Bloomberg reported that the generative AI giant Anthropic is in the final stages of a new round of funding worth $20 billion. Due to investor demand far exceeding expectations, the final fundraising amount has reached twice the original plan, directly pushing the company's valuation to an astonishing $350 billion.
Capital Race and Computing Pressure
Despite completing a $1.3 billion equity financing just five months ago, the increasingly intense competition among frontier model laboratories and rising computing costs have forced Anthropic to raise large amounts of capital again. This round of financing has attracted top institutions including Sequoia Capital, LightSpeed, Menlo Ventures, Altimeter Capital, Coatue, Iconiq Capital, and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund. Notably, most of the funds are reportedly from its core strategic partners NVIDIA and Microsoft.
Business Implementation and Industry Shock
Anthropic has shown strong performance on the business front. The deployment of its Coding Agent has received consistent praise from software engineers, who believe it significantly improves development efficiency. Additionally, the company's specialized model released last week for legal and business research triggered a chain reaction in the capital market—several listed data companies saw their stock prices fluctuate, reflecting investors' deep concerns about AI's disruption of traditional data services.
Preparing for the Summer "Stock Market Storm"
Currently, top AI players are all accumulating resources. Anthropic's main competitor OpenAI is reportedly preparing for a massive funding round worth up to $100 billion. Analysts believe both companies are preparing for a potential stock market surge this summer. At the same time, xAI
