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Feb 25, 2025

Anthropic launches Claude 3.7 Sonnet, hybrid AI model to take on OpenAI, DeepSeek

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  1. Anthropic launches Claude 3.7 Sonnet, hybrid AI model
  2. Elon’s Grok global daily visits hit 4.5M days after Grok 3 debut
  3. Bitcoin falls below $90K as crypto selloff accelerates
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1. Anthropic launches Claude 3.7 Sonnet, hybrid AI model to take on OpenAI, DeepSeek

Claude 3.7 Sonnet surpassed OpenAI’s o1 and o3-mini, and DeepSeek R1 on the SWE-bench verified, per Anthropic:

Anthropic.

  • Claude 3.7 Sonnet’s comparison with o3 and Grok 3 has yet to appear.

  • $3/M input and $15/M output token price, vs. o3-mini’s $1.10/M input and $4.40/M output, and DeepSeek R1’s $0.55/M input, $2.19/M output price.

  • Extended thinking mode to switch between reasoning and near-instant responses.

  • Available across all Claude plans and through the Anthropic API, Amazon Bedrock, and Google Cloud’s Vertex AI.

  • Thinking mode is not a part of the free tier, though.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet has successfully defeated 3 PokƩmon gym leaders in the Game Boy classic, PokƩmon Red

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Claude Code tool has been released in limited access to offer agentic coding

  • Aimed at test-driven development, debugging complex issues, and large-scale refactoring.

Relatedly, Anthropic is reportedly raising $3.5B at $61.5B valuation

  • Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, and MGX are said to be part of the new round.

  • $1.2B annualized revenue was recently achieved.

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3. Elon’s Grok global daily visits hit 4.5M days after Grok 3 debut

  • +376% in Grok.com daily visits in the U.S. to 900K.

  • +260% in U.S. DAUs on the Grok’s app last week.

  • Global DAUs 5x’d week-on-week.

4. Bitcoin falls below $90K as crypto selloff accelerates

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