Anthropic has moved into the league of the world’s most valuable companies after securing major new investments from Microsoft and Nvidia. As per a report by CNBC, the fresh deals value the AI startup around $350 billion, sharply higher than its $183 billion valuation in September. The valuation range reflects ongoing negotiations for Anthropic’s next funding round.
Microsoft has announced that it will invest up to $5 billion, whereas Nvidia plans to commit up to $10 billion into Anthropic. CNBC also reported that Anthropic has agreed to purchase $30 billion worth of Microsoft Azure compute capacity and will additionally contract up to 1 gigawatt of computing power from both Nvidia and Microsoft. According to industry estimates, 1 gigawatt of AI computing can cost between $20 billion and $25 billion, as reported by Reuters.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang termed the deal “a dream come true”, noting that this is the first time Nvidia and Anthropic will closely tie up on performance and model design. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also underlined the shift in the industry, telling the news outlet that the AI ecosystem must move beyond “winner-take-all” thinking.
At a valuation of around $350 billion, Anthropic now becomes the third-most valuable company globally by market cap and is behind only Nvidia and Apple.
Which are the top 5 most-valued companies?
1. Nvidia-Rs-391.442 trillion
2. Apple-Rs 351.260 trillion
3. Anthropic-Valued at $350 billion after the Microsoft-Nvidia deal
4. Microsoft-Rs 324.843 trillion
5. Alphabet (Google)- Rs 304.449 trillion
All about Anthropic
Anthropic’s rise is even more noticeable because the company had been valued at $183 billion just months earlier. The startup, which was founded in 2011 by former OpenAI executives, including CEO Dario Amodei, has grown rapidly because of the strong adoption of its Claude AI models. As per a Reut,ers report, Anthropic may have a nearly annual revenue run-rate of $26 billion by next year. The firm already serves more than 300,000 enterprise customers.
With the latest deal, Anthropic boost ties not only with Nvidia and Microsoft but also maintains its close ties with Amazon Web Services, which continues to be its key cloud and training provider.
