Anthropic weighs deal for near $1tn valuation as revenue surges
Start-up behind Claude tool is fielding inbound investment offers that could lead to it surpassing rival OpenAI in value
Start-up behind Claude tool is fielding inbound investment offers that could lead to it surpassing rival OpenAI in value

Start-up behind Claude tool seeks to bulk up on chips and computing power after suffering outages this year

Divergence reflects company’s recent rapid growth owing to strong interest in its Claude Code products

Chief executive Sam Altman refocuses AI company as Anthropic tests its early lead

Start-up’s bet on enterprise users is paying off as coding tools fuel revenue and investor frenzy

The $730bn start-up plans to increase staff to 8,000 by end of 2026 in bid to close gap with rival Anthropic

AI start-up secures more computing capacity as annualised revenues hit $30bn