Anthropic announced that it has raised $65 billion in Series H funding round. The largest investors included Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia Capital.
After this deal, Anthropic officially overtook OpenAI in market valuation and became the largest AI company among Silicon Valley’s private startups.
The new valuation is nearly triple the company’s valuation in February, when Anthropic was estimated to be worth about $380 billion. The financing package also includes previously agreed investments, including $5 billion from Amazon.
Anthropic’s growth is said to be primarily driven by the popularity of its Claude AI assistant and Claude Code service, which is widely used by software developers. The company reported annual revenue increased to $47 billion. Last year, this amount was about $10 billion.
At the same time, Anthropic announced Claude Opus 4.8, a new artificial intelligence model, and Claude Mythos Preview, a closed system that provides enhanced cybersecurity capabilities for enterprise clients.
Anthropic Chief Financial Officer Krishna Rao said demand for Claude products continues to grow rapidly around the world.
The rise of Anthropic has highlighted the increasing competition in the artificial intelligence market. In March, OpenAI was valued at $852 billion following a record $122 billion funding round. At the same time, the biggest AI companies are preparing to go public. According to CNBC, OpenAI may file for an initial public offering (IPO) in the coming weeks. Anthropic is also considering going public, but the exact timing has not yet been disclosed.
Earlier, Kazinform news agency reported that according to the latest global survey by Gallup International, Kazakhstan was ranked as one of the countries least concerned about job losses due to artificial intelligence.
