Anthropic raises 65 billion USD at a 965 billion USD valuation

2026-05-28 · Publisher : Anthropic · Domain : Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic raises 65 billion USD in a Series H led by Altimeter, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia, at a 965 billion USD valuation: the company surpasses OpenAI for the first time. Its run-rate revenue crosses 47 billion USD.

What changes

  • 65 billion USD Series H, 965 billion USD post-money valuation, versus 380 billion USD in February.
  • Anthropic surpasses OpenAI (852 billion USD in March) and becomes the most valuable AI start-up.
  • Run-rate revenue above 47 billion USD, versus 14 billion USD three and a half months earlier.
  • Micron, Samsung and SK hynix join the round; 15 billion USD of previously committed hyperscaler investments are included.
  • A few days later, Anthropic confidentially files for an IPO, according to Fortune.

On May 28, 2026, Anthropic announces a 65 billion USD Series H at a 965 billion USD post-money valuation. Three and a half months after its Series G (30 billion USD at 380 billion USD), the company surpasses OpenAI's valuation for the first time. ### What happened - The round is led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital, and co-led by Capital Group, Coatue, D1 Capital Partners, GIC, ICONIQ and XN. - It includes 15 billion USD of previously committed investments from hyperscalers, including 5 billion USD from Amazon. - Micron, Samsung and SK hynix join the round as strategic infrastructure partners (memory, storage, logic chips). - The funds will support safety and interpretability research, compute capacity and product development. ### Key figures | Metric (company data) | Series G (February) | Series H (May) | |---|---|---| | Amount raised | 30 billion USD | 65 billion USD | | Post-money valuation | 380 billion USD | 965 billion USD | | Run-rate revenue | 14 billion USD | over 47 billion USD | ### Compute Anthropic reports recent agreements with Amazon (up to 5 GW of new capacity), Google and Broadcom (5 GW of next-generation TPUs) and SpaceX (access to GPUs in the Colossus 1 and 2 supercomputers). Claude is available on AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure; AWS remains the primary cloud provider. ### Why it is a turning point The company, built around AI safety, becomes the most valuable AI start-up, driven by enterprise use, Claude Code and Cowork. CFO Krishna Rao speaks of "historic demand." On June 1, Fortune reports that Anthropic has confidentially filed for an IPO. ### Key takeaways In three and a half months, Anthropic's valuation is multiplied by more than 2.5. The race for capital is now also a race for gigawatts and memory chips.

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