AI safety company building Claude — research-driven LLM lab
AI📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2021
Current Valuation
$965B
as of 2026-Q2
CENTURION
Anthropic was founded by former OpenAI researchers and is one of the world's most valuable AI labs. Its Claude family of models leads on coding (Claude Code) and long-context tasks. Backed primarily by Amazon and Google, it raised a $30B Series G at a $380B valuation in February 2026, then a $65B Series H at a $965B post-money valuation in May 2026 — among the largest private rounds ever, pushing it near a $1T valuation ahead of a potential IPO.
Company Profile
CEO
Dario Amodei
Founded
2021
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
~1500
Total Raised
$122B
Est. Revenue
$5.0B (2026-Q1)
Growth
~5x YoY
Last Round
Series H — $65B (May 2026) · Lead: Altimeter Capital
IPO Status
rumored
Fundraising Status
Series H · $65B · 2 mo ago
rumoredTotal raised $122B7 disclosed rounds
Growth & Valuation
Valuation across funding rounds
Capital raised per round
Estimated revenue trend
Charts built from publicly disclosed funding rounds and revenue estimates. Approximate, not real-time, not investment advice.
Funding History
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series H
$65B
May 2026
Altimeter Capital
$965B
Series G
$30B
Feb 2026
GIC
$380B
Series F
$13B
Sep 2025
Iconiq Capital
$183B
Series E
$3.5B
Mar 2025
Lightspeed
$62B
Series D
$750M
Feb 2024
Menlo Ventures
$18B
Series C
$450M
May 2023
Spark Capital
$5.0B
Series B
$580M
Apr 2022
FTX
$4.0B
Founders & Key People
Dario AmodeiDaniela AmodeiTom BrownChris OlahSam McCandlishJack Clark
Investors
Google · Amazon · GIC · Coatue · Altimeter Capital · Sequoia Capital · Dragoneer · Greenoaks · Iconiq Capital · Lightspeed · Spark Capital · Salesforce Ventures · Menlo Ventures
Products
Claude API (LLM)
Claude.ai (consumer chatbot)
Claude Code (CLI agent)
Computer Use API
Competitors
OpenAI · Google DeepMind · xAI · Mistral AI
AIFoundation ModelsDecacornTop 3 AI Lab
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.