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OpenAI scaled back some of its biggest ambitions even as it projected soaring revenue and deeper losses. Anthropic widened its reach, drew sharper battle lines with OpenAI and put new pressure on Microsoft. Elsewhere, our reporting uncovered the influential relationships, business trade-offs and strategic shifts that helped define the first half of 2026.

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OpenAI’s Reality Check

Exclusive OpenAI Scales Back Shopping Plans for ChatGPT By Ann Gehan and Sri Muppidi

Exclusive Inside OpenAI’s Scramble to Get Computing Power After Stargate Stalled By Anissa Gardizy

Exclusive OpenAI Boosts Revenue Forecasts, Predicts $111 Billion More Cash Burn Through 2030 By Sri Muppidi and Stephanie Palazzolo

Exclusive OpenAI’s Shopping Ambitions Hit Messy Data Reality By Ann Gehan

Anthropic’s Growing Reach

Exclusive Anthropic in Talks With Blackstone, Other PE Firms to Form AI Consulting Venture By Anissa Gardizy, Valida Pau and Stephanie Palazzolo

Exclusive Read Anthropic CEO’s Memo Attacking OpenAI’s ‘Mendacious’ Pentagon Announcement By Stephanie Palazzolo

Exclusive Microsoft Moves to Respond to New Threats From Anthropic By Aaron Holmes

Exclusive Anthropic Lowers Gross Margin Projection as Revenue Skyrockets By Sri Muppidi

Power, Money & Influence

Exclusive Epstein Files Reveal Deep Relationship With Venture Capitalist Masha Bucher By Jemima McEvoy

Tech Culture Billionaire Tax Refugees Flock to Ritzy Nevada Lake Town By Eli Rosenberg

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