Anthropic Lands $30 Billion as the AI Funding Race Explodes

Anthropic said it has closed a $30 billion funding round at a $380 billion post-money valuation, more than double its value from its last raise in September. The Claude maker now sits behind OpenAI’s record private round, as top AI labs keep pulling in massive checks to cover the soaring cost of training models and buying compute, including Nvidia GPUs. Coatue and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC led the round, with D. E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ and MGX joining. Anthropic said the financing includes part of previously announced commitments from Microsoft and Nvidia. The company reported $14 billion in annualized revenue and said the cash will fund infrastructure, research, and enterprise products.