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Anthropic

HQ United StatesFounded 20211001-5000 employees

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Funding17 rounds · $139.70B

Equity raised
$139.70B
Debt, secondaries & grants
~$42.00B
Latest
~$42.00BDebt · Oct 3, 2026
Last valuation
$965.00BPost-money · Series E+ · May 28, 2026
Cumulative raised$139.70B
May 28, 2021May 28, 2026
Valuation over time$965.00B · May 28, 2026
Valuation over timeReported valuation rose from $4.10B (May 23, 2023) to $965.00B (May 28, 2026) across 8 valued rounds. 5 post-money, 1 pre-money, 2 without a stated pre/post basis.
Valuations by round
AnnouncedStageValuationBasis
May 23, 2023Series C$4.10BBasis not stated
Jan 11, 2024Series D$18.40BPost-money
Mar 3, 2025Series E+$61.50BPost-money
Sep 2, 2025Series E+$183.00BPost-money
Nov 18, 2025Strategic$350.00BBasis not stated
Feb 12, 2026Series E+$380.00BPost-money
Apr 9, 2026Secondary$350.00BPre-money
May 28, 2026Series E+$965.00BPost-money
View all 17 funding rounds →

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems4

Claude Fable 5.1

Language model for coding and knowledge work; Anthropic says it is generally available.

Maturity not rated

Claude Mythos 5.1

Language model for coding and knowledge work; Anthropic says access is limited to its trusted-access programs.

Maturity not rated

Claude Opus 5.5

General-purpose language model introduced by Anthropic on September 22, 2026.

Maturity not rated

Claude Sonnet 5.5

General-purpose language model. Anthropic announced it on September 28, 2026 and says it is available on Claude Platform and major cloud platforms.

Maturity not rated

Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Capabilities2

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

  • Chris Olah

    Co-founder

  • Daniela Amodei

    Co-founder

  • Dario Amodei

    Co-founder

  • Jack Clark

    Co-founder

  • Jared Kaplan

    Co-founder

  • Sam McCandlish

    Co-founder

  • Tom Brown

    Co-founder

  • Dario Amodei

    CEO

Sources31

Show all 31 sources and supporting evidence

Profile5

  1. 1

    DefenseScoop · Jul 14, 2025 · Supports Organization

    “The Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has awarded contracts to xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google for the new effort.”
  2. 2

    PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url

    “employee_range: 1001-5000 (profile: 5000)”
  3. 3

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind

    “{"group": "startups", "id": "0d90c1b1-4acc-482e-a530-3732cc8bfe49", "name": "Anthropic"}”
  4. 4
    CompanyCompany

    Anthropic · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website

    “We aim to build frontier AI systems that are reliable, interpretable, and steerable. We conduct frontier research, develop and apply a variety of safety techniques, and deploy the resulting systems via a set of partnerships and products.”
  5. 5

    Anthropic · Supports Organization · country

    “You acknowledge that Anthropic is a company based and headquartered in the United States.”

Systems3

  1. 6

    Anthropic · Supports System

    “We’re introducing Claude Opus 5.5, the first model in our new Claude 5.5 family. It performs at the level of Claude Fable 5.1 on most work and costs 40% less to run than Opus 5.”
  2. 7

    Anthropic · Supports System

    “Introducing Claude Sonnet 5.5, the second model in the Claude 5.5 family. It’s a clear upgrade over Claude Sonnet 5, runs 30%+ faster, and costs up to 30% less for most work.”
  3. 8

    Anthropic · Supports System

    “We’re introducing Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1. They’re the world’s most advanced models for coding and knowledge work—and their research capabilities offer an early glimpse of how AI models will contribute to scientific progress.”

Technologies2

  1. 9

    Supports Organization technology

    “Hybrid reasoning model built for serious coding and AI agents”
  2. 10

    Supports Organization technology

    “New interpretability research reveals an emergent mental workspace in Claude”

Funding19

  1. 11

    Reuters (via Gulf Times) · Oct 3, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “Broadcom has agreed to lend Anthropic up to $42bn to finance infrastructure spending.”
  2. 12

    Anthropic · May 28, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd, Organization · ownership

    “Anthropic has raised $65 billion in Series H funding led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia Capital, valuing the company at $965 billion post-money.”
  3. 13

    TipRanks · Apr 9, 2026 · Supports Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “Notably, the offer closed with transactions at a $350 billion pre-money valuation.”
  4. 14

    Anthropic · Feb 12, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “We have raised $30 billion in Series G funding led by GIC and Coatue, valuing Anthropic at $380 billion post-money.”
  5. 15

    Microsoft · Nov 18, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “NVIDIA and Microsoft are committing to invest up to $10 billion and up to $5 billion respectively in Anthropic.”
  6. 16

    CNBC · Nov 18, 2025 · Supports Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “pushing Anthropic's valuation to the range of $350 billion”
  7. 17

    Anthropic · Sep 2, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “Anthropic has completed a Series F fundraising of $13 billion led by ICONIQ.”
  8. 18

    Anthropic · Mar 3, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “Anthropic has raised $3.5 billion at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation.”
  9. 19

    CNBC · Jan 22, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “Google has agreed to a new investment of more than $1 billion in generative AI startup Anthropic”
  10. 20

    CNBC · Nov 22, 2024 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “Amazon on Friday announced it would invest an additional $4 billion in Anthropic”
  11. 21

    TechCrunch · May 13, 2024 · Supports Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “an $18.4 billion valuation (post-money)”
  12. 22

    TechCrunch · Mar 27, 2024 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “Amazon invested a further $2.75 billion in growing AI power Anthropic on Wednesday”
  13. 23

    Forbes · Jan 11, 2024 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “Anthropic was raising $750 million in new funding that would nearly quadruple its valuation to $18.4 billion.”
  14. 24

    CNBC · Oct 27, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “The commitment involves a $500 million upfront cash infusion and an additional $1.5 billion to be invested over time”
  15. 25

    CNBC · Sep 25, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “will invest up to $4 billion in artificial intelligence firm Anthropic and take a minority ownership position in the company”
  16. 26

    TechCrunch · May 23, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “has raised $450 million in a Series C funding round led by Spark Capital.”
  17. 27

    Fortune · Feb 4, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “With the $300 million deal, Google will take a roughly 10% stake in the startup”
  18. 28

    Anthropic · Apr 29, 2022 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount

    “The Series B round was led by Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX.”
  19. 29

    Anthropic · May 28, 2021 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount

    “The Series A round was led by Jaan Tallinn, technology investor and co-founder of Skype.”

People2

  1. 30

    Anthropic · Supports Role

    “Chris Olah co-founded Anthropic and leads its interpretability research, which focuses on understanding how AI models work internally.”
  2. 31

    Anthropic · Supports Role

    “A statement from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Anthropic’s commitment to advancing America's leadership in building powerful and beneficial AI.”

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