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Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5, the second model in its 5.5 family, positioning it as a faster, lower-cost complement to Opus 5.5. The company says the new model runs 30% faster and costs up to 30% less for most work, with strengths in fixing bugs and creating polished documents and spreadsheets.

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Anthropic's IPO filing shows soaring revenue, mounting costs, and 'existential' risks. Revenue grew twelvefold in 2025 to $4.6 billion, but the operating loss widened to $8.06 billion. Backers are aiming for a valuation above $2 trillion.

Productivity

Use AI to orchestrate local models for complex tasks, like having a powerful model (e.g., Claude Sonnet 5.5) coordinate a smaller local model (e.g., Qwen) for efficiency.

Linear reworked its CI system after its CTO flagged rising costs and slow validation, saying AI agents have made shipping code exponentially faster and turned CI into a bottleneck. The company's changes aim to keep up with accelerated development and reduce infrastructure costs.

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