Generative AI company announced Thursday that it in a massive Series G funding round that values it at $380 billion post-money. The financing marks the largest venture funding deal of 2026 so far and the second-largest of all time, per , following only rival ���s $40 billion funding in 2025.
and led the raise, which was also ���co-led��� by , , , and , according to the company. A slew of other backers participated in the round as well, and included from and .
With this round, San Francisco-based Anthropic has now raised nearly $64 billion since its 2021 inception, per .
The Claude chatbot developer remains the second-most highly valued generative AI startup behind rival OpenAI, which in October at a $500 billion valuation. Anthropic is also the fourth-most highly valued private company in the world, per 蹤獲弝け data. It and OpenAI are reportedly both considering IPOs this year.
Anthropic���s growth
Anthropic says its run-rate revenue is now over $14 billion, a figure it claims grew over 10x annually in each of the past three years since it ���earned its first dollar in revenue.���
The number of customers spending over $100,000 annually on Claude (as represented by run-rate revenue) has grown 7x in the past year, the company added.
Anthropic says the investment will fuel frontier research, product development and infrastructure expansions.
���Whether it is entrepreneurs, startups, or the world���s largest enterprises, the message from our customers is the same: Claude is increasingly becoming more critical to how businesses work,��� said , Anthropic���s chief financial officer, in . ���This fundraising 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 have come to depend on.���
, head of the technology investment group at GIC, said in a statement that his firm believes that ���Anthropic���s thoughtful approach to AI development is changing the way enterprises operate.���
He added: ���Our partnership and continued investment reflects our conviction in their visionary leadership team and technical depth as they expand access to advanced AI tools.���
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