Anthropic
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About
Anthropic is an American artificial intelligence company founded in 2021 by Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei, along with several other former senior members of OpenAI, including Tom Brown, Jack Clark, Sam McCandlish, Jared Kaplan, Christopher Olah, and Benjamin Mann 1. Prior to founding Anthropic, Dario served as VP of Research at OpenAI and Daniela served as VP of Safety & Policy 1. The Amodei siblings left OpenAI due to directional differences, particularly around the organization’s approach to AI safety 2. Anthropic is headquartered in San Francisco and is known for developing the Claude family of AI models, with a focus on AI safety research 1. The company’s name is a nod to humanity, reflecting its mission to ensure transformative AI helps people and society flourish 2. SV Angel, founded by Ron Conway, has made investments in both OpenAI and Anthropic 3.
Funding History
| Round | Date | Amount | Valuation | Lead Investor | Key Co-Investors |
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| Series A | May 2021 | $124M | $550M (post) | Jaan Tallinn | Dustin Moskovitz, Eric Schmidt, James McClave, Center for Emerging Risk Research 4 |
| Series B | Apr 2022 | $580M | $4B (post) | Sam Bankman-Fried (Alameda Research) | Caroline Ellison, Nishad Singh, Jaan Tallinn, Center for Emerging Risk Research 5 |
| Google Investment | Late 2022 | $300M | N/A | N/A 6 | |
| Series C | 2023-05-23 | $450M | N/A | Spark Capital | Google, Salesforce Ventures, Sound Ventures, Zoom Ventures 7171819 |
| Amazon Investment (Tranche 1) | Sep 2023 | $1.25B | N/A | Amazon | N/A 8 |
| Google Investment (Extension) | Oct 2023 | $500M+ | N/A | N/A 6 | |
| Amazon Investment (Tranche 2) | 2024-03-27 | $2.75B | N/A | Amazon | — 92021 |
| Series D | Feb 2024 | $750M | $18.1B (post) | Menlo Ventures | N/A 7 |
| Amazon Investment (Extension) | Nov 2024 | $4B | N/A | Amazon | N/A 9 |
| Series E | Mar 2025 | $3.5B | $61.5B (post) | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Bessemer Venture Partners, Cisco Investments, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity, General Catalyst, Jane Street, Menlo Ventures, Salesforce Ventures 10 |
| Series F | Sep 2025 | $13B | $183B (post) | ICONIQ | Fidelity, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs 11 |
| Series G | 2026-02-12 | $30B | $380B (post) | GIC, Coatue (co-led) | D. E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ, MGX (co-leads); Accel, Altimeter, Baillie Gifford, Bessemer, BlackRock, Blackstone, D1 Capital, Fidelity, General Catalyst, Greenoaks, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Insight Partners, Jane Street, JPMorganChase, Lightspeed, Menlo Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Qatar Investment Authority, Sands, Sequoia, Temasek, TPG 121516 |
| Series H | 2026-05-28 | $65B | $965B (post) | Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, Sequoia Capital (co-led) | Capital Group, Coatue, D1 Capital Partners, Baillie Gifford, Blackstone, Brookfield, D.E. Shaw Ventures, DST Global, Fidelity, Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron; incorporates $15B hyperscaler commitments including Amazon’s $5B pledge 22 |
What Investors Say
No verified investor quotes about Anthropic from Ron Conway or SV Angel were found at this time. SV Angel has been confirmed as an investor in Anthropic, described as making “smaller investments” in the company 3.
What Founders Say
“I’m deeply uncomfortable with these decisions being made by a few companies, by a few people.” – Dario Amodei, speaking on 60 Minutes 13
Dario Amodei has stated that Anthropic exists because its founders believed AI safety research needed to happen at the frontier, inside a lab building the most capable models 13. He left OpenAI partly because he felt the organization was not focusing enough on safety, though Anthropic now faces its own challenges balancing safety with commercial pressure 14.
