Anthropic is raising tens of billions of dollars, with a valuation potentially approaching one trillion dollars, surpassing OpenAI.

According to the Financial Times, Anthropic is considering raising tens of billions of dollars this summer to fund a massive expansion of its computing power, a move that would propel its valuation to nearly $1 trillion, surpassing rival OpenAI. Five sources familiar with the matter revealed that the developer of Claude was valued at $380 billion in February and has attracted interest from investors such as Dragoneer, General Catalyst, and Lightspeed Venture Partners as its revenue continues to grow. These sources expect Anthropic's annualized revenue (estimated based on data from recent weeks) to soon exceed $45 billion—a fivefold increase from $9 billion at the end of last year. Three of them stated that the new funding round is expected to value Anthropic at approximately $900 billion pre-money and raise up to $50 billion. They added that the round is likely to be completed within two months. OpenAI's post-money valuation is $852 billion after completing a record $122 billion funding round in March. (Jinshi)