Anthropic
AI safety company building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems
PRIVATESan Francisco, CA~1,500Founded 2021~$110B+ (incl. Series G and H) raised$965B valuationwww.anthropic.com
SectorsAI Software
Market Metrics
Valuation (May 2026 Series H)
$965B
+154% from $380B (Feb 2026)
Annualized Revenue (May 2026)
~$45B+
per Sacra; up from ~$9B end-2025
Amazon Cumulative Investment
$8B
Largest single strategic backer; AWS Trainium co-design
Business Customers
300,000+
~80% of revenue (late 2025)
Updated at 2026-Q2
Funding History
Total raised: ~$110B+ (incl. Series G and H) · Latest valuation: $965B
| Round | Date | Amount | Valuation | Key Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | May 2021 | $124M | - | Jaan TallinnEric SchmidtDustin MoskovitzJames McClave |
| Series B | Apr 2022 | $580M | - | Sam Bankman-Fried / Alameda (later FTX bankruptcy estate)Caroline EllisonJaan TallinnCenter for Emerging Risk Research |
| Google Investment | Feb 2023 | $300M | - | Google |
| Series C | May 2023 | $450M | $4.1B | Spark Capital (lead)GoogleSalesforceZoom+1 more |
| Amazon Investment I | Sep 2023 | $4B (committed) | - | Amazon |
| Google Cloud Round | Oct 2023 | $2B (committed) | - | Google |
| Amazon Investment II | Mar 2024 | $2.75B | - | Amazon |
| Amazon Investment III | Nov 2024 | $4B | - | Amazon |
| Series E | Mar 2025 | $3.5B | $61.5B | Lightspeed (lead)BessemerCiscoD1 Capital+2 more |
| Series F | Sep 2025 | $13B | $183B | ICONIQ (lead)FidelityLightspeedT. Rowe Price+2 more |
| Series G | Feb 2026 | $30B | $380B | Existing and new institutional investors |
| Series H | May 2026 | $65B | $965B | Altimeter (lead)DragoneerGreenoaksSequoia Capital |
Updated at 2026-Q2
Product Specifications
| Product | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.7 | Frontier reasoning + coding model | GA (Dec 2025) |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Balanced default model | GA (Oct 2025) |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Low-latency model | GA (Nov 2025) |
| Claude.ai | Consumer chat product (Free / Pro / Max) | GA |
| Claude Code | Terminal + IDE coding agent | GA (May 2025); ~$2.5B annualized revenue by Feb 2026 |
| Claude for Enterprise / Work | SSO, audit logs, data residency, Projects | GA |
| Computer Use | Desktop-control agent capability | GA via API |
| Model Context Protocol (MCP) | Open standard for tool / data integration | Open-source spec; widely adopted |
| Anthropic API | Direct, Bedrock, Vertex AI distribution | GA |
Updated at 2026-Q2
Partnerships & Investors
AmazonStrategic / Investor / Cloud
$8B cumulative investment; AWS is primary training and inference cloud; Trainium 2 chip co-design; Bedrock distribution. 100,000+ customers run Claude on Bedrock (Apr 2026).
Google / AlphabetStrategic / Investor / Cloud
$3B+ cumulative; TPU access for training; Vertex AI distribution.
MicrosoftDistribution
Claude available on Microsoft Foundry (formerly Azure AI Foundry) from Sep 2025; reversal of Microsoft's prior OpenAI exclusivity stance.
AppleDistribution
Anthropic models powering revamped Siri (reported Aug 2025, targeting iOS 19 / 2026).
NVIDIAStrategic / Compute
$10B NVIDIA + $15B Microsoft commitment announced Nov 2025 for next-gen training and inference capacity.
SalesforceDistribution / Investor
Default LLM in Agentforce for regulated industries; Series C investor.
Lyft, Zoom, Notion, Asana, Quora (Poe)Distribution
Embed Claude in consumer/enterprise products via API.
US AI Safety Institute (NIST)Safety
Pre-deployment testing MOU for frontier models; member of Frontier Model Forum.
Updated at 2026-Q2
Key Milestones
Jan 2021
Company Founded
Dario and Daniela Amodei, Tom Brown, Sam McCandlish, Jared Kaplan, plus 8 others depart OpenAI
Dec 2022
Claude (beta)
First Claude model in closed beta; Constitutional AI training method published
Mar 2023
Claude API Launch
API GA with Claude Instant and Claude v1
Jul 2023
Claude 2
100K token context; powers Claude.ai consumer site
Mar 2024
Claude 3 Family
Haiku, Sonnet, Opus tiers; first model to beat GPT-4 on key benchmarks
Jun 2024
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Outperforms Claude 3 Opus at fraction of the cost; coding benchmark leader
Oct 2024
Computer Use
Claude controls desktop via screenshots + mouse/keyboard (public beta)
Nov 2024
Model Context Protocol
Open standard released for connecting LLMs to data sources and tools
Feb 2025
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
First hybrid reasoning model; extended thinking mode toggleable
May 2025
Claude 4 Family + Claude Code
Sonnet 4 / Opus 4; Claude Code CLI launched GA
Sep 2025
Series F at $183B
ICONIQ-led; reportedly $5B+ ARR run-rate at time of close
Oct 2025
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Coding-focused refresh; Claude Code becomes default agentic surface
Dec 2025
Claude Opus 4.7
Frontier model refresh with 1M token context for coding workflows
Feb 2026
Series G at $380B
$30B round roughly doubles the September valuation as enterprise revenue accelerates
May 2026
Series H at $965B
$65B round (Altimeter, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, Sequoia) makes Anthropic the most valuable AI startup, ahead of OpenAI
Jun 2026
Confidential IPO Filing
Files confidentially for an IPO at a ~$965B valuation
Updated at 2026-Q2