Anthropic in talks to raise $30bn at a $900bn valuation
A round at the proposed terms would push the Claude maker past OpenAI on paper, less than three months after its last record-setting raise.
Anthropic is in early talks to raise at least $30bn in a new financing round at a pre-money valuation above $900bn, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
If it closes at those terms, it would be the largest fundraise in the company’s history and would push its valuation past OpenAI’s, less than three months after Anthropic last set a record.
The round is not finalised. No term sheet has been signed, the people told Bloomberg, and one source suggested it could close as soon as the end of this month.
Earlier reporting in late April had floated a potential round of up to $50bn at the same valuation band, as TechCrunch wrote, suggesting the deal’s size has narrowed in the...
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