Anthropic has raised $65 billion in Series H funding led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia Capital, valuing the company at $965 billion post-money, a level that exceeds some estimates of OpenAI valuation of $852 billion.
The round was co-led by Capital Group, Coatue, D1 Capital Partners, GIC, ICONIQ, and XN. Significant investors in this round include AMP PBC, Baillie Gifford, Blackstone, Brookfield, D.E. Shaw Ventures, DST Global, Fidelity Management & Research Company, General Catalyst, Insight Partners, Jane Street, Lightspeed Venture Partners, MGX, NTTVC, NX1 Capital, Situational Awareness LP, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc., and Temasek. It also includes $15 billion of previously committed investments from hyperscalers, including $5 billion from Amazon.
Strategic infrastructure partners Micron, Samsung, and SK hynix also were part of the round.
Nobody knows whether artificial intelligence is truly a financial bubble, or, if it is, when it bursts. Comparisons to the internet bubble are made and also dismissed, but at least so far, the sometimes-parabolic moves continue.
Much hinges on perceptions of future value.
And at least so far, nobody wants to fall behind.
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