Anthropic Secures $13 Billion Series F, Valued at $183 Billion

Details

• Anthropic closed a $13 billion Series F funding round led by ICONIQ, with co-leads Fidelity Management and Lightspeed Venture Partners, raising its valuation to $183 billion.
• Over 20 major investors took part, including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Qatar Investment Authority, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, and GIC from Singapore.
• The company's annual revenue surged from around $1 billion at the beginning of 2025 to more than $5 billion by August 2025, fueled by enterprise uptake and the launch of its Claude Code tool in May 2025.
• Anthropic's valuation nearly tripled in just five months, up from $61.5 billion in its previous $3.5 billion round in March 2025, making it the fourth most valuable startup globally.
• The company has grown to serve over 300,000 business clients, with large accounts growing sevenfold year-over-year and Claude Code now generating over $500 million in run-rate revenue.

Impact

Anthropic’s latest round cements its elite standing in the generative AI space, challenging rivals such as OpenAI with remarkable revenue momentum and customer uptake. While the funding reinforces confidence in Anthropic’s safety-focused approach, looming legal and regulatory questions around AI technology could test whether such high valuations are sustainable in the coming years.