The Varosity AI GTM Report — Jun 16: Anthropic Outsells OpenAI During a Government Feud

On today's show, Jack King covers six stories defining the AI and go-to-market landscape on June 16, 2026: Anthropic surpasses OpenAI in business spending for the first time — during the same month the DoD labeled it a supply-chain risk; Microsoft's Work IQ APIs reach general availability, giving enterprise agents native access to M365 context over MCP; Databricks launches Genie One, an agentic coworker that spans Google Drive, Jira, Slack, and SharePoint; voice AI startup Bland AI closes a $50 million Series C after being rejected by 180 investors; Salesforce Agentforce hits 6,000 production customers — double the prior quarter; and Anthropic's tenth service disruption in twelve days reveals an infrastructure team sprinting to keep up with its own sales team. Stories covered: • Anthropic Outsells OpenAI — During a Government Feud (TechCrunch, June 16) — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/16/anthropics-latest-feud-with-the-trump-admin-may-actually-help-it-sales-data-suggests/ • Microsoft Work IQ APIs Go GA June 16 (Microsoft 365 Blog / ByteIota) — https://byteiota.com/microsoft-work-iq-apis-ga-june-16/ • Databricks Launches Genie One (Databricks Newsroom, June 16) — https://www.databricks.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/databricks-launches-genie-one-all-new-agentic-coworker-every-team • Bland AI Raises $50M Series C After 180 Rejections (Fortune, June 16) — https://fortune.com/2026/06/16/voice-ai-bland-50-million-after-being-rejected-by-180-investors/ • Salesforce Agentforce Hits 6,000 Production Customers (VentureBeat) — https://venturebeat.com/technology/while-everyone-talks-about-an-ai-bubble-salesforce-quietly-added-6-000 • Claude's Tenth Outage in 12 Days: Infrastructure Strain Exposed (TechTimes, June 16) — https://www.techtimes.com/articles/318514/20260616/claude-outage-tenth-disruption-12-days-exposes-anthropic-infrastructure-strain.htm Sponsored by Varosity.ai — https://varosity.ai