Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic announced today that it has successfully secured a massive $65 billion funding round, with a post-money valuation reaching an astonishing $965 billion. This funding is considered the company's final private financing round before its official entry into the public market through an initial public offering (IPO).

This Series H funding was led by several top-tier institutions, including Altimeter Capital and Sequoia Capital, with strategic partners such as Samsung also participating. In addition, the funding includes investments previously promised by tech giants, such as Amazon's additional $5 billion investment announced in April this year.

New Model Launch and Profitability on the Horizon

On the same day of the funding announcement, Anthropic officially launched its new Claude Opus 4.8 large model. The new model demonstrates stronger capabilities in agent tasks and advanced code writing, and significantly improves the honesty and self-correction ability of responses.

Thanks to the strong demand from enterprise customers for code tools, the company's annualized revenue has exceeded $47 billion within the month. Market analysts predict that with a projected 130% increase in revenue, this AI unicorn is about to achieve its first operational profitability since its inception.

Industry Giants Competing for the Capital Summit

Currently, the competition between Anthropic and its core rival OpenAI in terms of fundraising and user growth has entered a highly intense phase. To gain an advantage in their respective IPO processes, both sides have demonstrated remarkable fundraising capabilities in the capital market.

As a comparison, OpenAI recently completed a $12.2 billion funding round in March this year, with a post-money valuation of $85.2 billion at that time. Meanwhile, SpaceX, which has merged with xAI, is also advancing its listing process and has set its target valuation at $200 billion in the latest funding round.