Anthropic’s Valuation May Reportedly Skyrocket To $170 Billion Post Fresh Funding Round

Amazon (AMZN)-backed AI firm Anthropic is reportedly close to securing as much as $5 billion in fresh funding, potentially lifting its valuation to $170 billion.

According to a report by Bloomberg, Iconiq Capital is leading the funding round, which is expected to close between $3 billion and $5 billion. It added that Anthropic has been in talks with the Qatar Investment Authority and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC for the round.

The new capital would mark a significant jump in valuation for the startup, which was last valued at $61.5 billion in a $3.5 billion round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners in March. Lightspeed may also be participating in the latest funding round, the report said.

On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around Anthropic dipped to ‘bullish’ from ‘extremely bullish’ a day ago. 

If the new valuation holds, it would push Anthropic closer to catching up to its competitors – Elon Musk’s xAI and OpenAI. xAI is said to be seeking a valuation of as much as $200 billion, while OpenAI was most recently valued at $300 billion. 

On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around OpenAI dipped to ‘neutral’ from the ‘bullish’ zone a day ago, while retail sentiment around Musk’s xAI slipped to ‘bearish’ from ‘neutral’ territory.

The development comes after a Wired report said Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addressed the company’s evolving stance on foreign funding, acknowledging a shift in its earlier ethical boundaries. 

Amodei, who had previously raised concerns about accepting capital from authoritarian governments, conceded that practical considerations were forcing a reassessment in a note to staff.

“Unfortunately, I think ‘No bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on,” he wrote, referring to the company’s recent push to secure investment from sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East.

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