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Anthropic to back a European AI consultancy with Hg, due by end-2026

Anthropic and London-based private equity firm Hg plan to launch an independent consultancy by the end of 2026 that would embed AI engineers and consultants inside European businesses, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Rivian buys 15-person Third Dimension to simulate roads from 400,000 daily fleet clips

Rivian receives more than 400,000 driving sequences a day from customer vehicles, according to its autonomy chief James Philbin, and it has now acquired Third Dimension, a UK-based startup that turns camera footage into controllable 3D scenes.

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Anthropic's Claude Duet agent opens to Pro-tier users later; OpenAI's Dots starts at $100 a month

Anthropic on Oct. 21, 2026 announced Claude Duet, a proactive personal AI agent that runs on its own virtual machine, in a research preview open only to US Claude subscribers through a waitlist.

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