Secured by a $350 billion valuation, the potential new backing from GIC and Coatue would add to pre-existing commitments from Microsoft and Nvidia to invest in the startup.
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup behind the Claude chatbot, is preparing to raise about $10 billion in new capital at a valuation of about $350 billion, underscoring how quickly investors are adding to the value of major model builders.
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and Coatue Management are expected to be the anchors of the round, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal and Reuters, citing unnamed sources.
The financing could be finalized within a few weeks, although the final amount and terms could still change. The deal would nearly double Anthropic’s valuation from a funding round just months ago that valued the company at $183 billion.
The 2025 T3/Inside Information Software survey found that among advisors using at least one research or generative AI tool, Anthropic ranked among the highest-rated vendors with a score of 8.10 out of 10. Amid Wider AI Integrationmany advisors have started using general platforms like Claude and OpenAI’s ChatGPT as thought partners and strategic research tools.
Although still to be confirmed, the latest increase announced for Anthropic builds on a wave of significant commitments from large technology and asset managers. Microsoft and Nvidia plan to jointly invest up to $15 billion in the company, according to CNBCAnthropic having agreed to purchase $30 billion worth of cloud computing capacity from Microsoft’s Azure platform powered by Nvidia systems. Existing backers of the AI startup include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Fidelity Management & Research and Iconiq Capital.
Microsoft previously announced plans to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic, while Nvidia considered investing up to $10 billion, pushing the startup’s private valuation into the $350 billion range. The deals are part of a broader strategic partnership in which Anthropic will use Nvidia’s Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin chips and collaborate to optimize its models for speed and efficiency.
Anthropic, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI executives led by Chief Executive Dario Amodei, said it expects to break even in 2028, potentially reaching profitability faster than OpenAI itself. The company has raised tens of billions of dollars and is widely expected to list on the stock market, with reports suggesting an IPO could happen as soon as 2026.
The company counts Google, through its parent company Alphabet, and Amazon.com among its strategic investors. Amazon Web Services is Anthropic’s primary cloud and training partner, while Microsoft is emerging as a separate provider of large-scale computing resources, highlighting how major technology platforms are simultaneously competing and partnering around core AI infrastructure.
“As an industry, we really need to move beyond any kind of zero-sum narrative or winner-takes-all hype,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. said in a November video unveiling strategic partnerships alongside Anthropic and Nvidia. “What is needed now is hard work to build broad and sustainable capabilities together so that this technology can deliver real, tangible local success for every country, every sector and every customer. »