Edition of Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Anthropic Reports $17 Billion Quarterly Revenue

Anthropic filed its amended S-1 this week, with audited Q3 numbers that replace what leaked from October’s investor day. Revenue rose to $16.96 billion from $11.56 billion in the second quarter. That is up 1,127% from $1.38 billion a year earlier and 47% from…

CRM consolidation: How to unify your revenue stack

CRM consolidation is the process of merging multiple, disconnected customer relationship management systems into a single unified platform, so sales, marketing, and service teams work from one shared source of customer data.

Salesforce Acquires Cresta To Enhance Customer Service AI

Salesforce has agreed to acquire Cresta, adding voice agents, real-time agent assistance, and conversation intelligence to its customer service portfolio. Salesforce already owns much of the customer context and many of the systems where customer service work…

Global Venture Funding Reaches $59 Billion In October

Global venture funding in October totaled $59 billion, a 45% jump from a year earlier, per Crunchbase data, in large part due to a record-setting $15.9 billion funding round for China’s DeepSeek.

Tech companies tell job applicants: Be AI-pilled (but not too AI-pilled!)

Ballistic Ventures Seeks $490M For New Funds Amid Cybersecurity Boom

Cybersecurity-focused Ballistic Ventures is seeking to raise $360 million for a new flagship fund and another $130 million for a separate investment vehicle.