Anthropic, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI safety leaders, distinguishes itself by embedding AI safety and Constitutional AI into its models (the Claude family), a focus that has attracted major strategic investment and explosive commercial growth.

The company's financial trajectory is one of the fastest in tech history, marked by rapid ARR scaling and massive, confirmed funding rounds:

• Total Capital Raised: Anthropic has raised over $27.3 billion in equity funding to date, plus a $2.5 billion debt facility in May 2025.

• Key Corporate Backing: Anthropic has secured major, publicly announced strategic investments from tech giants:

  • Amazon: Committed a total of $8 billion (across multiple tranches in 2023 and 2024), making AWS its primary cloud provider.

  • Google: Committed over $5 billion across multiple funding rounds and provided access to specialized computing via its TPUs.

• Valuation Jumps: The company's valuation has surged through confirmed funding events:

  • Series E (March 2025): Raised $3.5 billion at a post-money valuation of $61.5 billion.

  • Series F (September 2025): Raised a record $13 billion in a single round, achieving a post-money valuation of $183 billion.

• Revenue Acceleration: Anthropic has officially confirmed its Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) milestones:

  • August 2025: Reached an ARR of over $5 billion.

  • October 2025: Announced its ARR was approaching $7 billion.