Trump hosts Anthropic CEO for White House dinner

Plus: OpenAI seeks $30B at a $1.4T valuation; xAI launches Team Bots for shared workspace memory

Welcome back to a Wednesday where the stakes, the valuations, and even the vocabulary are getting a little bigger than usual.

POLICY

🍽️ Trump hosts Anthropic CEO for White House dinner

President Donald Trump confirmed he will host Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for a private one-on-one dinner at the White House. This will be the first one-on-one meeting between Trump and Amodei.

The details:

Trump described Amodei as 'very highly respected.'
The dinner comes ahead of a planned meeting Tuesday between Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and leading AI executives.
A White House spokesperson stated that America will lead the world in 'Super Intelligence' while protecting American consumers.

First reported by techcrunch.com, 56h ago · techcrunch.com · aa.com.tr · newser.com · news.google.com

FUNDING

💰 OpenAI seeks $30B at a $1.4T valuation

OpenAI is in talks with investors to raise at least $30 billion in a pre-IPO funding round. The funding round values OpenAI at roughly $1.4 trillion.

The details:

Bloomberg reported the funding talks on Tuesday.
OpenAI's run-rate revenue reached $40 billion in August.
The company previously raised $122 billion in March at an $852 billion valuation.

First reported by techcrunch.com, 8h ago · techcrunch.com · techcrunch.com

PRODUCT

🤖 xAI launches Team Bots for shared workspace memory

The Engineering Team Bot at xAI helped a five-person team ship more than 100 PRs a day and launch Team Bots in a few weeks.

The details:

Team Bots are Grok Bots that work and learn alongside your team.
At xAI, Team Bots brief account teams each morning, coordinate engineering projects, and answer data questions across the company.
Each Team Bot keeps separate context and memories for each user while drawing on the skills shared across the team.

First reported by x.ai, 32h ago · x.ai · x.ai

Trump hosts Anthropic CEO for White House dinner