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Research / T-2026-0498

Anthropic raises $65B at $965B valuation, betting compute is the moat

Anthropic's $65B Series H, the largest AI round ever, reveals a strategic bet on compute ownership over model differentiation.

SourceAnthropic raises $65B in Series H funding at $965B post-money valuation

Research / T-2026-0774

The Hy3 Mystery: An Unknown Model Is Dominating OpenRouter

An unknown model called Hy3 is crushing benchmarks on OpenRouter, raising questions about benchmarking culture, API economics, and what 'state of the art' even means anymore.

SourceThe mysterious Hy3 LLM is topping OpenRouter Model Rankings by a large margin

Research / T-2026-3733

Why CORE matters: reasoning improvement without the rollout tax

CORE lets language models improve reasoning with minimal rollouts by generating insights from contrasting success and failure.

SourceCORE: Contrastive Reflection Enables Rapid Improvements in Reasoning

Research / T-2026-6117

Five Frontier LLMs Disagree on 67% of Fact-Check Claims

Five frontier LLMs disagree on 67% of 1,000 real-world fact-check claims, raising questions about their reliability as knowledge tools.

SourceFive frontier LLMs disagree on 67% of 1k real-world fact-check claims

Research / T-2026-0167

Obra's 'Superpowers' Is a Rare Thing: An Agentic Framework That Admits What It Doesn't Know

Obra's open-source agentic skills framework offers a grounded alternative to the industry's sprawling agent benchmarks, focusing on composable, testable capabilities.

Sourceobra/superpowers