Anthropic Targets $900B Valuation — Could Surpass OpenAI
Anthropic is in talks to raise at a $900B+ valuation, with a 48-hour investor allocation window. This is the company's last private round before an expected IPO this year. Real annualized revenue run rate is closer to $40B, not the publicly stated $30B figure.
If completed, Anthropic surpasses OpenAI ($852B post-money) as the world's most valuable AI startup — for the first time since ChatGPT launched. The capital is needed to deploy Claude Mythos at infrastructure scale. For Claude API users: expect more compute capacity, but possibly tighter model access controls during the IPO process.
If you build on Claude API, lock in your usage tier rates before the round closes. New enterprise tiers tied to Google Cloud TPU compute are likely to launch alongside the funding announcement.
Anthropic raised its last round in February at $380B. At $900B, the company more than doubles in 10 weeks. Some early backers (2024 era) are skipping this round to wait for the IPO. Mythos, the unreleased model, is reportedly the reason Anthropic needs fresh capital — running it requires infrastructure-scale compute that exceeds current capacity.