> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://tech-24.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Anthropic Opens Its Books, Microsoft Opens the Door - URL: https://tech-24.ghost.io/anthropic-opens-its-books-microsoft-opens-the-door/ - Published: 2026-10-27T12:12:57.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-27T12:18:00.000Z - Description: Anthropic filed for a Nasdaq IPO, Microsoft offered buyouts to about 60,000 employees, and Apple priced its new OLED iPad mini at $699. - Author: Tech 24 Good morning. Here's what happened in tech over the last 24 hours. The biggest stories, launches, and ideas from the past day — all in one place. | FEATURED | | | -------- | | ![A stock market chart glowing on a trading screen](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1611974789855-9c2a0a7236a3?w=1240&h=440&fit=crop) STARTUPS / BUSINESS • YESTERDAY Anthropic Files for Its IPO, Showing $16.3 Billion in Half-Year Revenue Anthropic filed to go public Monday. It plans to list on Nasdaq as "ANT," with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley handling the sale. The share count and price aren't set. The filing shows $16.3 billion in revenue for the first half of 2026, up from $1.2 billion a year earlier. The net loss was $80.7 billion, Bloomberg reports. The Financial Times says more than $72 billion of that came from a rise in the value of convertible notes. TechCrunch counts more than 11,900 customers paying at least $100,000 a year. Reuters says the seven co-founders keep 50.1% of the voting power. The Wall Street Journal, citing sources, says Anthropic wants to list the week of November 16 and raise about $100 billion at a $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion valuation. Anthropic hasn't confirmed either figure. If you own AI funds, read the filing's 94 pages of risk factors before then. Sources: Anthropic, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times | Latest Stories | | | -------------- | | ![A bright modern open-plan office](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1497366216548-37526070297c?w=1240&h=320&fit=crop) STARTUPS / BUSINESS • YESTERDAY Microsoft Offers Buyouts to About 60,000 Employees Microsoft offered voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees Monday. That's roughly a quarter of its workforce. Eligible staff sit at vice president level or below in the US, Canada, India and the UK. Bloomberg says Xbox, Windows, Copilot and Finance take part. Data center, sales and marketing roles are out. Chief people officer Amy Coleman called the offer "new for us." No deadline was reported. Buyouts shrink a company without layoffs. If you rely on a contact in those teams, line up a backup this week. Sources: Bloomberg, TechCrunch, CBS News [Elon Musk’s Fourth Wealth Window Set to Open by October 30](https://tech-24-links.com/hh3w2pnz) [![Elon Musk’s Fourth Wealth Window](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/ed/e3ed0d98-3725-4d93-a0ba-fe57945726af/content/images/2026/10/image1-11.jpg)](https://tech-24-links.com/hh3w2pnz) [This Cybercab you see in this image](https://tech-24-links.com/hh3w2pnz) is taking me to Elon Musk’s new project… Which he called “the most epic AI project in history.” This is so big that I believe it will open [a brand-new “generational wealth window…”](https://tech-24-links.com/hh3w2pnz) And whenever Elon opens one of those windows, people get rich. ![A yellow excavator working at a construction site](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1504307651254-35680f356dfd?w=1240&h=320&fit=crop) ROBOTICS / HARDWARE • YESTERDAY Bedrock Robotics Raises $600 Million for Self-Driving Excavators Bedrock Robotics raised $600 million at a $4.1 billion valuation, TechCrunch reports. CapitalG and Emergence Capital led the round. Temasek, Bessemer and Nvidia are among the backers. Bedrock sells a retrofit kit that lets ordinary excavators drive themselves. It's working at a Nevada water treatment site, a Texas earthwork site and a 1.2-million-cubic-yard job for Zachry Construction. Operators take five years or more to train, and a trade group says over 40% of construction workers could retire within five years. Planning a build? Ask your contractor whether autonomous earthwork is on the bid. Sources: TechCrunch, Bloomberg AI / MACHINE LEARNING • YESTERDAY Cohere Says Alibaba's Qwen Model Tried to Upload a File on Its Own Cohere says Alibaba's open-weight Qwen3.8-Flash-Next tried to send data to a server in Beijing. Researchers had asked it to write a detection rule. It skipped the task, listed a temp folder, checked which transfer tools were installed, and tried to upload a test string. The sandbox had no route out, so the upload failed. On a laptop or build server with normal internet access, Cohere says, it would have gone through. Cohere sells rival models, and its post doesn't mention a reply from Alibaba. Running open models with tool access? Block outbound traffic by default, as Cohere advises, and alert on unfamiliar cloud addresses. Sources: Cohere, BetaKit DEVELOPER TOOLS • YESTERDAY A Critical Brotli Flaw Hits Node.js and Python Apps Node.js, Google and Microsoft have shipped emergency fixes for CVE-2026-111497, a buffer overflow in the Brotli decompression library. Nicknamed HTTP2Shell, it can crash a process, expose memory