Anthropic Secures $3.5 Billion, Reaching $61.5 Billion Valuation

The AI startup, backed by Amazon and other major investors, plans to expand globally and develop next-generation AI systems.

Anthropic's Series E funding round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and included investments from Salesforce, Cisco, Fidelity, and others.
The company has raised a total of $18.2 billion to date, with Amazon contributing $8 billion and serving as a key cloud and training partner.
Anthropic plans to use the funds to enhance AI model training, expand compute capacity, and grow its presence in Asia and Europe.
The startup's flagship AI model, Claude, powers enterprise tools and Amazon's Alexa+, with revenue reportedly reaching an annualized $1 billion.
Founded by former OpenAI executives, Anthropic positions itself as a safety-focused AI leader, emphasizing research in alignment and mechanistic interpretability.