Anthropic Lands Andrej Karpathy as Pentagon Blacklisting Heads to Appeals Court
AI veteran Andrej Karpathy, founding OpenAI member and former head of Tesla’s AI division, joined Anthropic’s pretraining research team on May 19. A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., will hear arguments over Anthropic’s Pentagon blacklisting, and Nasdaq Private Market prediction bets are sizing its pre-IPO valuation alongside SpaceX.
1. Karpathy Joins Anthropic
AI researcher Andrej Karpathy, founding member of OpenAI and former head of AI at Tesla, officially joined Anthropic’s pretraining research team on May 19, signaling a boost in the company’s technical leadership as it prepares for its eventual public offering.
2. Pentagon Blacklisting Appeal
On May 19, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., scheduled oral arguments in Anthropic’s lawsuit challenging the Department of Defense’s decision to blacklist the company, a move that could reshape its access to government contracts and partnerships.
3. Prediction Market Valuations
Prediction markets on the Nasdaq Private Market platform have begun accumulating bets on Anthropic’s pre-IPO valuation, comparing its potential market capitalization to that of SpaceX and offering investors a new signal of the company’s private market demand.
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