Beyond the Click... Another Week Full of Major AI Announcements

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Beyond the Click... Another Week Full of Major AI Announcements

June 8, 2026 | 01:37 ET~

Internet

Beyond the Click... Another Week Full of Major AI Internet

Announcements Brian J. Pitz Analyst

brian.pitz@bmo.com (212) 671-8052

David Lustberg VP Associate

Bottom Line: David.lustberg@bmo.com (332) 274-9716

Anthropic confidentially files for an IPO following rapid scaling to ~$47B ARR, while Stan Velikov, CFA VP Associate

GOOGL prices a massive $84.75B equity raise to fund accelerating AI infrastructure build- stan.velikov@bmo.com (415) 216-2047

out. META deepens its AI monetization push through agentic tools and subscription Charlotte O'Hanlon Associate

offerings, while also introducing facial recognition capabilities in its smart glasses charlotte.ohanlon@bmo.com (347) 514-0382

(though not yet enabled). Meanwhile, NFLX leads AI-driven streaming discovery, AMZN Michael Arias Associate

is expanding Prime to South Africa, and UBER is scaling its robotaxi strategy in Europe Michael.Arias@bmo.com (332) 274-9760

through asset-light, multipartner deployments. Fanatics Markets launches loyalty and Legal Entity: BMO Capital Markets Corp.

rewards programs.

What's Inside

Key Points We discuss the latest trends across the entire Internet

landscape, including artificial intelligence, digitalAnthropic the Latest to File for IPO — After raising $65B in its last funding round at a

advertising, advertising technology, e-commerce,$965B post-money valuation, Anthropic confidentially files IPO paperwork with the SEC

general marketplaces, online travel, and interactivein preparation for one of the largest public offerings ever. The company also shares that

media.its ARR jumped to $47B, up from $10B last year.

GOOGL Prices Upsized Capital Raise for AI CapEx — Alphabet prices an upsized