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Anthropic, maker of the chatbot Claude, confidentially filed for an initial public offering.

The firm, which was valued at $900 billion last week, said the filing, quote, gives us the option to eventually go public.

SpaceX, which owns GROC and reportedly OpenAI, are already preparing IPO plans.

Earlier, Anthropic gave the EU's cybersecurity agency access to its latest mythos model,

according to Bloomberg. Iran is stopping the exchange of messages with America over Israel's

offensive in Lebanon, according to Iranian media. A violation on one front is a violation on all fronts the country's foreign minister posted

on X.

Donald Trump pushed back, claiming that talks were continuing at a rapid pace.

The price of Brent crude rose by more than 5%.

America and Iran exchanged strikes over the weekend.

Mr. Trump said Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, agreed to pull back troops that were

preparing to attack Beirut, Lebanon's capital. Earlier, Mr. Netanyahu ordered airstrikes on the city's southern suburbs,

deemed to be under Hezbollah's control.

The Iran-backed militia fired more than 300 projectiles at Israel over the weekend.

Mr. Trump, after phone calls with both parties,

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