AI startup Anthropic is thinking about raising tens of billions of dollars this summer. This money will help them greatly expand their computer power. This news came from the Financial Times on Friday.
If this happens, Anthropic's value could be close to $1 trillion. This would make them a leader, even more than their competitor OpenAI.
This possible funding comes as Anthropic is growing fast. Google has already given Anthropic up to $40 billion. This was when Anthropic was valued at $350 billion. Google paid $10 billion upfront. The other $30 billion depends on how well Anthropic does. This is according to reports.
Around the same time, Amazon put $5 billion into Anthropic. Amazon might add another $20 billion later. Both of these deals valued Anthropic at $350 billion. This is the same value from a funding round in February.
More people want to use Claude Code. This is an AI tool from Anthropic that helps write software faster. High demand for this tool is pushing Anthropic to seek more funding quickly, according to Bloomberg.
Anthropic's Cowork tool is also popular. It is for people who are not engineers. The company said this tool is spreading fast.
Anthropic was started in 2021. Dario Amodei and his friends created it. They left the company OpenAI.