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Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1 trillion valuation ahead of IPO
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Anthropic has snagged $65 billion in funding at a $965 billion post-money valuation in its latest funding round, marking what could be the AI startup’s last private fundraising before debuting on the public markets.
Key facts
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which merged with xAI earlier this year, is targeting a $2 trillion valuation in its pending IPO, and seeking to raise more than $75 billion
- Anthropic has snagged $65 billion in funding at a $965 billion post-money valuation in its latest funding round, marking what could be the AI startup’s last private fundraising before debuting
- Last month that Anthropic was close to closing a $50 billion round, with investors clamoring to get on the cap table
- The Series H round was co-led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, Sequoia Capital, Capital Group, Coatue, D1 Capital Partners, and others
Summary
The Series H round was co-led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, Sequoia Capital, Capital Group, Coatue, D1 Capital Partners, and others. Strategic infrastructure partners, including Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron, also joined the round. Last month that Anthropic was close to closing a $50 billion round, with investors clamoring to get on the cap table. Anthropic plans to use the new funds to “advance our safety and interpretability research, expand compute to meet growing demand for Claude, and scale the products and partnerships our customers rely on.”