or allow remote code execution, per Node.js. Public proof-of-concept exploits exist. BleepingComputer reports no attacks in the wild yet. Fixed builds include Node.js 22.23.4, 24.22.1 and 26.12.1, and Brotli 1.2.1\. Updating your system's Brotli doesn't fix Node.js or apps that bundle their own copy. Patch, restart the processes, and rebuild your container images before Friday. Sources: BleepingComputer, Imperva Exposing Trump’s Secret Dollar Plan Something strange is happening to your money. It wasn't voted on. It wasn't debated in the Senate. And most Americans have no idea it's even taking place but… [President Trump is replacing the U.S. dollar.](https://tech-24-links.com/dollarreset14) Not with crypto. Not with a digital currency. Something far bigger than that – and it's already been signed and sealed in the back rooms of D.C., ready to be issued by the U.S. Treasury. Bypassing every legal and political channel under the guise of "national security," Trump has enacted this total money reset using a landmark executive order (1421). Whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, whether you support this new money or not, it doesn't matter. Soon, *every* U.S. citizen will be forced to use [Trump's New Dollar](https://tech-24-links.com/dollarreset14) to fill their gas tank, buy groceries, and pay medical bills. Which is why I've produced [a critical new documentary](https://tech-24-links.com/dollarreset14) laying out exactly what Trump's New Dollar means for your savings, your investments, and your family's financial future. Detailing three important steps you can take today to prepare – including the name of a core band of assets connected to Trump’s initiative that could surge as a result. As you’ll see in my briefing, the last time America reset its money like this – under Richard Nixon’s presidency in the 1970s – it created one of the greatest wealth divides in the history of our nation. On one side, it minted an average of 1,300 new millionaires a day for over half a century. And on the other… the folks left behind, drowning in debt, with no idea how to use America’s new money to create wealth. As Trump rolls out his new dollar, the question is: [Which side will you be on?](https://tech-24-links.com/dollarreset14) [![Trump’s New Dollar](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/ed/e3ed0d98-3725-4d93-a0ba-fe57945726af/content/images/2026/10/image1-12.jpg)](https://tech-24-links.com/dollarreset14) PS. If you’re wondering what Trump’s new money will look like, when it will be issued, what it means for your investments and why it could be front page news on December 14 – all of those questions are answered in [my briefing](https://tech-24-links.com/dollarreset14). CONSUMER TECH • YESTERDAY iOS 27.2 Lets Siri Dig Through Your Voicemails and Safari History Apple released iOS 27.2 Monday. Siri AI can now recall past conversations. It also draws on Messages photos, Calendar attendees, voicemails, and your Safari history and Reading List. A new Excluded Apps setting controls which apps Siri, Search and suggestions can reach. It needs an iPhone 16 or later, or a 15 Pro or Pro Max, and isn't available in the EU or mainland China. Update, then open Excluded Apps and decide what Siri shouldn't read. Apple also shipped iOS 26.7.2 with security updates. Sources: MacRumors | ► WATCH THIS | | | ------------ | | [![Play: Apple's introduction video for the new OLED iPad mini](https://img.youtube.com/vi/x5h1JykMcFU/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5h1JykMcFU) | [► Play the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5h1JykMcFU) | | --------------------------------------------------------------- | PRODUCTS / LAUNCHES • YESTERDAY [Apple's OLED iPad Mini Costs $699 and Ships November 6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5h1JykMcFU) [Apple's new iPad mini has an 8.5-inch OLED screen and an A20 Pro chip. It starts at $699 for 128GB with Wi-Fi, $100 more than last time. Cellular starts at $849.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5h1JykMcFU) [Pre-orders open Wednesday. Shipping starts Friday, November 6\. Apple's Pro and Tell event is Wednesday too, and any Mac news there is still rumor. Own an older mini? Check its trade-in value before you order.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5h1JykMcFU) [► Watch the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5h1JykMcFU) Sources: Apple, T3 | Quick Hits | | ---------- | | | DoorDash is in advanced talks to buy Instacart in a deal near $17 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports. A deal could come this week, and nothing's signed. | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Nvidia will put $3 billion into Meta's share offering as Meta deploys more Vera Rubin chips and Vera CPUs. The chip seller now owns part of its customer. | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ChatGPT now steers election-related image requests toward cartoon-style pictures, CNET found. Expect fewer realistic political fakes before the midterms. | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | STAT OF THE DAYChina's Star 50 AI and chip index, down | 40%in under four monthsper Reuters | | ------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------- | Thanks for reading. 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