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Re:Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-m... by WheatMillington on Thursday February 12, 2026 @09:30PM (#46998243)
I don't see why any AI company would ever be "too big to fail". I can't see why any government would be motivated to take the political hit of bailing them out.
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Re:Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-m... by directevolve on Thursday February 12, 2026 @11:21PM (#46998894)
What if the president of the nation happens to hold stock in these companies?
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Re:Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-m... by url00 on Friday February 13, 2026 @10:22AM (#47003700)
Once the bureaucracy is automated, there will be no "reasonable" choice.
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Re:Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-m... by techblueberry on Saturday February 14, 2026 @09:30AM (#47014803)
What if the head of that government was a lame duck president, and those AI companies personally funded his next yacht.
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