Anthropic recently closed a Series G fundraising round for $30 billion, the company announced on Thursday. The company’s new valuation is $380 billion – a huge jump from the company’s previous Series F valuation. $183 billion.
Some details of the round were Reported earlier this week by Bloomberg.
The new round was led by Singapore’s wealth fund GIC and investment management firms CoatueThe round is co-led by several other major firms—including DE Shaw Ventures, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and Abu Dhabi’s MGX. Other significant investors listed include Accel, General Catalyst, Jane Street and Qatar Investment Authority, among others.
Money is flowing to the AI startup as it competes with its rival OpenAI for customers and cultural attention. OpenAI also recently revealed that it wants to achieve Additional $100 billion financing which, if it were to secure money, would be Balloon The company is valued at approximately $830 billion.
“Whether they are entrepreneurs, startups, or the world’s largest enterprises, the message from our customers is the same: the cloud is becoming increasingly important to the way businesses work,” Krishna Rao, chief financial officer of Anthropic, said in a press release. “This fundraise reflects the incredible demand we are seeing from these customers, and we will use this investment to continue building the enterprise-grade products and models they depend on.”
