The Brutalist Report

Techmeme

• Sources: OpenAI is racing to secure investor commitments before Anthropic's expected IPO in mid-Nov. and aims to raise ~$30B; the round could value it at $1.4T+ (Reuters) [18d]
• Sources: Ted Sarandos complained for months of a lack of new hit shows at Netflix and US watch time being down; it just fired its film chief and content chief (Wall Street Journal) [18d]
• Sources: Waymo aims to expand its fleet to 8K by the end of this year, up from 4K today, and to 20K by the end of 2027, after raising $5B in debt this month (Ellen DiMauro/Semafor) [18d]