Anthropic Raises $5B Series E at $80B Valuation
Anthropic has closed a $5 billion Series E funding round at an $80 billion valuation. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with significant participation from Google, Salesforce Ventures, and several sovereign wealth funds.
Anthropic, the AI safety company behind the Claude family of models, has raised $5 billion in a Series E round that values the company at $80 billion. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with major participation from existing investors Google and Salesforce Ventures, as well as new backing from sovereign wealth funds in Singapore and Abu Dhabi.
The funding will be directed primarily toward compute infrastructure, with Anthropic planning to expand its training cluster to over 100,000 GPUs by mid-2026. CEO Dario Amodei noted that the company is already training its next-generation models and that the additional capital will accelerate research into AI safety techniques that scale with model capabilities.
Anthropic's revenue has grown rapidly, reportedly reaching a $3 billion annual run rate in early 2026, up from $900 million in late 2024. The company attributes much of this growth to enterprise adoption of Claude through its API and through partnerships with platforms like Amazon Bedrock and Vincony.
The $80 billion valuation makes Anthropic the third most valuable AI company globally, behind OpenAI and xAI. Industry analysts note that the AI startup funding landscape remains robust despite broader tech market volatility, with investors betting that frontier AI companies will capture significant value as enterprise adoption accelerates.
Anthropic also announced plans to open a new research office in London, joining its existing operations in San Francisco and New York. The London office will focus on AI safety research and European enterprise partnerships.
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