{"id":92949,"date":"2026-01-08T17:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=92949"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:40:14","slug":"anthropic-seeks-10-billion-funding-at-350-billion-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/anthropic-seeks-10-billion-funding-at-350-billion-valuation\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic Seeks $10 Billion Funding at $350 Billion Valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthropic is poised to secure $10 billion in new funding. The developer of the Claude chatbot is targeting a valuation of $350 billion, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/anthropic-raising-10-billion-at-350-billion-value-62af49f4\">WSJ<\/a>, citing its sources.<\/p>\n<p>The round will be led by Singapore&#8217;s sovereign wealth fund GIC and investment firm Coatue Management.<\/p>\n<p>The new valuation nearly doubles the figures from September of the previous year, when the startup was valued at $183 billion following the closure of a Series F round at $13 billion.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?22\" data-telegram-post=\"forklogfeed\/63367\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the main round, Nvidia and Microsoft plan to invest up to an additional $15 billion in Anthropic, sources revealed. The parties aim to close the deal in the coming weeks, although the final investment amount may be adjusted.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s management forecasts reaching break-even by 2028, ahead of its main competitor, OpenAI. Anthropic also intends to go public in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The excitement around AI startups persists following a record-breaking 2025. According to Crunchbase, over the past 12 months, the artificial intelligence sector attracted about 50% of all global venture capital.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-d1c192aa0e111795-3099006800433319.webp\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026-01-08 165141\" class=\"wp-image-273046\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.crunchbase.com\/ai\/big-funding-trends-charts-eoy-2025\/\">Crunchbase<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Total investments exceeded $200 billion. The largest deal of that period was <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/softbank-acquires-11-stake-in-openai-following-41-billion-investment\">OpenAI&#8217;s $41 billion funding<\/a> supported by SoftBank.<\/p>\n<p>In December, US tech giants <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-tech-giants-form-alliance-to-standardize-ai-agents-amid-chinas-expansion\">formed<\/a> the Agentic AI Foundation alliance to standardize AI agents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthropic is poised to secure $10 billion in new funding, targeting a valuation of $350 billion, according to WSJ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Anthropic seeks $10 billion funding at $350 billion valuation.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1434,438,83,767],"class_list":["post-92949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-anthropic","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-business","tag-ipo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"253","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Anthropic seeks $10 billion funding at $350 billion valuation.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92951,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92949\/revisions\/92951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}