Anthropic has completed its latest financing deal, raising 30 billion US dollars from investors. The company’s valuation reached 380 billion US dollars (including the amount from this round of financing), further strengthening this artificial intelligence firm's competitive position against its rival, OpenAI.
Anthropic has completed its latest financing deal, raising 30 billion US dollars from investors. The company’s valuation reached 380 billion US dollars (including the amount from this round of financing), further strengthening this artificial intelligence firm's competitive position against its rival, OpenAI.
Anthropic announced on Thursday that the latest round of financing was led by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and Coatue Management. D.E. Shaw & Co., Dragoneer Investment Group, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Iconiq, and MGX also co-led the round. Additionally, giants such as Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$and$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$other major players also participated in this round of financing.
This latest round of financing has nearly doubled Anthropic’s valuation compared to before—making it one of the most valuable private companies globally. Just a few months ago, the startup raised $13 billion; meanwhile, OpenAI is also planning to raise up to $100 billion. This series of financing activities highlights the frenzy among investors rushing to bet on leading AI companies.
Anthropic also confirmed that it would allow employees to sell their shares at the same valuation as this round of financing.
Founded in 2021, Anthropic has positioned itself as a company focused on safety and responsible technological development. Its business focus lies in the high-margin track of enterprise-level sales in fields like software engineering, finance, and healthcare. In recent months, the company’s annualized revenue has surged significantly, surpassing $9 billion last year. On Thursday, the company stated that this figure had risen to $14 billion.
Krishna Rao, Chief Financial Officer of Anthropic, said in a statement: 'This financing reflects the tremendous demand we are seeing from our customers. We will use this investment to continue building the enterprise-grade products and models that our clients rely on.'
Anthropic’s technology—including coding agents capable of writing and debugging software with minimal human intervention—has recently made a significant impact on global markets. A tool released by the company that automates parts of legal work caused a sharp decline in related stocks earlier this month. More recently, the launch of an AI model optimized for automating enterprise tasks, including financial research, led to declines in the stock prices of several financial services companies.
Despite Anthropic’s rapid business growth, its infrastructure investments to support AI development and large-scale application have been substantial. The company previously announced plans to invest $50 billion in building data centers in the United States and intends to purchase hundreds of billions of dollars worth of specialized AI chips from Google under Alphabet. However, these investments pale in comparison to OpenAI, which has committed to investing over $1.4 trillion in AI infrastructure over the next few years.
To support such massive expenditures, both Anthropic and OpenAI rely on financial backing from some of the large chip manufacturers and cloud service providers they collaborate with, raising concerns about “circular transactions” potentially propping up the entire industry.
Microsoft and NVIDIA previously announced plans to invest up to $15 billion in Anthropic; the company stated that a portion of this amount has already been contributed to this round of financing. Microsoft is also one of OpenAI’s largest backers, while NVIDIA is expected to invest $20 billion in OpenAI’s upcoming new round of financing.
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