Anthropic: everything we know so far

Anthropic is in talks with investors about raising cash at a valuation of $900 billion, CNBC has confirmed. Anthropic has emerged this Friday as one of the stories drawing attention in Russia.

Key facts

• Anthropic is in talks with investors about raising cash at a valuation of $900 billion, CNBC has confirmed.
• A funding at that level would push Anthropic past OpenAI, which was most recently valued at just over $850 billion.
• Anthropic said earlier this month that its business has reached $30 billion in annualized revenue.
• Anthropic has been chasing OpenAI since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022.
• Anthropic, meanwhile, was valued at $380 billion as of February.

What we know

Going deeper, a funding at that level would push Anthropic past OpenAI, which was most recently valued at just over $850 billion.

On the substance, Anthropic said earlier this month that its business has reached $30 billion in annualized revenue.

Beyond the headlines, Anthropic has been chasing OpenAI since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022.

More precisely, Anthropic, meanwhile, was valued at $380 billion as of February.

It is worth noting that Amazon agreed to invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic, and Anthropic secured up to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity for training and deploying its Claude AI models.

By the numbers

At this stage, Anthropic also secured 5 gigawatts worth of computing capacity as part of an announcement with Google and Broadcom that will start to come online next year.

On a related note, Google said earlier this month that it also plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic.

Going deeper, the artificial intelligence startup, founded five years ago by former OpenAI execs, is in talks with investors to raise money at a $900 billion valuation, according to a person familiar with the matter.

On the substance, OpenAI was valued at $852 billion in late March after closing a record-breaking $122 billion funding round.

The wider context

On a related note, as it's been racing to keep pace with OpenAI in recent years, Anthropic has become best known for developing a family of AI models called Claude.

Going deeper, But just days prior, Anthropic captivated Wall Street by unveiling Claude Mythos Preview, a model with advanced cybersecurity capabilities that's only available to a select group of companies.

On the substance, Mythos has sparked a number of high-profile meetings between members of the Trump administration, tech CEOs and bank executives in recent weeks, and the model is part of the reason Anthropic is seeking fresh capital.

Beyond the headlines, Compute has been top of mind for Anthropic in recent weeks.

More precisely, OpenAI and Anthropic are on a competitive collision course, says Big Technology’s Alex Kantrowitz.

The bottom line

• A funding at that level would push Anthropic past OpenAI, which was most recently valued at just over $850 billion.
• As it's been racing to keep pace with OpenAI in recent years, Anthropic has become best known for developing a family of AI models called Claude.
• The artificial intelligence startup, founded five years ago by former OpenAI execs, is in talks with investors to raise money at a $900 billion valuation, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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