Anthropic

AI safety company building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Creator of Claude.

LLM / AI Safety
Foundation Models
Dario Amodei· CEO & Co-Founder
Total Raised
$6.0B
Last Valuation
$60.0B
Founded
2021
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Employees
1,000+
Revenue Run Rate
$2B+ ARR
Overview

Anthropic is a leading AI safety company founded by former OpenAI researchers Dario and Daniela Amodei. The company develops Claude, a family of large language models designed with a focus on safety, helpfulness, and honesty. Anthropic pioneered Constitutional AI, a technique for training models to be harmless using a set of guiding principles rather than relying solely on human feedback. Claude is used by millions of consumers and enterprises worldwide, powering applications across coding, analysis, writing, and complex reasoning tasks. The company has established itself as a direct competitor to OpenAI and Google DeepMind in the frontier model race, consistently releasing models that rank among the top performers on industry benchmarks. Anthropic has secured strategic partnerships with Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, giving it access to massive compute resources needed for training next-generation models.

Funding History
Series D
Feb 15, 2026

Massive round to scale Claude and safety research.

Lightspeed Venture Partners (Lead)Sequoia CapitalGoogle Ventures (GV)Spark Capital
$2.0B
Val: $60.0B
Series C
Sep 1, 2025

Major funding round led by Menlo Ventures.

Menlo Ventures (Lead)Google Ventures (GV)
$4.0B
Val: $40.0B
Frequently Asked Questions
How much has Anthropic raised in total?
Anthropic has raised a total of $6.0B across 2 funding rounds.
Who are Anthropic's investors?
Anthropic's investors include Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Spark Capital, Google Ventures (GV).
What does Anthropic do?
Anthropic is a leading AI safety company founded by former OpenAI researchers Dario and Daniela Amodei. The company develops Claude, a family of large language models designed with a focus on safety, helpfulness, and honesty. Anthropic pioneered Constitutional AI, a technique for training models to be harmless using a set of guiding principles rather than relying solely on human feedback. Claude is used by millions of consumers and enterprises worldwide, powering applications across coding, analysis, writing, and complex reasoning tasks. The company has established itself as a direct competitor to OpenAI and Google DeepMind in the frontier model race, consistently releasing models that rank among the top performers on industry benchmarks. Anthropic has secured strategic partnerships with Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, giving it access to massive compute resources needed for training next-generation models.
When was Anthropic founded?
Anthropic was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
Where is Anthropic headquartered?
Anthropic is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.