Anthropic CEO Held Funding Talks With MGX During Mideast Tour

Anthropic recently held early funding talks with Abu Dhabi-based investment firm MGX, barely a month after the OpenAI rival closed one of the largest financing rounds ever for a technology startup.

Anthropic Chief Executive Officer

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei

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met with representatives from MGX to discuss raising additional capital during a tour of several countries in the Middle East this month, according to multiple familiar with the matter. Among those at the meeting were MGX CEO Ahmed Yahia Al Idrissi, said one person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the information is private. Another person stressed that the funding talks are preliminary ...