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508 AI Startup Anthropic Raising Funding Valuing it at $60 Billion

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msmash @ Slashdot · 01/07/2025 13:20 EDT

AI Startup Anthropic Raising Funding Valuing it at $60 Billion

Anthropic is in advanced talks to raise $2 billion dollars in a deal that would value it at $60 billion, making it the latest artificial-intelligence startup to seize upon investor euphoria for the technology. WSJ: The funding round is being led by the venture firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, people familiar with the matter said. The $60 billion valuation includes the money Anthropic plans to raise in the round.

The deal would make Anthropic the fifth-most valuable U.S. startup after SpaceX, OpenAI, Stri

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