Anthropic's $44B week: revenue surge, Google Cloud bet, Claude Code Auto
Anthropic hit $44B annual run rate in five days—80× growth from Q1 revenue—after a $200B Google Cloud commitment, SpaceX compute deal, and Claude Code Auto Mode launch.
Same week: EU finalized AI Act compliance framework, Google DeepMind saw its first union vote, and Pennsylvania sued Character.AI for a chatbot impersonating a licensed psychiatrist.