Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its best AI model for coding

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View this email online in your browser  September 29, 2025 TechCrunch Top 3 Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its best AI model for coding: Anthropic says its new AI model is robust enough to build production-ready applications, rather than just prototypes. Read More Vibe-coding startup Anything nabs a $100M valuation after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks: Anything raised an $11 million funding round led by Footwork. Read More This French VC went from posting on YouTube to raising a $12M fund for Y Combinator startups: Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has built his VC firm around a single filter: If it isn't a Y Combinator company, he won't invest in it. Read More A message from Chevron US companies make bold move to power nation's data centers Data centers need power now. That's why we're working to build multi-gigawatt power stations that generate reliable electricity, with fewer delays and minimal added strain to the grid. Learn more Afternoon Must-Reads Marissa Mayer will close her old AI startup, sell assets to her new AI startup: Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer is closing the doors on her consumer software startup Sunshine, and is selling the company's assets to her new AI startup, Dazzle, Wired reported, citing an email sent to Sunshine's shareholders. Read More Snapchat caps free Memory storage, launches paid storage plans: The social media giant announced that free access to the feature will be limited to 5GB. Read More Former Microsoft execs launch AI agents to end Excel-led finance: Maximor has come out of stealth with a human-in-the-loop agentic platform that does the finance team's grunt work. Read More DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app: DeepSeek is backed by High-Flyer Capital Management, a Chinese quantitative hedge fund that uses AI to inform its trading decisions. Read More Frank founder Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase: The fintech startup had been acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021 for $175 million. The bank later accused Frank of lying about its customer base. Read More A message from Google Cloud Startup School: GenAI Media Multimodal Go Nano Bananas and Beyond! Learn how Google Cloud AI can empower your startup to build innovative applications at their upcoming Startup School: GenAI Media, kicking off on Oct 28. Register now Be the first to know when news breaks Subscribe to our News Alerts, and you won't miss a thing. Breaking news, exclusives, and special reports—straight to your inbox. Sign up for News Alerts! Last but Not Least OpenAI takes on Google, Amazon with new agentic shopping system: This type of frictionless experience has the potential to spark a new movement in how people shop online – one that moves away from search engines like Google and e-commerce platforms like Amazon toward conversational agents with curated recommendations, comparisons, and easy checkout experiences.  Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2025 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107