AI company Anthropic is planning to raise $3.5 billion, with a valuation of $61.5 billion.

According to Bloomberg, artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is about to complete a $3.5 billion financing round, with a valuation of $61.5 billion, higher than the initial financing target. Anthropic is one of the leading developers of large-scale language models, attracting attention from numerous investors. This year, xAI, under the helm of Elon Musk, is seeking a funding of 100 billion US dollars, while OpenAI is in talks for a maximum of 400 billion US dollars in funding. Sources revealed that Lightspeed Venture Partners had initially pushed Anthropic to raise $2 billion at the beginning of the year, with the fundraising target later expanded to $3.5 billion and oversubscribed, demonstrating high market interest in the company. Potential investors include Menlo Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and MGX from Abu Dhabi.