Anthropic, an AI startup known for its chatbot Claude, has raised $300M in funding at a pre-investment valuation of $4.1B.

 

Anthropic, an AI startup known for its chatbot Claude, has raised $300M in funding at a pre-investment valuation of $4.1B.  Google previously invested $300M to $400M in Anthropic in late 2022, gaining a 10% stake in the startup. Spark Capital led the latest round, which adds to the $1.1B Anthropic had raised previously from investors such as former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, former Alameda Research co-CEO Caroline Ellison, and Skype founding engineer Jaan Tallinn. Anthropic, which calls itself an "AI safety and research company," recently debuted the Claude general-purpose AI assistant that's been viewed as a rival to OpenAI's ChatGPT. Claude is currently in a closed beta. The San Francisco-based startup has partnered with Google and is purchasing cloud computing and resources from the tech giant. Anthropic had previously sought a valuation of $5B or more.