Anthropic valuation skyrockets to $900 billion, surpassing OpenAI! Reportedly planning to raise $30 billion, with IPO potentially launching as early as October.

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The AI capital war has reached an epic new high! Bloomberg reports that Anthropic, the developer of Claude, is brewing a super-funding round of at least $30 billion, with a valuation set to reach $900 billion, aggressively overtaking its rival OpenAI’s $852 billion valuation. Backed by the massive financial firepower of Google and Amazon, Anthropic is frantically expanding its computing infrastructure, with rumors suggesting a potential IPO as early as this October. (Previous coverage: AI security startup Depthfirst announces it has outperformed Anthropic’s Mythos model! It uncovered an epic 18-year-old NGINX vulnerability with only 1/10th of the bug-hunting cost.) (Background: Anthropic teaches Claude to "Dream" to automatically organize memory and reduce errors.) The speed at which the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector is "soaking up" capital is constantly challenging the limits of Wall Street's imagination. According to a latest report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter, Anthropic, the developer of the well-known AI language model Claude, is currently in early talks with investors to conduct an unprecedented super-funding round, planning to raise at least $30 billion in new capital. The reason this potential financing deal is shaking the market lies in its staggering valuation. Sources revealed that Anthropic is negotiating at a sky-high valuation of over $900 billion (pre-money valuation, excluding this round of investment). If the deal is successfully finalized (expected as early as the end of this month), it will not only be the largest funding round in Anthropic's history but will also allow it to surpass its biggest rival, OpenAI, in terms of book value. For reference, Anthropic, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees, is eroding AI market share at an extremely rapid pace; meanwhile, OpenAI reached a valuation of $852 billion in its latest funding round completed just this March. Why does Anthropic need such massive capital? The report points out that as its AI software and tools achieve breakthrough success in the enterprise sector (covering everything from code writing to cybersecurity), product demand is experiencing explosive growth. To support the operation of these models, Anthropic must spend heavily to cover the extremely expensive "computing infrastructure" costs. Furthermore, the timing of this funding round is highly strategic. Bloomberg previously disclosed that Anthropic is internally evaluating the possibility of launching an Initial Public Offering (IPO) as early as this October. Expanding strong cash flow and pushing up the valuation before then is undoubtedly laying the most solid foundation for its future path to going public. Currently, Anthropic has declined to comment on this funding news. A large part of Anthropic's confidence in proposing a $900 billion valuation comes from the full support of two major tech giants behind it. While it is currently unclear whether these giants will participate in the new funding round at the end of this month, their previous commitments have already been staggering: - Google: Previously committed to investing $10 billion in Anthropic at a $350 billion valuation; if the startup team meets specific performance targets, Google plans to add up to $30 billion in additional investment. - Amazon: Similarly invested $5 billion at a $350 billion valuation and plans to inject up to $20 billion in capital over time. From a $350 billion valuation in February to $900 billion in just a few months, Anthropic's astonishing leap once again proves that in this battle for AI hegemony, those who possess computing power and capital will rule the world.

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