[Comparative Daily News Picks] OpenAI's annualized revenue exceeded 40 billion US dollars; Anthropic's pre-IPO secret investors, unofficial target valuation of $2 trillion; Google launched the Gemini 3.7 Flash model, but Gemini 3.5 Pro is still far away; Tether completed the largest first financial audit in history, and KPMG issued an unqualified opinion; inflation peaked, and the market is no longer fully pricing the Fed's interest rate hike this year

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AI · Dynamic

[OpenAI's annualized revenue exceeds $40 billion]

Comparing news, people familiar with the matter revealed that OpenAI's current annualized revenue has exceeded 40 billion US dollars, which is about double that of the end of 2025. This performance has significantly boosted the company's confidence in preparing to go public. In recent months, the company's revenue has accelerated, mainly due to the rapid expansion of the AI programming software business. Furthermore, subscription sales continued to rise, the advertising business began to contribute incremental revenue, and the core consumer business maintained steady growth.

On the competitive side, OpenAI is fiercely competing with Anthropic for corporate customers. Both companies have secretly submitted listing documents. Among them, Anthropic expects an IPO as soon as this fall, or ahead of OpenAI. Greg Brockman, co-founder and president of OpenAI, said that the company's annualized revenue in July increased by more than 20% month-on-month. Recently, the company's demand in the field of AI agents has risen markedly. Typical products include the programming tool Codex and the general assistant ChatGPT Work. At the same time, OpenAI has lowered the prices of some models to respond more flexibly to the challenges of Anthropic and many competitors.

[Anthropic Pre-IPO Secret Investors, $2 Trillion Valuation Unofficial Target]

Comparing news, the AI unicorn Anthropic is preparing for a potentially record-scale IPO and holding preliminary communication meetings with potential investors. According to people familiar with the matter, the current talks are still at the macro level, and no specific financial data or valuation discussions have been involved. Anthropic Chief Financial Officer Krishna Rao is leading the relevant conference, which mainly focuses on the Claude series of AI models, programming assistant Claude Code, corporate market positioning, management team, and product iteration.

The company secretly submitted listing documents to the US Securities and Exchange Commission in June, but the official IPO schedule has yet to be announced. Anthropic completed financing at the end of May this year, with a valuation of 965 billion US dollars, higher than OpenAI's valuation of 852 billion US dollars for the same period; the company revealed that the annualized revenue operating rate had exceeded 47 billion US dollars. Some investors expect the IPO valuation to reach $2 trillion, but this figure is not the company's official target. On the competitor's side, OpenAI has also secretly submitted listing documents, but has yet to launch a pre-IPO investor conference.

[Google launches Gemini 3.7 Flash model, but Gemini 3.5 Pro is still a long way off]

Comparatively, Google officially released Gemini 3.7 Flash, the main AI model, which focuses on powerful programming and intelligent task processing capabilities. However, the flagship model Gemini 3.5 Pro, which was originally scheduled to be launched in the middle of the year, has been delayed several times, and there is still no exact release schedule.

【Micron Ventures launches $250 million AI investment fund】

Comparing news, Micron Ventures launched a $250 million fund to focus on investing in next-generation artificial intelligence technology.

Crypto · Marketplace

【Tether completed the largest first financial audit in history, and KPMG issued an unqualified opinion]

In comparison, digital asset company Tether announced that it has completed a complete independent audit of Tether International, S.A. de C.V.'s financial statements as of December 31, 2025 by KPMG U.S. KPMG U.S. issued an unqualified audit opinion.

An audit covers evidence of transactions, systems, ownership records, valuation, counterparty and financial statements, and reviews balance sheets, income statements, statements of changes in equity, and cash flow statements. KPMG U.S. also makes a physical inventory and inspection of every gold bar Tether holds. Tether's chief financial officer Simon McWilliams said the 2025 audited financial statements showed that its reserve assets exceeded liabilities by $6.814 billion. Tether said the audit was an important step in fulfilling its long-term commitment to financial transparency.

[Release Plan Delayed, Trump Family Crypto Project WLFI Delays Selling Maldives Resort Tokens]

Comparing news, World Liberty Financial (WLFI) and its partners have postponed the sale of digital tokens associated with Trump-branded resorts in the Maldives. The token was originally scheduled to be launched in spring of this year, and investors can receive a portion of the income to fund the resort's loan project after purchase. According to people familiar with the matter, the Iran war affected travel activities in the Middle East and surrounding regions, causing the distribution plan to be postponed. Since the extension has not been made public, the person concerned requested anonymity.

[The U.S. CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee will discuss the regulation of crypto assets, AI, and prediction markets for the first time]

Comparatively, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the agenda for the first meeting of the Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC). The committee will meet for the first time on August 20 to focus on regulatory issues in emerging areas such as crypto assets, artificial intelligence, and predictive markets.

CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig said that the US has long been a global financial innovation center and hopes to discuss how emerging technologies and financial products can drive market development through exchanges with innovative entrepreneurs, researchers, and industry builders, and jointly explore “new financial frontiers.”

The conference will be broadcast live on the CFTC's official website. Committee members and participants will discuss topics such as the digital asset regulatory framework, the impact of AI technology on financial markets, and predicting market developments.

Macro · Organization

[The signs that inflation is peaking are increasing, and the market is no longer fully pricing the Fed's interest rate hike this year]

Comparative news is that as falling oil prices reinforce optimism about the outlook for inflation, bond traders are no longer fully pricing that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year. The rebound in the US bond market caused yields to fall by as much as 9 basis points for each term. Among them, the 30-year yield fell 8 basis points before the issuance of new bonds with that maturity on Thursday. The issuance is expected to be the highest yield of a 30-year treasury bond issue since 2001. Benchmark oil prices fell more than 3% on Thursday. Oil prices have been the main driving force for US bond yields since the US attack on Iran triggered a supply shock at the end of February. Traders are interpreting the signals released by the ongoing conflict. The fall in oil prices has strengthened optimism that US inflation has peaked. US government data released on Thursday showed a slowdown in producer prices in July, and the consumer price report released the day before also detected a slowdown in inflation for the second month in a row. The rise in short-term interest rate contracts is driving interest rates lower, indicating that traders are reducing their bets on the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike.

[Up to 100%, the US will levy tariffs on imported drones and parts]

Comparative news, on August 13, local time, the US White House issued a statement saying that US President Trump signed a notice on the same day to levy 10% to 100% ad valorem tariffs on imported drones and parts on the grounds of dealing with a national security threat.

The announcement stipulates that 100% ad valorem tariffs will be levied on highly sensitive drones of a specific size or specific function, as well as docks and certain key components of such drones. This category includes drones with a maximum take-off weight of over 25 kg and drones with thermal imaging capabilities. Additionally, a 25% ad valorem duty is levied on certain drones and other drone components that are smaller and do not have specific features.

The announcement also stipulated a 15% ad valorem tariff on drones and components from the European Union, Japan, Liechtenstein, South Korea, Switzerland, etc. Furthermore, a 10% ad valorem tariff is imposed on drones from the UK, provided that their hardware, software, and technology are basically all derived from these countries and regions, as well as the United States. According to the regulations, the above tariffs will take effect 21 days after signing. For non-highly sensitive drone components, the tariffs will take effect 180 days after signing.

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