Anthropic raises $30 billion: Is this the largest capital raise in AI? 5 key questions answered

Artificial intelligence platform Anthropic has completed a mega funding round, raising $30 billion and valuing the company at nearly $400 billion.

Anthropic, maker of the chatbot Claude, said Thursday its valuation grew after it raised $30 billion in its latest round of funding.

The rising demand of AI has led to high tech spending globally as enterprise adoption grows, pushing valuations of AI startups like Anthropic to record levels amid massive investor interest.

Anthropic has created its own position among AI companies today by positioning its model training on coding, with developers preferring Claude Coding over other tools.

Here are 5 key questions on the Anthropic fundraising deal and their answers.

How much funds did Anthropic raise?

Following the latest fundraising round, Anthropic has raised $30 billion. This is considered as one of the largest fundraising rounds in the AI space, showing the growing appetite of investors to put their bets on artificial intelligence.

This comes just five months after Anthropic closed its last round of funding.

The funding round comes days after Anthropic aired its first television advertisements during Super Bowl LX, using the commercial to emphasise that its products remain ad-free.

Who were the investors?

The latest Anthropic funding round led by Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and hedge fund Coatue Management. Other significant investors in the Series G funding round included Sequoia Capital, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Blackstone and affiliated funds of BlackRock, Anthropic said.

“Anthropic is the clear category leader in enterprise AI,” said Choo Yong Cheen, chief investment officer of private equity at GIC.

Anthropic's earlier backers include Amazon, which has already invested $8 billion in the AI company and serves as its cloud partner. Also among the early investors is Google, which had invested $2 billion in 2023.

Alpha Wave Overview, a leading investor known for its backing to Indian companies like Haldiram's and LensKart, was also among the investors.

Is Anthropic fundraising round largest in AI space?

Anthropic has raised $30 billion in the latest fundraising round, making it one of the largest deals in the AI space. However, this is the second-biggest private financing round on record for tech, as the company tries to match its pace with ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

The Sam Altman-led AI company had last year raised $40 billion in a financing round led by SoftBank, which still holds the top position in tech funding rounds. Prior to that, Ant Group led the chart with its $14 billion fundraising round in 2018.

Developing AI models can be quite expensive, which explains why OpenAI and Anthropic continue to get such high private capitals, as they have to pour funds into resources like Nvidia's GPUs.

What will Anthropic do with the funds?

According to a statement by Anthropic, the company will use the funds to deepen its research and expand its infrastructure to make Claude available to everyone.

“This investment will help us deepen our research, continue to innovate in products, and ensure we have the resources to power our infrastructure expansion as we make Claude available everywhere our customers are,” it said in a post on X.

“This fundraising reflects the incredible demand we are seeing from these customers, and we will use this investment to continue building the enterprise-grade products and models they have come to depend on,” Krishna Rao, Anthropic’s chief financial officer, said in a statement.

What is the value of Anthropic after the latest fundraising round?

The latest capital raise has doubled the valuation of Anthropic, according to Bloomberg. The company said that post the round, the valuation of Anthropic has increased to $380 billion. Anthropic had a valuation of $183 billion in September 2025 after it closed its last financing round.