Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has recently announced a major funding news, negotiating a round of financing of at least $30 billion with investors. According to insiders, the developer of the Claude model now has a pre-money valuation exceeding $90 billion, far surpassing OpenAI's previous level.

If this financing is successfully completed, it will become the largest single investment in the company's history. Currently, Anthropic has started preliminary discussions with existing investors and some tech giants, and the formal term sheet is expected to be signed as early as the end of this month.

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Alleviate computing cost pressure

With the sharp increase in global demand for Claude 3.5 and subsequent models, Anthropic is facing significant infrastructure expansion pressure. The large amount of financing funds will mainly be used to pay for expensive computing chip rentals and data center construction costs to maintain its leading position in the technological competition.

Previously, there were reports that Anthropic was considering an initial public offering (IPO) as early as October this year. Through large-scale private financing to lock in winning strategies before going public has become a common strategy among leading AI companies to counter high R&D costs.

Competing against the two giants of artificial intelligence

This financing plan not only demonstrates the recognition of the capital market for Anthropic's technical capabilities, but also marks the intensification of its competition with OpenAI. For comparison, OpenAI's latest round of financing in March this year had a valuation of approximately $85.2 billion.

If Anthropic successfully completes fundraising with a valuation of $90 billion, it will break the record for the highest valuation of a startup in the generative AI field. In the context of increasingly scarce global computing resources, sufficient cash flow will become the key for large model manufacturers to break through in this long race.