Disney puts $1B into OpenAI, Snowflake adds $200M for Anthropic as enterprise money chases IP protection
YvesMulkers · x · 2026-09-13
The author rounds up four enterprise AI deals this week, arguing money is now chasing IP protection rather than intelligence: Disney investing $1B into OpenAI, Snowflake adding $200M to its Anthropic investment, and a years-late fine for LastPass. Sources are gated behind a 'receipts' reply, so figures should be treated as unverified pending primary sources.
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