Artificial-intelligence company Anthropic said on Tuesday it is now valued at $183 billion post-money, over twice as much as its earlier valuation, as investor enthusiasm towards AI startups stays strong despite some doubts over tech industry spending.
The new valuation is a jump from the $61.5 billion post-money valuation in March this year, where it raised $3.5 billion.
Anthropic said it raised $13 billion in a Series F round led by investment firm ICONIQ.
The “investment will expand our capacity to meet growing enterprise demand, deepen our safety research, and support international expansion as we continue building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems,” Anthropic said in a blog post.
The startup, backed by Google-parent Alphabet and Amazon.com, has distinguished its wo