Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Friday that Anthropic agreed terms on a $30 billion raise at about a $900 billion pre‑money valuation.
- Dragoneer, Greenoaks, Sequoia, and Altimeter are set to co‑lead with at least $2 billion each, and the deal has not been formally announced.
- Enterprise adoption of Claude, Anthropic’s AI assistant and model family, drove the run rate from roughly $9 billion late last year to more than $30 billion by April, with internal projections pointing to about $45 billion soon.
- At the reported price, Anthropic would surpass OpenAI’s last stated valuation of about $852 billion.
- Employees largely declined to sell in an April tender priced near $350 billion, and banks including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley are in early talks for potential IPO roles, according to reports.