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Anthropic reaches valuation of $965bn, beating OpenAI to become world’s most valuable AI firm
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Anthropic, the AI firm behind the Claude chatbot, announced on Thursday it had raised $65bn in funding to value the company at $965bn post-money.
Key facts
- Anthropic, the AI firm behind the Claude chatbot, announced on Thursday it had raised $65bn in funding to value the company at $965bn post-money
- The company touted the new funding round, which was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia Capital, as proof that its AI models and vision for the future of the technology
- Anthropic is additionally set to be an influential force in the US midterm elections, pouring millions into lobbying efforts and Super Pacs aimed at candidates and legislation that aligns
- Claude is increasingly indispensable to their growing global community of customers, and they work tirelessly to make tools like Claude Code and Cowork more helpful, more powerful, and more adaptable
Summary
The deal marks an exceedingly successful period of growth for Anthropic, which was once considered to be a smaller player in the global AI arms race. Anthropic’s new valuation cements a reshuffling of the AI industry’s power dynamics, putting a dollar figure on Claude’s increased cultural and commercial prominence. The company touted the new funding round, which was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia Capital, as proof that its AI models and vision for the future of the technology are winning out. “Claude is increasingly indispensable to our growing global community of customers, and we work tirelessly to make tools like Claude Code and Cowork more helpful, more powerful, and more adaptable to their needs,” Krishna Rao, chief financial officer of Anthropic, said in a blogpost.