Anthropic Makes Acquisition and Claude Code Hits $1B
Anthropic just made its first acquisition ever. Not a flashy chatbot startup. Not a consumer app. A JavaScript runtime. The $61.5 billion AI company bought Bun, the developer tool that powers Claude Code, which just hit $1 billion in annual revenue six months after launch. When AI companies start acquiring infrastructure, they’re not playing for today. They’re building the operating system for tomorrow.
📰 The Rundown
🔧 Anthropic Makes First Acquisition as Claude Code Hits $1B Milestone
➡️ The move: Anthropic acquired Bun, a high-performance JavaScript runtime, in its first-ever acquisition. The deal comes as Claude Code reached $1 billion in annualized run-rate revenue just six months after public launch. Bun already powers Claude Code’s infrastructure, serving as the runtime for its native installer. The acquisition brings Bun’s team in-house while keeping the project open source under MIT license.
⚡ Why it matters: This signals a fundamental shift in AI strategy. Instead of competing solely on model quality, Anthropic is now building vertical integration from models down to the infrastructure layer. Bun founder Jarred Sumner put it bluntly: “The GitHub username with the most merged PRs in Bun’s repo is now a Claude Code bot.” When AI agents write more code than humans, whoever controls the runtime controls the future.
🎯 Your takeaway: The era of “AI that helps you code” is evolving into “AI that builds and runs software autonomously.” If you work with developers, ask them what tools they’re using. Odds are good Claude Code is already in their workflow.
🎬 100-Person Startup Beats Google and OpenAI at AI Video
➡️ The move: Runway released Gen 4.5, a video generation model that now ranks #1 on the Video Arena leaderboard, beating Google’s Veo 3 and pushing OpenAI’s Sora 2 Pro to seventh place. The model achieves 1,247 Elo points on Artificial Analysis benchmarks through blind A/B testing. CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela’s team of about 100 people built it on NVIDIA’s Blackwell architecture.
⚡ Why it matters: A startup just out-executed trillion-dollar competitors in a direct comparison. Valenzuela credits extreme focus: “We managed to out-compete trillion-dollar companies with a team of 100 people.” The model handles physics, human motion, and camera choreography with unprecedented accuracy. Internally codenamed “David,” after the biblical underdog.
🎯 Your takeaway: AI video tools are approaching the point where “generated” and “filmed” become indistinguishable. Marketing and creative teams should start experimenting now before competitors figure it out first.
⚖️ UNESCO Sets Global Standards for AI in Courtrooms
➡️ The move: UNESCO launched guidelines for AI use in courts and tribunals at the Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law. The guidelines respond to incidents where lawyers submitted AI-generated citations to non-existent cases, resulting in fines and delays. A 2024 UNESCO survey found that 44% of judicial operators have used AI tools, but only 9% have received any AI-related training.
⚡ Why it matters: Courts are already facing AI-generated evidence, AI-assisted sentencing tools, and automated administrative processes. The guidelines establish 15 principles covering human oversight, auditability, and information security. In Argentina, AI assistant Prometea helped process 490 cases per month compared to 130 before. The productivity gains are real. So are the risks.
🎯 Your takeaway: If your work involves legal processes, compliance, or documentation, understanding AI’s role in judicial systems matters. These guidelines will likely influence corporate AI policies in regulated industries.
🔧 Tool Spotlight: Claude Code
Claude Code is Anthropic’s command-line coding assistant that just hit $1 billion in annual run-rate revenue. Unlike chat-based coding help, Claude Code works directly in your terminal, reading and editing files across your entire codebase with full context.
What makes it different: Claude Code understands your entire project structure, not just the file you’re looking at. It can navigate dependencies, run tests, and make changes across multiple files while maintaining consistency. Enterprises including Netflix, Spotify, KPMG, and Salesforce use it for production workflows.
Best for: Developers and technical professionals who spend significant time in code. Even if you’re not writing code yourself, understanding this tool helps you collaborate with engineering teams who increasingly rely on it.
Pricing: Part of Claude Pro ($20/month) and Team plans. Enterprise pricing available for organizations.
👉 Try it: Install via claude.ai/download or learn more at anthropic.com/claude-code
✨ Try This Today: The Chain Prompt
Most people treat AI conversations like one-off requests. But the best results come from building on previous outputs instead of starting fresh each time.
The technique: Instead of jumping to a new topic, extend your current conversation by asking AI to refine, expand, or pivot from what it just created.
How to use it:
1. Start with your initial request: “Draft talking points for our Q1 planning meeting”
2. Build on the output: “Now make the third point more specific with metrics we discussed last quarter”
3. Pivot strategically: “Convert these into an email summary for stakeholders who couldn’t attend”
4. Extract and extend: “What questions might the CFO ask about point two? Help me prepare responses”
Why it works: Each prompt carries forward context from previous exchanges. The AI remembers the meeting’s focus, your stakeholders, and the metrics involved. You get increasingly refined outputs without re-explaining everything.
Time required: No extra time. Just change how you structure requests during conversations you’re already having.
✨ The Wire
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