AI company Anthropic plans to raise $3.5 billion for a valuation of $61.5 billion

According to Bloomberg, artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is about to complete a $3.5 billion funding round, with a valuation of $61.5 billion, higher than the initial planned funding target. Anthropic is one of the leading developers of large-scale language models, attracting the attention of numerous investors. Since the beginning of this year, Elon Musk's xAI has sought $10 billion in funding, while OpenAI is in talks for up to $40 billion in funding. According to sources, Lightspeed Venture Partners had previously pushed Anthropic to raise $2 billion at the beginning of the year, and subsequently expanded its funding target to $3.5 billion with oversubscription, indicating high market interest in the company. Potential investors include Menlo Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and MGX in Abu Dhabi.