Anthropic plans to publicly file its listing application late this month, targeting a $2 trillion valuation that would exceed SpaceX’s $1.77 trillion. Its second-quarter revenue rose 14.6-fold from a year earlier to $11.5 billion, while annualized revenue reached $65 billion at the end of July, seven times the level at the end of last year. Growing contracts with JPMorgan, Netflix and Salesforce, along with products including Claude Code and Claude Cowork, are strengthening demand for AI engineers, corporate sales staff and product planners. Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are expanding chip-production capacity beyond Korea into the United States and Japan. Samsung’s Texas foundry investment totals $37 billion, while the company is also planning a 400 trillion won memory fab in the Honam region. SK hynix will break ground on a $3.87 billion packaging fab in Indiana on the 27th of this month and is reportedly reviewing a new memory fab in Japan. Both companies are seeking closer ties with local materials, parts and equipment suppliers while countering China’s CXMT and YMTC. Kakao has approved its largest-ever spin-off, separating Kakao AI from surviving entity Kakao X. Kakao AI will connect AI services across KakaoTalk, advertising and commerce, while Kakao X will pursue new businesses and invest 6.4 trillion won in innovative companies. The split ratio is 0.36 for Kakao AI and 0.64 for Kakao X, with relisting planned for the 27th of the same month after the separation is completed on January 1, 2027. China also accounted for 97% of global humanoid robot shipments in the first half of this year, with more than 40,000 units shipped, according to an announcement at the World Robot Conference. The developments point to expanding opportunities in AI, semiconductors and robotics for students and job seekers.