Anthropic
www.anthropic.com ↗Anthropic is an AI safety company founded by former OpenAI researchers. It develops the Claude family of models and the Claude Code assistant, with a focus on reliable, interpretable and steerable AI systems.
Company Timeline
2021-01-01
Founded
Anthropic founded by former OpenAI researchers
Dario and Daniela Amodei left OpenAI to focus on AI safety.
2023-05-01
Funding
Google commits nearly $2B and takes a minority stake
Follows earlier $300M investment for about 10% ownership.
2024-11-01
Funding
Amazon total investment reaches $8B
AWS becomes a major cloud partner and Anthropic model provider.
2025-03-03
Funding
$3.5B Series E at a $61.5B valuation
Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
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