Enterprise AI gold rush: Anthropic, OpenAI, SAP, and Pentagon deals
A wave of enterprise AI deals dominated the week, with Anthropic and OpenAI announcing new joint ventures for enterprise deployment, SAP investing $1 billion in German AI startup Prior Labs, and the Pentagon signing contracts with Nvidia, Microsoft, and AWS. On TechCrunch's Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O'Kane discussed these developments, along with the xAI-Anthropic compute arrangement, ahead of a potential IPO season. Other topics included a TikToker's crowdfunding attempt to buy Spirit Airlines, Katie Haun's venture fund and Andreessen Horowitz raising billions for a crypto comeback, and Aurora Innovation's commercial trucking contract with a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, announced after CEO Chris Urmson spoke at HumanX.
Key facts
- Anthropic and OpenAI announced new joint ventures for enterprise AI deployment.
- SAP invested $1 billion in German AI startup Prior Labs.
- Pentagon signed AI deals with Nvidia, Microsoft, and AWS.
- TechCrunch Equity podcast hosts discussed enterprise AI deals, xAI-Anthropic compute arrangement.
- A TikToker is trying to crowdfund the purchase of Spirit Airlines.
- Katie Haun's venture fund and Andreessen Horowitz are raising billions for crypto comeback.
- Aurora Innovation signed a commercial trucking contract with a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary.
- Aurora CEO Chris Urmson spoke at HumanX.
Entities
Institutions
- Anthropic
- OpenAI
- SAP
- Prior Labs
- TechCrunch
- Equity
- xAI
- Spirit Airlines
- Katie Haun's venture fund
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Aurora Innovation
- Berkshire Hathaway
- HumanX
- Pentagon
- Nvidia
- Microsoft
- AWS
- YouTube
- Apple Podcasts
- Overcast
- Spotify
- X
- Threads
Locations
- Germany