Anthropic in talks to raise funding at $60 billion valuation

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  Google Steps Up AI Race With Fresh $1 Billion Investment in OpenAI Rival Anthropic

  The AI contender to the apparent market leader finished a $2 million funding round and now has a $60 billion valuation.
  
  Inc. - 7h

• Google agrees to new $1 billion investment in Anthropic

  Google has agreed to a new investment of more than $1 billion in generative AI startup Anthropic, a person familiar with the situation confirmed to CNBC.
  
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  Anthropic in Talks for $2 Billion Funding Round

  The financing efforts follow new funding rounds by Elon Musk’s xAI and the market leader, OpenAI, which is now valued at $157 billion.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 8
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  AI Startup Anthropic Plans to Raise $2 Billion at a $60 Billion Valuation

  The new funding round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, sees the company at more than triple its 2024 valuation of $18 million.
  
  Inc. - Jan. 8

• Anthropic’s $60 billion valuation would obscure a stark reality in AI

  Anthropic may be joining rival OpenAI with its own eye-popping valuation, but the hefty valuations for the two biggest AI startups obscure the fact that, for now, these companies are burning ...
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 8

• AI Startup Anthropic Raising Funds Valuing It at $60 Billion

  The Amazon-backed OpenAI rival was valued at $18 billion last year.
  
  The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 7
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  AI start-up Anthropic closes in on $60bn valuation

  Maker of the Claude AI chatbot nears fresh $2bn investment in the latest sign of how much money is pouring into the sector
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 7

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