Against OpenAI! Anthropic plans to raise 10 billion dollars at a valuation of 350 billion US dollars Microsoft and Nvidia will continue to raise capital

The Zhitong Finance App learned that according to people familiar with the matter, the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic (developer of the chatbot Claude) is undergoing a new round of financing, and the company's valuation before this investment is expected to reach an astonishing 350 billion US dollars.

One of the people familiar with the matter, who asked for anonymity, said that the AI developer is in negotiations to raise $10 billion. According to reports, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and hedge fund Coatue Management plan to lead this round of financing. A source said that the total amount of financing is still likely to change.

According to previous reports, Microsoft (MSFT.US) and Nvidia (NVDA.US) have previously announced that they will jointly invest up to $15 billion in Anthropic, and it is expected that they will also participate in this round of financing.

Anthropic and GIC declined to comment. Coatue's representatives did not respond to requests for comment.

If financing is completed at this valuation level, it will mean that Anthropic's valuation will leap by leaps and bounds. In September of last year, the company had just completed $13 billion in financing at a valuation of $183 billion. The scale of financing at that time had established its position as the world's most valuable startup and highlighted the widespread and enduring interest of investors in the artificial intelligence boom.

Founded by former OpenAI employees in 2021, Anthropic has always positioned itself as a reliable company worthy of users' trust and focusing on safety. Similar to OpenAI, Anthropic is continuing to increase investment in chips and data centers to develop more advanced artificial intelligence systems and promote the wider application of this technology.

Its competitor, OpenAI, was valued at $500 billion in the second stock sale last year. According to reports, the ChatGPT maker has negotiated with investors to refinance tens of billions of dollars at a valuation of up to 750 billion US dollars.

Founded in 2021 by former employees of OpenAI, Anthropic is headquartered in San Francisco and currently has more than 300,000 corporate customers. These customers use its models to simplify workplace tasks — particularly in the field of computer programming, where the company has become a market leader. But Anthropic faces intense competition from OpenAI and Google.

Anthropic launched a new version of its powerful artificial intelligence model in November last year, aimed at better automating coding and office tasks, as part of the company's efforts to compete with OpenAI and Google for commercial customers.

Anthropic said that the new model, Claude Opus 4.5, is more capable than the previous version in terms of software engineering work (such as fixing bugs) and does not require user assistance. The model is also designed to better perform complex multi-step tasks on users' computers and the internet.