to remove more than 8,000 copies and derivatives via copyright claims. The company says only some internal source code leaked due to "human error," with model "weights" still protected. Still, the exposed material, reportedly some 500,000 lines of code, offers rivals and hobbyists a detailed blueprint for recreating Claude Code's behavior -- and gives potential hackers new angles to probe.
3 Satellite Stocks to Check Out Before SpaceX's IPO | Investing.com
Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO, anticipated sometime this year, could be the biggest of all time based on a rumored valuation of $1.75 trillion -- and savvy investors might want to start thinking about how other space stocks could be swept up for the ride. A number of companies in the burgeoning satellite industry may be primed for movement as the massive SpaceX event approaches, but more importantly, some of these firms have compelling investment theses all on their own. Three stellar names that are not SpaceX include BlackSky Technology Inc., Viasat Inc., and Redwire Corp. Not only do these companies stand to gain extra investor attention in the lead-up to the SpaceX IPO, but some or all of them may play a pivotal role in the ongoing Iran war or other geopolitical events in the near-term as well. BlackSky operates a constellation of satellites used for geospatial intelligence and similar services. Although it is a pre-profit company with some inconsistency in its revenue growth (in the last quarter, revenue of $35.2 million missed analyst predictions by close to $2 million), it ended 2025 with a massive $345-million backlog and $240 million in contract bookings, indicating very strong customer interest. This company's key advantage is its ability to offer satellite imagery in real time, a feat that many other competitors cannot match at this point. The benefits of this feature span everything from defense applications to weather services, disaster management, and more. What investors should watch in 2026 is whether BlackSky can successfully convert its backlog and growing customer interest into realized sales. This will likely hinge on its ability to continue to deploy and scale its latest Gen-3 satellite systems. Growing margin, continuing to firm up cash position, and minimizing capital expenditures will also be crucial. With a price-to-sales (P/S) ratio of 8.11, BlackSky may not have much room for missteps in these areas, but analysts remain confident based on a Moderate Buy rating and expectations of 25% in upside. Broadband and wireless communications provider Viasat has already seen shares climb by about 25% year-to-date (YTD) after strong indications of improving fundamentals in its earnings report for Q3 fiscal 2026, the period ended Dec. 31, 2025. After a $158-million loss in the prior-year quarter, the company swung back to profit with net income of $25 million and also noted positive free cash flow. On top of that, backlog climbed by 12% year-over-year (YOY) to nearly $4 billion. Like BlackSky, Viasat is also banking on strong execution of a new generation of satellites -- the ultra-high-capacity ViaSat-3 -- to continue to boost these fundamentals through the rest of the year and beyond. Growing interest from the government, reflected in multi-year contracts, should provide stable, recurring revenue. The launch of the ViaSat-3 program should help to further increase the company's appeal to government clients as well as customers in the aviation and maritime industries. There may be somewhat less room for near-term upside compared to BKSY, but VSAT still enjoys support from analysts overall with a Moderate Buy rating. Redwire is a different type of satellite company from the others above -- this firm is a space infrastructure that designs, services, and builds spaceflight and satellite hardware and software. Shares have remained roughly flat YTD amid a low gross margin for the latest quarter and wider-than-expected net losses. However, Redwire's backlog reached a record of more than $411 million with accelerating bookings toward the end of 2025, and management has predicted 2026 revenue between $450 million and $500 million, for about 42% YOY improvement at the midpoint. With a P/S ratio of 4.52, Redwire is fairly attractively valued given its prospects for the quarters to come. Defense and space contracts are likely to continue to fuel growth in the remainder of this year, but the bigger question for this company may be profitability and whether it can successfully boost its margins. Like the companies above, analysts are generally bullish on RDW shares, rating them a Moderate Buy overall. The consensus price target across Wall Street is nearly $14, which indicates strong upside potential of about 80%. Investors anticipating a boost in interest in Redwire as the SpaceX IPO approaches might find the company to be competitively valued after its latest dip.
OpenAI shares struggle to find buyers as investors shift to Anthropic By Investing.com
Investing.com -- OpenAI shares are facing declining demand on secondary markets as investors redirect their focus toward competitor Anthropic, according to a report Wednesday from Bloomberg News. Ken Smythe, founder of Next Round Capital, said his secondary marketplace has seen a drop in demand for OpenAI shares in recent months. About six institutional investors, including hedge funds and venture capital firms holding large stakes, approached his company in recent weeks seeking to sell approximately $600 million worth of OpenAI shares. Last year, such offerings would have been purchased within days, but currently there are no buyers, Smythe said. Other secondary marketplaces, including Augment and Hiive, are experiencing record demand for Anthropic shares. The gap between OpenAI's $852 billion valuation and Anthropic's $380 billion valuation has prompted investors to acquire equity in Anthropic before prices rise, according to Adam Crawley, co-founder of Augment. Banks including Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) have started offering OpenAI shares to wealth clients without charging carry fees, according to a person familiar with the matter. Goldman Sachs is charging its standard carry fee for clients interested in Anthropic, which typically ranges from 15% to 20% of profits. This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C.
