Bloomberg
Anthropic PBC raised US$65 billion in a funding round that valued the artificial intelligence (AI) company at US$965 billion including the new investment, eclipsing rival OpenAI’s value for the first time.The funding, announced on Thursday, was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital. Each of the lead investors put in more than US$2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Sequoia declined to comment. The other three firms did not respond to a request for comment.Alphabet Inc’s Google contributed several billion dollars to the round as part of a previously announced commitment to invest up to US$40 billion in Anthropic over time, according to people familiar with the matter. Amazon.com Inc invested US$5 billion in the round, also as part of a prior commitment, Anthropic said in a blog post.
A smartphone displaying the logo of the US artificial intelligence safety and research company Anthropic is pictured on Thursday last week.
Google declined to comment. Micron Technology Inc, Samsung Electronics Co and SK Hynix Inc also contributed an undisclosed amount, helping to push the round well above Anthropic’s initial US$30 billion target.The large round came together in a matter of weeks, a sign of strong investor demand for the Claude maker. In late April, Anthropic had been weighing whether to pursue new financing at a more than US$900 billion valuation after receiving several inbound proposals. The AI start-up then kicked off advanced discussions earlier this month.
