Anthropic raises $30bn in latest round, valuing Claude bot maker at $380bn
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Anthropic, the company behind Claude (an AI chatbot similar to ChatGPT), raised $30 billion in funding, doubling its value to $380 billion. The massive funding reflects investor confidence in AI but also highlights concerns about these companies' extremely high costs for computing power and talent, with both Anthropic and rival OpenAI spending cash at rates that currently outpace their revenue.
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Original source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/12/anthropic-funding-round
First tracked: February 13, 2026 at 07:00 AM
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