H1’s Healthcare Data Bet, Anthropic’s $65bn Raise, and Self-Evolving Agent Skills | UpNext AI – May 29, 2026
A lighter but still revealing day in AI: healthcare data startup H1 lands fresh backing from CVS, Anthropic reportedly finalizes another massive funding round, and a new paper looks at how agents might get better by building and reusing their own skills over time.
In this episode:
- H1 secures $40 million from CVS Health Ventures, with CEO Ariel Katz arguing that unique doctor data is harder for AI to replicate than workflow SaaS.
- The Financial Times reports Anthropic finalized a $65 billion funding deal valuing the company at $965 billion including the new money.
- Earlier-this-week…
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