Anthropic Raises $3.5B in Series E, Valued at $61.5B

AI company Anthropic has secured $3.5 billion in a Series E funding round, bringing its post-money valuation to $61.5 billion. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with contributions from Bessemer Venture Partners, Cisco Investments, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity, General Catalyst, Jane Street, Menlo Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures, among others.

Anthropic’s AI Expansion and Research Focus

With this investment, Anthropic is focused on developing AI systems that act as true collaborators—working alongside teams to tackle complex projects, synthesize information across disciplines, and drive meaningful impact.

The funding will also support:

• Next-generation AI models with enhanced reasoning and problem-solving capabilities.

• Compute expansion to support large-scale AI training and deployment.

• AI safety and interpretability research, ensuring AI models align with human values.

• International growth, bringing Claude-powered AI tools to a broader audience.

The announcement follows the launch of Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code, both of which represent significant progress in AI coding abilities. Anthropic plans to continue refining Claude’s capabilities, making AI a more effective collaborator for businesses and research teams.

Claude’s Growing Impact Across Industries

Anthropic’s Claude AI models are already powering businesses across industries, from startups to large enterprises:

• Replit’s AI-powered coding assistant, "Agent," uses Claude to turn natural language into code, driving 10X revenue growth.

• Thomson Reuters’ tax platform CoCounsel integrates Claude to assist tax professionals.

• Novo Nordisk reduced clinical study report writing from 12 weeks to just 10 minutes with Claude.

• Amazon’s Alexa+ now incorporates Claude, enhancing AI capabilities for Prime members.

Looking Ahead

With this latest funding, Anthropic is positioning itself to compete at the highest level in AI research and deployment, alongside companies like OpenAI and Google DeepMind. By deepening its focus on AI safety, interpretability, and real-world applications, Anthropic aims to make Claude a foundational AI assistant for businesses and individuals alike.

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