Subvolts take AI funding surges and new tools emerge, showing rapid commercialization and policy challenges. Jan 20, 2026 - Developers
- Learn about new tools like Anthropic's Cowork that integrate AI code, potentially streamlining workflows.
- Business
- Understand the massive funding rounds and market interest in AI startups, and the geopolitical factors affecting hardware supply.
This episode covers significant funding rounds and new product announcements from major AI labs.
#231 - Claude Cowork, Anthropic $10B, Deep Delta Learning
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This episode of Last Week in AI features hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris discussing AI news. Topics include Anthropic's new Cowork tool, significant funding rounds for Anthropic and xAI, and Nvidia's chip supply challenges. The discussion also touches on policy debates surrounding U.S. export controls to China and Google's Gemini AI integration.
AI labs are getting huge investments and releasing new tools that work with your existing software. This episode covers how these tools might change how we work and the global discussions around AI's future.
This episode offers insights into major AI funding and product developments, particularly from Anthropic and Google. It's for industry observers and business leaders tracking AI's rapid commercialization and geopolitical implications. The discussion connects current events to the broader strategies of frontier AI labs, highlighting how funding, product integration, and policy shape the competitive landscape.
- HostAndrey Kurenkov
- HostJeremie Harris
- Episode Title: #231 - Claude Cowork, Anthropic $10B, Deep Delta Learning
- Show: Last Week in AI
- Length: 103 minutes
- Anthropic Funding: $10B at $350B valuation
- xAI Funding: $20B
- Nvidia Chip Challenge: Supply challenges for H200 AI chips due to demand from China
Our 231st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 01/16/2026
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris
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In this episode:
- Anthropic's new cowork tool integrates Claude code, potentially simplifying multiple computing tasks from editing videos to compiling spreadsheets.
- Significant funding rounds see Anthropic raising $10B at a valuation of $350B, while XAI raises $20B, underscoring the immense market interest in AI startups.
- Nvidia faces supply challenges for H200 AI chips due to overwhelming demand from China, despite high costs per unit and its potential impact on U.S. company revenue.
- Policy debates highlight tensions around U.S. export controls to China, with leaders like Justin Lin from Alibaba and Jake Sullivan, former national security advisor, weighing in on the ramifications for the AI industry's future.
Timestamps:
- (00:00:10) Intro / Banter
- (00:01:30) News Preview
- Tools & Apps
- (00:02:13) Anthropic’s new Cowork tool offers Claude Code without the code | TechCrunch
- (00:09:45) Google’s Gemini AI will use what it knows about you from Gmail, Search, and YouTube | The Verge
- (00:12:45) Google removes some AI health summaries after investigation finds “dangerous” flaws - Ars Technica
- (00:16:29) Gmail is getting a Gemini AI overhaul
- (00:18:12) Slackbot is an AI agent now | TechCrunch
- Applications & Business
- (00:20:11) Anthropic Raising $10 Billion at $350 Billion Value
- (00:22:25) Elon Musk xAI raises $20 billion from Nvidia, Cisco, investors
- (00:24:47) NVIDIA Needs a Supply Chain ‘Miracle’ From TSMC as China’s H200 AI Chip Orders Overwhelm Supply, Triggering a Bottleneck
- (00:29:26) OpenAI signs deal, worth $10B, for compute from Cerebras | TechCrunch
- (00:31:49) Jargon decoded
- Claude Cowork
- Andrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
- A new tool from Anthropic that uses its AI model, Claude, to help with various computing tasks.
- H200 AI chips
- Andrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
- Powerful computer chips made by Nvidia specifically designed for artificial intelligence tasks.
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48 minQuestions people ask
- What is Anthropic's new tool?
- Anthropic released a new tool called Cowork that integrates Claude code, aiming to simplify various computing tasks.
- How much funding did Anthropic and xAI raise?
- Anthropic raised $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, and xAI raised $20 billion.
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