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Anthropic in talks with investors to raise funds at $900 billion valuation, higher than OpenAI

Cnbc · · 443 words · By Kate Rooney; Ashley Capoot
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16 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The artificial intelligence startup, founded five years ago by former OpenAI execs”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news articles, confirm Anthropic was founded in 2021 by former OpenAI executives (Dario and Daniela Amodei). While 2021 to 2026 is five years, the core facts of the founders' origin and timing are consistent across sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic was founded five years ago, and its annual revenue run rate has already surpassed $30 billion.Anthropic is an artificial intelligence (AI) research company found in 2021 by former OpenAI emp…
https://www.aol.com/articles/billionaire-michael-burry-anthr…
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web search NEUTRAL — He founded Anthropic in 2021 with his sister, Daniela Amodei, and five other former OpenAI staffers, driven by a desire to prioritize safety as AI systems grew increasingly powerful. Amodei is not the…
https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/dario-amodei-says-an…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic was founded in 2021 by former members of OpenAI, including siblings Daniela Amodei and Dario Amodei, who are president and CEO, respectively.[8] The company is privately held and, as of Febr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic
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“is in talks with investors to raise money at a $900 billion valuation”
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Multiple independent sources (CNBC, Bloomberg via web search, and Investing.com) report that Anthropic is in talks to raise funds at a $900 billion valuation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic Explores Funding at $900 Billion Valuation, Potentially Overtaking OpenAI. Yesterday.Anthropic in talks with investors to raise funds at $900B valuation: Source. 19 hours ago.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — No term sheet has been signed and talks are ongoing, said the person who asked not to be named because the discussions are private. An Anthropic spokesperson declined to comment. Bloomberg was first t…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cnbc_anthropic-in-talks-with-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Investing.com -- Anthropic is in talks with investors to raise money at a $900 billion valuation, valuing it slightly more than rival OpenAI, multiple reports said Wednesday. The Claude maker is consi…
https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/anthropic-i…
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“OpenAI was valued at $852 billion in late March after closing a record-breaking $122 billion funding round.”
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Three separate web search results confirm OpenAI closed a $122 billion funding round at an $852 billion valuation on March 31.
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web search NEUTRAL — With the fresh $122 billion, OpenAI aims to evolve from a generative chatbot into a full AI infrastructure and super-app platform. The primary strategic goal for 2026 is parity between consumer and en…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/odyssey-openai-largest-fundin…
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI closed its funding round at $122 billion and $852 billion valuation on March 31, with $3 billion going to retail investors via banks for the first time.
https://awesomeagents.ai/news/openai-122b-round-retail-ipo/
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI closed a $122 billion funding round at an $852 billion valuation, the largest in Silicon Valley history, with participation from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank.
https://smarterx.ai/smarterxblog/openais-122b-round-and-altm…
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“Large contributions came from strategic investors, including up to $50 billion from Amazon, $30 billion from Nvidia and $30 billion from SoftBank.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia pages for Amazon and its services, which do not mention the specific investment amounts ($50B, $30B, $30B) in OpenAI.
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web search NEUTRAL — Amazon.com, Inc.[1] (doing business as Amazon) [a] is an American multinational technology company engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)
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web search NEUTRAL — Amazon Payment Products Amazon Visa Amazon Store Card Amazon Secured Card Amazon Business Card Shop with Points Credit Card Marketplace Reload Your Balance Gift Cards Amazon Currency Converter Let Us …
https://www.amazon.com/
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https://www.aboutamazon.com/what-we-do/prime
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“Anthropic, meanwhile, was valued at $380 billion as of February.”
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Both an Axios cross-reference and a Wikipedia entry (dated February 2026) mention the $380 billion valuation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic is an American artificial intelligence (AI) company headquartered in San Francisco. It has developed a range of large language models (LLMs) named Claude and focuses on AI safety.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 4, 2026 · Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
https://www.anthropic.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Claude is Anthropic's AI, built for problem solvers. Tackle complex challenges, analyze data, write code, and think through your hardest work.
https://claude.com/product/overview
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“Anthropic has become best known for developing a family of AI models called Claude.”
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Wikipedia and official company pages explicitly state that Anthropic developed the Claude family of AI models.
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web search NEUTRAL — Claude is a series of large language models developed by Anthropic and first released in 2023. Since Claude 3, each generation has typically been released in three sizes, from least to most capable: H…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(language_model)
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web search NEUTRAL — The Claude 3 family of models will initially offer a 200K context window upon launch. However, all three models are capable of accepting inputs exceeding 1 million tokens and we may make this availabl…
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-3-family
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic, a leading AI company, has developed a range of generative AI models under the Claude family.Claude Model Pricing. Anthropic’s Claude models are available through their API and can also be a…
https://buildfastwithai.medium.com/claude-everything-you-nee…
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“The company released its latest model, Claude Opus 4.7, earlier this month”
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Three independent sources confirm the release of Claude Opus 4.7 in April 2026, describing it as a software engineering improvement.
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web search NEUTRAL — Our latest model, Claude Opus 4.7, is now generally available. Opus 4.7 is a notable improvement on Opus 4.6 in advanced software engineering, with particular gains on the most difficult tasks.
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-7
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web search NEUTRAL — Continuing this LLM competition, Anthropic released the Claude Opus 4.7 model on April 16, 2026. If you are interested in the Claude Opus 4.7 model and its capabilities, we've got you covered!
https://textcortex.com/post/anthropics-claude-opus-4-7-revie…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7 today. On paper it's an incremental point release in the Claude 4.x line, priced identically to Opus 4.6 and exposed through the same API surface.
https://dev.to/mixture-of-experts/claude-opus-47-anthropics-…
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“Anthropic captivated Wall Street by unveiling Claude Mythos Preview, a model with advanced cybersecurity capabilities that's only available to a select group of companies.”
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Multiple sources report the unveiling of 'Claude Mythos Preview' as a high-capability model available only to a limited group of businesses.
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web search NEUTRAL — How powerful is AI? Enough that Anthropic, a leading AI company, announced earlier this month that its latest AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, would be available only to a limited number of businesses…
https://www.vox.com/podcasts/486336/anthropic-claude-mythos-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic just released its most powerful AI model ever - and it's NOT available to the public! Meet Claude Mythos Preview, a new frontier model that represents a "step change" in AI capabilities.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/subroytechpm_theres-an-ai-so-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Claude is a series of large language models developed by Anthropic and first released in 2023. Since Claude 3, each generation has typically been released in three sizes, from least to most capable: H…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(language_model)
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“The company struck a deal with Amazon earlier this month that was largely centered around AI infrastructure.”
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“Amazon agreed to invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic”
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Only one cross-reference (CNBC) mentions that Amazon agreed to invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic. No other independent sources in the provided evidence corroborate this specific figure.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Amazon — The online retailer popped 3% after Amazon agreed to invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic as part of an expanded agreement to build out AI infrastructure. This comes on top of the $8 billion…
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/21/stocks-making-the-biggest-mo…
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“Anthropic secured up to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity for training and deploying its Claude AI models [from Amazon].”
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“Anthropic also secured 5 gigawatts worth of computing capacity as part of an announcement with Google and Broadcom that will start to come online next year.”
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“Google said earlier this month that it also plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic.”
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“it released its popular AI coding assistant, Claude Code.”
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“The company said earlier this month that it has reached $30 billion in annualized revenue.”
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“It generated roughly $10 billion in revenue last year.”
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