Anthropic, an AI startup and OpenAI competitor that's known for its chatbot Claude, has raised another $300M in funding at a pre-investment valuation of $4.1B.
Google previously invested a separate $300M to $400M into Anthropic, giving the tech giant a 10% stake in the startup.
- Spark Capital is leading 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.
- Google reportedly invested at least $300M in Anthropic sometime in late 2022.
- The San Francisco-based startup has partnered with Google and is purchasing cloud computing and resources from the tech giant.
- Antjhropic had previously sought a valuation of $5B or more.
