Once again, Anthropic is in the news for producing a new shockwave in the AI race. This time, it is the agentic AI giant closing a $30 billion funding round, bringing the value of the Claude chatbot maker to a colossal $380 billion—more than double its worth just a few months ago.
The latest inflow of funds more or less cements Anthropic as one of the world’s most valuable private tech companies, intensifying its rivalry with OpenAI, which is itself in talks for a valuation of about $830 billion.
A funding round of historic scale
The latest Series G round raises $30 billion at a $380 billion dollar post-money valuation, making it the second-biggest private tech fundraising after OpenAI’s recent mega-round.
Investors in the deal include GIC, Coatue, D. E. Shaw Ventures, ICONIQ, MGX and a broad syndicate of venture funds, alongside earlier strategic backers such as Microsoft, Nvidia, Google and Amazon.
The fresh capital is earmarked for expensive AI training runs, infrastructure expansion and faster rollout of Anthropic’s Claude family of models to enterprises worldwide.
The leap is something straight out of an investor’s fantasy novel, given that Anthropic was valued at $183 billion in a Series F round just in September, when it raised $13 billion.
Blackstone has also been increasing its exposure and now holds roughly one billion dollars’ worth of Anthropic stakes through various vehicles, according to recent reports.
Claude Code and the ‘Cowork selloff’
Behind the towering valuation is a business that is now throwing off serious revenue. Anthropic says its current run‑rate revenue is about $14 billion, with Claude Code alone contributing more than $2.5 billion in annualised revenue, more than doubling since the start of 2026.
Business subscriptions to Claude Code have quadrupled this year, and over half of that product’s revenue now comes from enterprise use cases such as large software teams and internal developer platforms.
In January, Anthropic launched Claude Cowork—a “Claude Code for the rest of your work” agent that can read and edit files, automate knowledge work and integrate via plugins into tools spanning legal, finance, sales, customer support and research.
When the company opened up dozens of Cowork plugins, global software stocks suffered one of their worst weeks in years as investors suddenly began to price in AI agents that could replace or compress spending on many specialised SaaS tools.
Politically different on AI regulation
Anthropic has also tried to distinguish itself politically. While much of Big Tech lobbies against strict rules, the company has pledged $20 million to support US political candidates who favour tighter AI regulation.
Its leadership argues that firms building frontier AI must ensure the technology “serves the public good, not just their own interests,” even as they compete aggressively for market share, as per reports.
For now, Anthropic is steadily moving towards OpenAI. The gap may be huge, but the Claude maker’s growth has been exponential.
