Anthropic Becomes First AI Startup to Join the Frontier Carbon Removal Coalition
INSIDE 硬塞 AI8 hours agoBusinessAnthropic has joined Frontier, a carbon removal purchasing coalition, supporting its Advance Market Commitment (AMC) model. This makes Anthropic the first AI company to participate in the coalition, whose total commitments now exceed $900 million. The move represents Anthropic's inaugural significant financial pledge in the climate and sustainability space.
Anthropic Becomes First AI Startup to Join the Frontier Carbon Removal Coalition
TechCrunch AI18 hours agoBusinessAnthropic has joined Frontier, a corporate advance-market-commitment program that pools corporate purchasing power to fund carbon removal technologies. The coalition simultaneously announced $915 million in new pledges from member companies. As the first AI-native startup to join, Anthropic's membership signals the AI sector taking formal, structured accountability for its environmental footprint.
Subterranean Fungi Networks More Than 100 Quadrillion km in Length
Hacker News (AI keywords)7 days agoPaperResearchers have completed a global mapping of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) networks, calculating their combined subterranean length at more than 100 quadrillion kilometers. AMF form symbiotic relationships with the roots of most land plant species, exchanging nutrients for carbon. The study highlights the massive scale of this hidden biological infrastructure and its implications for climate and plant life.