Anthropic surpasses OpenAI to become world's most valuable AI startup

Anthropic has raised $65 billion in its latest funding round, pushing the company's valuation to $965 billion and overtaking OpenAI as the world's most valuable AI startup.

San Francisco-based AI company Anthropic has secured $65 billion in its latest funding round, catapulting its valuation to $965 billion — a figure that places it ahead of OpenAI and makes it the most valuable artificial intelligence startup in the world.

The landmark valuation represents a significant milestone in the rapidly accelerating AI investment landscape, where competition between major players has driven funding rounds to unprecedented levels. Anthropic, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers including Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei, has positioned itself as a safety-focused alternative in the generative AI race.

The company is best known for its Claude family of AI assistants, which compete directly with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini. Anthropic has attracted major backing from Amazon and Google, both of which have invested billions into the company in recent years.

The latest round underscores how quickly the AI sector's valuations have soared, with companies once valued in the tens of billions now approaching the trillion-dollar threshold. Anthropic's rise to the top of the AI startup rankings signals a potential shift in investor confidence toward companies emphasizing AI safety and responsible development alongside raw capability.