Anthropic
AI Safety
Valuation
~$965B (Series H, Jun 2026)
Total Funding
$125B+
Revenue
$45B ARR (May 2026, from $9B end-2025)
Profit Status
Pre-profit, explosive growth
Revenue Growth
>400% YoY
Employees
~2,946 (Mar 2026 est.)
About Anthropic
Anthropic is an AI safety company building the Claude model family. With $965B near-trillion valuation (2026), $45B ARR, and a confidential IPO filing (Jun 2026), Anthropic has become the fastest-growing AI company in history. Claude Opus 4.8 (May 2026) is the current frontier flagship. Amazon has committed $33B+ total, including $25B in Apr 2026 for 5GW of compute. Claude Code hit $2.5B annualized ARR.
Company History
Founded 2021 by former OpenAI researchers. Constitutional AI pioneer. Amazon $8B by 2024. Claude 4 Opus/Sonnet May 2025 (SWE-bench 72.5%). Series G $30B at $380B (Feb 2026). Amazon commits additional $25B (Apr 2026) for 5GW compute. ARR surged from $9B end-2025 to $45B by May 2026. Series H $65B at ~$965B valuation. Claude Opus 4.8 released May 2026. Claude Code hit $2.5B annualized by Feb 2026. IPO filing confidentially submitted Jun 1, 2026.
AI Models & Benchmarks
Best-in-class coding, analysis, and visual reasoning. Outperforms GPT-4o on most benchmarks.
Benchmarks
Most intelligent model in Claude 3 family for complex tasks.
Benchmarks
Fastest, most compact Claude model - matches Claude 3 Opus on many tasks.
Benchmarks
Ultra-fast, low-cost model for high-volume tasks.
Benchmarks
Company Timeline
Jan 2021
Founded by Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, and 9 other OpenAI researchers
Mar 2023
Claude 1 released publicly via API
Sep 2023
Amazon commits $1.25B; becomes preferred cloud provider
Mar 2024
Claude 3 family (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus) - Opus outperforms GPT-4
Jun 2024
Claude 3.5 Sonnet - sets new SOTA on coding benchmarks
Oct 2024
Computer Use GA - Claude can control computers directly
Feb 2025
Claude 3.7 Sonnet - extended thinking/hybrid reasoning
Mar 2025
$61.5B valuation; Claude Code CLI released
May 2025
Claude 4 Opus & Sonnet - #1 on SWE-bench (72.5%)
Nov 2025
Claude Code hits $1B annualized ARR
Feb 2026
Series G $30B at $380B; Claude Opus 4.6 released; Claude Code reaches $2.5B ARR
Apr 2026
Amazon commits additional $25B (total $33B+); 5GW compute deal
May 2026
Claude Opus 4.8 released (current flagship); ARR hits $45B
Jun 2026
Series H $65B at ~$965B valuation; IPO filing submitted confidentially
Products & Services
Company Details
Focus Area
AI Safety
Stage
Founded
2021
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Employees
~2,946 (Mar 2026 est.)
Financial Overview
Total Funding
$125B+
Valuation
~$965B (Series H, Jun 2026)
Revenue (2026)
$45B ARR (May 2026, from $9B end-2025)
Profit Status
Pre-profit, explosive growth
Revenue Growth
>400% YoY
Funding Rounds
- Series A$124MMay 2022Spark Capital, Google
- Amazon Strategic$1.25BSep 2023Amazon
- Amazon Expanded$2.75BMar 2024Amazon
- Series E$3B+May 2024Google, Spark Capital
- Amazon Expanded+$4B (total $8B)Nov 2024Amazon
- Series F$3.5B+Mar 2025Google, Spark Capital
- Series G$30BFeb 2026GIC, Coatue
- Amazon Expanded$25B additionalApr 2026Amazon (5GW compute deal)
- Series H$65BJun 2026~$965B valuation; IPO filed confidentially
Key Investors
Key People
- Dario Amodei (CEO)
- Daniela Amodei (President)
- Chris Olah (Research)
- Mike Krieger (Chief Product)