Opus 4.8 🧠, Anthropic at $965B 💰, Microsoft’s coding model 👨‍💻

# What You Need to Know Anthropic's newest AI model, Claude Opus 4.8, is now available and represents a significant upgrade in the company's capabilities—think of it as a more powerful version of their existing AI assistant that can handle more complex tasks. The company's valuation has skyrocketed to $965 billion, putting it among the most valuable AI companies globally and signaling strong investor confidence in their technology. Meanwhile, Microsoft released a new specialized AI model designed specifically for writing and understanding computer code, expanding the tools available to software developers.