Anthropic reaches $965 billion valuation, overtakes OpenAI as most valuable AI startup
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J.D. Capelouto
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Summary
Anthropic has reached a $965 billion valuation after a new funding round, surpassing OpenAI ($730 billion) as the world's most valuable AI startup. The Claude maker has launched new coding and finance tools for businesses, and both Anthropic and OpenAI are reportedly planning to go public as soon as this fall. Anthropic also released a new flagship model, Claude Opus 4, signaling the rapid pace of the AI industry.
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The financing caps off a busy several months for the Claude maker, which has rolled out new coding and finance tools aimed at helping businesses be more productive, in a blow to software stocks.
OpenAI — which was last valued at $730 billion — and Anthropic are both reportedly making plans to go public as soon as this fall.
In a sign of the relentless pace of the AI boom, Anthropic on Thursday released a new version of its flagship model, Claude Opus 4
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