Anthropic's Trump Admin Feud May Be Boosting Business Sales, Ramp Data Shows
TechCrunch AI41 days agoBusinessAnthropic's popularity among business users continues to grow despite — or perhaps because of — its public tensions with the Trump administration. Spending data from Ramp, a corporate expense management platform, suggests the political friction is serving as a commercial catalyst rather than a deterrent. The trend points to enterprise customers favoring Anthropic as a principled AI vendor willing to push back against government pressure.
a16z hires former White House official as geopolitics reshapes VC
INSIDE 硬塞 AI53 days agoBusinessINSIDE reports that a16z has hired former White House official Anne Neuberger, reflecting how geopolitics is becoming a new frontier for venture capital. Co-founder Ben Horowitz said the firm realized it lacked someone with her level of global government relationships and response capability. The move suggests that major VC firms increasingly see policy, diplomacy, and geopolitical risk as essential to international expansion.