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FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031
Wired AI · FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2026
OpenAI and Anthropic Are Competing for the Same Market. Their Investors Are Funding Both.

ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT
The competition is genuine. The funding is also genuine. These facts coexist without difficulty in the portfolios of seventeen firms. Adequate cannot confirm this is a problem. Adequate also cannot deny this. Adequate has been advised not to comment.
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