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Meta’s Muse just stole the AI spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic

AnnouncementProductSep 25, 2026

Anthropic released Opus 5.5, and OpenAI followed with GPT-6 updates 90 minutes later. On TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O'Kane discussed Meta's consumer AI agent Muse, which is reportedly outpacing ChatGPT's early numbers and heading to smart glasses. The episode also covered a16z's founder academy, Oura's $2.2 billion IPO, and Ema's $77 million raise, with Google and Microsoft as early enterprise customers.

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