Meta’s Muse just stole the AI spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic
Equity podcast covers Meta's Muse agent, Anthropic Opus 5.5, OpenAI GPT-6, and fresh AI funding deals.
TechCrunch's Equity podcast covers a week in which Anthropic released Opus 5.5 and OpenAI followed about 90 minutes later with GPT-6 updates. Hosts say Meta's personal AI agent Muse drew the spotlight, with reported early growth ahead of ChatGPT and plans for smart glasses and a small companion device. The episode also discusses Andreessen Horowitz's founder academy, Oura's $2.2 billion IPO, and Ema's $77 million raise to sell AI agents for HR, IT, and finance, naming Google and Microsoft as early customers.
- Anthropic shipped Opus 5.5; OpenAI issued GPT-6 updates about 90 minutes later.
- Meta's Muse agent is reportedly ahead of ChatGPT's early usage.
- Muse is headed for smart glasses and a small companion device.
- Ema raised $77 million; Oura's IPO is described at $2.2 billion.
- AI models
- MuseClaude Opus 5.5GPT-6ChatGPT
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When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic rolled out Opus 5. 5, followed by OpenAI’s GPT-6 model updates just 90 minutes later.
By Anthony Ha, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O'Kane, Theresa Loconsolo · techcrunch.com
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