Anthropic Considering Funding Offers at Over $900 Billion Value

Anthropic PBC has begun weighing a fresh funding round that would value the artificial intelligence developer at more than $900 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, potentially leapfrogging its longtime rival OpenAI as the world’s most valuable AI startup.

The Claude maker is entertaining offers from investors that would more than double its current valuation, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity as the information is not public. The considerations are at a very early stage and the company has yet to accept any offers, the people said.

Anthropic had previously resisted several inbound proposals from ...