Anthropic Draws Investor Interest at Over $100 Billion Valuation

OpenAI rival Anthropic is in the early stages of planning another investment round that could value the company at more than $100 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The artificial intelligence startup is not formally fundraising, said people with knowledge of the situation, who asked not to be identified discussing private information. But pre-emptive funding offers from VCs for the top artificial intelligence companies have become the norm in Silicon Valley, and investors have approached Anthropic indicating that they’d invest at a valuation over $100 billion, the people said.

The financing would mark a sharp jump from the $61.5 billion valuation Anthropic secured ...