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A look at Anthropic's success with corporate AI, which makes up ~80% of its revenue; a July report put its enterprise API market share at 32% vs. OpenAI's 25% (Asa Fitch/Wall Street Journal)

Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Anthropic's success with corporate AI, which makes up ~80% of its revenue; a July report put its enterprise API market share at 32% vs. OpenAI's 25%  —  Anthropic, backed by Amazon and Google, is focusing on corporate customers rather than the mass market

OpenAI urges the US to commit to building 100GW of new energy capacity each year to stay ahead of China in AI, and says "electrons are the new oil" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
OpenAI urges the US to commit to building 100GW of new energy capacity each year to stay ahead of China in AI, and says “electrons are the new oil”  —  OpenAI on Monday said the U.S. needs to substantially ramp up its investment in new energy capacity if it wants to stay ahead …

Sources: SAP is considering a new bid for accounting software company BlackLine, after its previous bid of nearly $4.5B was rejected in June (Milana Vinn/Reuters)

Milana Vinn / Reuters:
Sources: SAP is considering a new bid for accounting software company BlackLine, after its previous bid of nearly $4.5B was rejected in June  —  - Previous $66 per share offer was rejected in June, a source says  — SAP is a key customer, accounting for nearly 30% of BlackLine's revenue

Sources: Amazon plans to lay off ~10% of corporate staff, or ~30,000 people, its largest layoffs since 2022, to reduce costs and address pandemic overhiring (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)

Greg Bensinger / Reuters:
Sources: Amazon plans to lay off ~10% of corporate staff, or ~30,000 people, its largest layoffs since 2022, to reduce costs and address pandemic overhiring  —  Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning Tuesday, as the company works to pare expenses …

Filing: iRobot says its last potential buyer withdrew from the process and its financials remain dire, following Amazon abandoning a 2024 bid; IRBT drops 33%+ (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Filing: iRobot says its last potential buyer withdrew from the process and its financials remain dire, following Amazon abandoning a 2024 bid; IRBT drops 33%+  —  Shares of iRobot plunged 33% on Monday after the company warned its search for a buyer has hit a substantial roadblock and its financial condition remains dire.