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Matthias Bastian@THE DECODER
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Anthropic has successfully closed a $3.5 billion Series E funding round, elevating the AI company's valuation to an impressive $61.5 billion. This substantial financial injection, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with a $1 billion contribution, underscores investor confidence in Anthropic's potential despite the already high valuations in the AI sector. The company's revenue has experienced exponential growth, increasing by 1,000% year-over-year, fueled by strong enterprise adoption of its Claude chatbot and other AI solutions.
The new capital will be strategically allocated to bolster Anthropic's research and development efforts, expand its compute infrastructure, and deepen its focus on mechanistic interpretability and alignment. Anthropic's CFO, Krishna Rao, emphasized that the investment would facilitate the development of more intelligent and capable AI systems. In addition to these advancements, Anthropic has also launched Claude 3.7 Sonnet, an advanced AI model designed with hybrid reasoning capabilities, showcasing the company's commitment to innovation and cutting-edge AI technology.
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References :
- venturebeat.com: Anthropic secures $3.5 billion in series E funding at a $61.5 billion valuation as the AI company's revenue grows 1,000% year-over-year, intensifying competition with OpenAI amid massive industry investment.
- THE DECODER: Anthropic raises $3.5 billion in new funding, valuing the AI company at over $60 billion
- www.windowscentral.com: Anthropic CEO predicts AI will surpass human smarts by 2027, echoing Bill Gates' claim it will replace humans for most things — but Sam Altman said AGI would whoosh by with "surprisingly little" societal impact
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