Sources
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Contrary Research, “Report: Anthropic Business Breakdown & Founding Story,” accessed March 2026. https://research.contrary.com/company/anthropic↩↩↩
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KITRUM, “The Inspiring Story of Daniela Amodei, Anthropic’s Leader,” accessed March 2026. https://kitrum.com/blog/the-inspiring-story-of-daniela-amodei-anthropics-leader/↩↩
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SV Angel website, accessed March 2026. https://svangel.com/↩↩
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Anthropic, “Anthropic Raises $124 Million to Build More Reliable General AI Systems,” May 2021. https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-124-million-to-build-more-reliable-general-ai-systems↩
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SiliconANGLE, “AI research company Anthropic raises $580M in funding,” April 2022. https://siliconangle.com/2022/04/29/ai-research-company-anthropic-raises-580m-funding/↩
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DeepLearning.AI, “Anthropic Secures $2 Billion Investment from Google, Weeks After Amazon Deal,” October 2023. https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/anthropic-secures-2-billion-investment-from-google-weeks-after-amazon-deal/↩↩
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Tracxn, “Anthropic - Funding Rounds & List of Investors,” accessed March 2026. https://tracxn.com/d/companies/anthropic/__SzoxXDMin-NK5tKB7ks8yHr6S9Mz68pjVCzFEcGFZ08/funding-and-investors↩↩
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TechCrunch, “Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic,” September 2023. https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/25/amazon-to-invest-up-to-4-billion-in-ai-startup-anthropic/↩
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GeekWire, “Amazon doubles total Anthropic investment to $8B, deepens AI partnership,” November 2024. https://www.geekwire.com/2024/amazon-boosts-total-anthropic-investment-to-8b-deepens-ai-partnership-with-claude-maker/↩↩
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Anthropic, “Anthropic raises Series E at $61.5B post-money valuation,” March 2025. https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-series-e-at-usd61-5b-post-money-valuation↩
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Anthropic, “Anthropic raises $13B Series F at $183B post-money valuation,” September 2025. https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-series-f-at-usd183b-post-money-valuation↩
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CNBC, “Anthropic closes $30 billion funding round as cash keeps flowing into top AI startups,” February 2026. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/anthropic-closes-30-billion-funding-round-at-380-billion-valuation.html↩
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WebProNews, “Anthropic’s Dario Amodei on AGI Timelines, AI Safety, and the Race That Actually Matters,” accessed March 2026. https://www.webpronews.com/anthropics-dario-amodei-on-agi-timelines-ai-safety-and-the-race-that-actually-matters/↩↩
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Fortune, “Anthropic was supposed to be a ‘safe’ alternative to OpenAI, but CEO Dario Amodei admits his company struggles to balance safety with profits,” February 2026. https://fortune.com/2026/02/17/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-balancing-safety-commercial-pressure-ai-race-openai/↩
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Anthropic, “Anthropic raises $30 billion in Series G funding at $380 billion post-money valuation,” February 12, 2026. https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-30-billion-series-g-funding-380-billion-post-money-valuation — Primary announcement naming GIC and Coatue as Series G leads at $380B post-money valuation. ↩
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GIC, “GIC Leads $30 Billion Series G in Anthropic,” February 12, 2026. https://www.gic.com.sg/newsroom/all/gic-leads-30-billion-series-g-in-anthropic/ — GIC’s own announcement naming itself as lead and Coatue as co-lead. Cross-referenced with Orrick, “Anthropic Raises $30B Series G at $380B Post-Money Valuation,” February 17, 2026. https://www.orrick.com/en/News/2026/02/Anthropic-Raises-30B-Series-G-at-380B-Post-Money-Valuation↩
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Anthropic, “Anthropic Raises $450 Million in Series C Funding to Scale Reliable AI Products,” May 23, 2023, accessed May 2026. https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-series-c — Primary announcement naming Spark Capital as lead and Google, Salesforce Ventures, Sound Ventures, Zoom Ventures as participants. ↩
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TechCrunch, “Anthropic raises $450M to build next-gen AI assistants,” May 23, 2023, accessed May 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/23/anthropic-raises-350m-to-build-next-gen-ai-assistants/ — Contemporaneous press confirming $450M Series C led by Spark Capital with Google, Salesforce, Sound Ventures, and Zoom Ventures participating. ↩
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VentureBeat, “Anthropic secures $450M in Series C funding from Google, Salesforce and others,” May 23, 2023, accessed May 2026. https://venturebeat.com/ai/anthropic-secures-450m-in-series-c-funding-from-google-salesforce-and-others/ — Third independent confirmation of the Series C participants. ↩
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TechCrunch, “Amazon doubles down on Anthropic, completing its planned $4B investment,” March 27, 2024, accessed May 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/27/amazon-doubles-down-on-anthropic-completing-its-planned-4b-investment/ — Confirms the $2.75B Tranche 2 closed March 27, 2024 (with Amazon exercising option before end-of-Q1 deadline), bringing total Amazon investment to $4B. ↩
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Bloomberg, “Amazon (AMZN) Invests Additional $2.75 Billion in Anthropic,” March 27, 2024, accessed May 2026. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-27/amazon-invests-additional-2-75-billion-in-ai-startup-anthropic — Contemporaneous press confirming the $2.75B additional investment date. ↩
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TechCrunch, “Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO,” May 28, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/anthropic-raises-65-billion-nears-1t-valuation-ahead-of-ipo/ — Confirms Anthropic raised $65B Series H on May 28, 2026 at $965B post-money valuation; round co-led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia Capital with Capital Group, Coatue, and D1 Capital Partners; participants include Baillie Gifford, Blackstone, Brookfield, D.E. Shaw Ventures, DST Global, Fidelity, Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron; incorporates $15B in previously committed hyperscaler investments including Amazon’s $5B pledge. Cross-referenced with Crunchbase News, https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/anthropic-nears-1t-valuation-65b-seriesh/.↩