Generative AI company Anthropic announced Thursday that he raised $30 billion as part of a massive Series G funding round that values it at $380 billion post-money. This financing constitutes the largest venture financing deal of 2026 to date and the second largest of all time, according to Crunchbase datafollowing only his rival OpenAIIt is Funding of $40 billion in 2025.
GIC And Coatue led the relaunch, which was also “co-led” by DE Shaw & Co. Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group, Founders Fund, Iconiq Capital And MGXaccording to the company. Many other donors also participated in the round, including previously announced investments Since Microsoft And Nvidia.
With this round, San Francisco-based Anthropic has raised nearly $64 billion since its founding in 2021, according to Basic Crunch.
Chatbot developer Claude remains the second most popular generative AI startup behind rival OpenAI, which in October guaranteed financing at a valuation of $500 billion. Anthropic is also the fourthmost appreciated private company worldwide, according to Crunchbase data. He and OpenAI are both would have considered IPOs this year.
Anthropogenic growth
Anthropic says its current revenue now stands at more than $14 billion, a figure it says has grown 10-fold per year in each of the last three years since it “earned its first dollar of revenue.”
The number of customers spending more than $100,000 per year on Claude (as represented by current revenue) has increased 7-fold over the past year, the company added.
Anthropic says this investment will fuel cutting-edge research, product development and infrastructure expansion.
“Whether they are entrepreneurs, startups or the world’s largest companies, the message from our clients is the same: Claude is becoming more and more critical of how businesses operate,” said Krishna RaoCFO of Anthropic, a declaration. “This fundraising reflects the incredible demand we are seeing from these customers, and we will use this investment to continue to develop the enterprise-grade products and models they depend on.” »
Chris Emmanuelhead of the technology investment group at GIC, said in a statement that his company believes Anthropic’s “thoughtful approach to AI development is changing the way businesses operate.”
He added: “Our partnership and continued investment reflects our belief in their visionary leadership team and technical depth as they expand access to advanced AI tools.
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