Details:
- Anthropic secured a staggering $13 billion Series F funding round, pushing its post-money valuation to $183 billion.
- The round was led by ICONIQ, with co-leads Fidelity Management & Research and Lightspeed Venture Partners, alongside heavyweights like the Qatar Investment Authority, Blackstone, Coatue, and others.
- Anthropic’s annualized run-rate revenue surged from ~$1 billion at the start of 2025 to over $5 billion by August.
- It now serves 300,000+ business customers, with “large accounts” (>$100K/year) increasing sevenfold year-over-year.
- Claude Code, launched in May, now boasts over $500 million in run-rate revenue, with usage growing more than tenfold in three months.
Impact:
Anthropic’s explosive growth and massive Series F raise underscore soaring investor confidence in enterprise-grade generative AI. With this capital influx, the company is poised to aggressively expand its global reach, deepen AI safety and interpretability research, and further solidify its role as a powerhouse in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.