Meta's Muse draws focus as Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 land

TechCrunch reports Meta's Muse is outpacing ChatGPT's early growth as Anthropic ships Opus 5.5 and OpenAI follows with GPT-6.

TechCrunch's Equity podcast covers Anthropic's release of Opus 5.5 and OpenAI's GPT-6 updates, which one report times at 90 minutes later and the later report at about 90 minutes later. Hosts say Meta's personal AI agent Muse drew the spotlight, with reported early growth ahead of ChatGPT. Muse is headed for smart glasses and a small device that the first report calls Tamagotchi-style and the second calls a companion device. The episode also discusses startups and Andreessen Horowitz's founder academy, described earlier as a school for founders. The later report adds Oura's IPO at $2.2 billion and Ema's $77 million raise to sell AI agents for HR, IT, and finance, naming Google and Microsoft as early customers.

• Anthropic released Opus 5.5; OpenAI followed with GPT-6 updates 90 minutes later (a later report says about 90 minutes).
• Meta's personal AI agent Muse is reportedly ahead of ChatGPT's early adoption and usage.
• Muse is planned for smart glasses and a small device, called Tamagotchi-style in one report and a companion device in the other.
• The podcast also covers Andreessen Horowitz's founder academy, earlier described as a school for founders.
• Oura's IPO is described at $2.2 billion.
• Ema raised $77 million to sell AI agents for HR, IT, and finance.
• Google and Microsoft were named as early customers of Ema.