Artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic is close to securing a $2bn investment in a deal that would triple the four-year-old company’s valuation to $60bn.
The maker of the Claude AI chatbot is in advanced talks about raising the fresh capital from a number of top Silicon Valley investors, including Lightspeed Venture Partners. The round comes two months after Anthropic secured an additional $4bn investment from ecommerce giant Amazon, one of its closest partners.
It is the latest massive funding deal for an AI company. In October, OpenAI raised $6.6bn in a round valuing the company at $157bn, while Elon Musk’s xAI, which has gained ground on rivals since launching in 2023, raised $6bn at a $45bn valuation in December.
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