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February 12, 2026
Anthropic Closes $30 Billion Funding Round as Cash Keeps Flowing into Top AI Startups
After OpenAI raised the largest private tech financing round on record last year at over $40 billion, Anthropic is now second, with its $30 billion raise.
TL;DR
- Anthropic closed a $30 billion funding round at a $380 billion post-money valuation.
- This round makes Anthropic's raise the second-largest private tech fundraising round on record, after OpenAI's over $40 billion round.
- The funding will support Anthropic's infrastructure expansion, research, and continued investment in enterprise-grade products.
- Anthropic is competing with OpenAI and Google, both of which are making substantial investments in AI.
- The round included previously announced investments from Microsoft and Nvidia.
- Anthropic's annualized revenue has climbed to $14 billion, with about 80% coming from enterprises.
- Claude Code, Anthropic's AI coding tool, has an annualized revenue of $2.5 billion and has seen quadrupled business subscriptions.
- OpenAI is reportedly in talks for a $100 billion fundraising round.
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