Anthropic is preparing a new round of investment with a valuation higher than OpenAI - Bloomberg

AI startup Anthropic will close its new funding round next week, which could exceed $30 billion, Bloomberg sources said. In this case, the company's valuation will be above $900 billion, the agency claims. In this case, the company will surpass the last valuation of the industry leader OpenAI at $852 billion at the end of the March round of financing and will become the most expensive AI-startup in the world.

Sequoia Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Altimeter Capital and Greenoaks Capital Partners are expected to be the lead investors in Anthropic's round, Bloomberg's interlocutors said. Each of these companies plans to invest about $2 billion, they said. A number of other existing Anthropic investors, including billionaire Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and General Catalyst, also intend to participate in the round, the sources said.

The total investment in the round now exceeds the $30 billion target Anthropic was aiming for, Bloomberg's interlocutors said. Investor commitments are still being finalized, and terms could change.

Anthropic, Founders Fund, Sequoia and General Catalyst declined to comment to Bloomberg, while Dragoneer, Altimeter and Greenoaks did not respond to a request for comment.

Anthropic securities have attracted a lot of interest from investors on the secondary market, Bloomberg wrote in April, citing comments from trading platforms. At the same time, they recorded a decline in the attractiveness of OpenAI securities, which created ChatGPT.

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