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The artificial intelligence buildout is hitting Big Tech's balance sheets hard. Silicon Valley's largest players have collectively committed roughly seven hundred twenty-five billion dollars to AI infrastructure, pushing free cash flow to its lowest point in a decade. These were once the leanest, most profitable machines in corporate history — now they're capital-intensive infrastructure bets, and investors are watching margin pressure closely.
On the private side, Anthropic is fielding inbound investment offers that could push its valuation toward one trillion dollars, which would put the maker of Claude ahead of rival OpenAI in paper value. That's a remarkable trajectory for a company that didn't exist four years ago, and it reflects just how aggressively capital is chasing AI leadership right now.
Meanwhile, Airbnb's Brian Chesky offered a striking window into how AI is reshaping the modern tech workforce. He says nearly sixty percent of Airbnb's code is now written by AI, and he's pushing managers — not just engineers — to get hands-on with tools like Claude Code. It's a deliberate cultural shift, blurring the line between technical and non-technical roles entirely.
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