Anthropic, the world's leading artificial intelligence company, recently announced a round of E financing of up to $3.5 billion, bringing its valuation to $61.5 billion. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, which contributed $1 billion to further consolidate Anthropic's top position among private companies around the world. This huge financing not only demonstrates investors' confidence in the future development of AI technology, but also highlights Anthropic's strong competitiveness in the field of AI.
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The financing attracted the participation of many well-known investors, including Salesforce Ventures, Cisco Investments, Fidelity Management & Research Company, etc. Anthropic said in a statement that the funding will be mainly used to advance the development of next-generation AI systems, expand computing power, deepen research on mechanism interpretability and alignment, and accelerate its international expansion plans. These measures will further enhance Anthropic's technological leadership in the field of AI.
According to insiders, Anthropic's annual revenue reached US$1 billion in December 2024, a tenfold increase year-on-year. At the beginning of 2025, the company's revenue increased by 30% again in just two months. Since launching the Claude chatbot in March 2023, Anthropic has gained a significant market share in the enterprise application market and has become the preferred AI solution provider for many enterprises.
Anthropic's chief financial officer Krishna Rao said the investment will drive it to develop smarter and more powerful AI systems to expand human capabilities. At the same time, changes in AI companies' valuations also reflect the market's re-examination of corporate growth models. Anthropic's current valuation is equivalent to 58 times its annual revenue, while this multiple is close to 150 times a year ago, showing the market's optimistic expectations for its future development.
Meanwhile, Anthropic has also received strategic investment from Amazon and Google, with Amazon's total investment of $8 billion, becoming Anthropic's largest cloud computing and training partner. Google has pledged to invest more than $3 billion in the company. These strategic investments not only provide strong financial support for Anthropic, but also provide a solid backing for its technology research and development and market expansion.
Despite the increasing competition in the AI market, Anthropic is still firmly following the B2B path and is committed to providing technical support to other companies. Its customers include global companies such as Zoom, Snowflake and Pfizer. Recently, Anthropic has also launched Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code, which has specially optimized programming tasks and further enhanced its competitiveness in the enterprise application market.
Although the huge financing from the AI industry has made the market look forward to the future prospects, it is still important to note that these companies are generally in a loss-making state. Investors believe that these AI platforms can transform into sustainable business models in the future. Anthropic's successful financing and rapid growth have undoubtedly injected new vitality into the future development of the AI industry.
Key points:
Anthropic completed a US$3.5 billion Series E financing with a valuation of US$61.5 billion, showing investors' continued enthusiasm for the AI market.
The company's annual revenue reached US$1 billion in 2024, a tenfold increase year-on-year, and another 30% increase in early 2025.
Amazon and Google invested $8 billion and $3 billion in Anthropic respectively to support its B2B strategy.