Anthropic: From AI Startup to a Company Valued at US$380bn

Anthropic has announced it has raised US$30bn in Series G funding, valuing the AI startup at US$380bn post-money. It is the result of "incredible demand" for its Claude chatbot, according to Chief Financial Officer Krishna Rao.

The funding was led by GIC and Coatue, and co-led by D.E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ and MGX.

Anthropic says it will use the investment to fuel "the frontier research, product development and infrastructure expansions that have made Anthropic the market leader in enterprise AI and coding".

Significant investors in the round include BlackRock, Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, JPMorgan Chase through its Security and Resiliency Initiative and Growth Equity Partners and Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

Krishna said in the company announcement: "Whether it's entrepreneurs, startups or the world's largest enterprises, the message from our customers is the same: Claude is increasingly becoming critical to how businesses work.

"This fundraising reflects the incredible demand we are seeing from these customers, and we will use this investment to continue building the enterprise-grade products and models they have come to depend on."

From a startup to a choice for enterprises and developers

Philippe Laffont, Founder and Portfolio Manager of Coatue, commented: "Since our initial investment in 2025, Anthropic's focus on agentic coding and enterprise-grade AI systems has accelerated its progress toward large-scale adoption.

"The team's ability to rapidly scale its offerings further positions Anthropic as a leader in a highly competitive AI market."

Anthropic says that the number of customers spending over US$100,000 annually on Claude has grown seven times in the past year, with businesses that started using the chatbot for a single use case expanding integration across their organisations.  

It also reports that in 2024, "a dozen customers" spent over US$1m on an annualised basis and as of the time of the report on 12 February, the number is over 500, with eight of the Fortune 10 amongst that number.

In January alone, Anthropic launched more than 30 new products and features, including Cowork - an AI agent designed for non-technical, multi-step and agentic workflows directly within the Claude Desktop app.

It also expanded into healthcare and life sciences, with Claude for Enterprises now available to organisations under the Health Insurance Portability an Accountability Act of 1996.

Choo Yong Cheen, Chief Investment Officer of Private Equity at GIC, said: "Anthropic is the clear category leader in enterprise AI, demonstrating breakthrough capabilities and setting a new standard for safety, performance and scale that will drive their long-term success."

Goldman Sachs and AI agents

Anthropic says that the demand from enterprises and developers reflects the trust they place in Claude. Goldman Sachs is amongst those using the AI technology.

Marco Argenti, Goldman Sachs' Chief Information Officer, told CNBC at the start of February that the bank has been working with Anthropic engineers to co-develop autonomous agents for accounting for trades and transactions, and client vetting and onboarding.

"Think of it as a digital co-worker for many of the professions within the firm that are scaled, are complex and very process intensive," he said.

He added that the agents should launch "soon", but did not provide CNBC with a specific date.

Commenting on the report on LinkedIn, Krishna wrote: "It's great to see Goldman Sachs using Claude to build AI agents for some of the most critical processes in financial services, including client onboarding and trade reconciliation.

"Financial services has been one of our fastest-growing verticals, and we are seeing the world's most sophisticated institutions choose Claude for accounting, compliance, client operations and other high-stakes operational work."