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Anthropic

Frontier AI Lab
Founded Jan 2021 (5 years old)HQ: San Francisco, CAanthropic.com

Also known as: Anthropic PBC, Anthropic AI

Structured Facts
Database Records
Revenue
$19 billion
as of Mar 2026
Valuation
$380 billion
as of Feb 2026
Headcount
4,074
as of Jan 2026
Total Funding Raised
$67 billion
as of Feb 2026
Enterprise Market Share
32%
as of Jul 2025
Founded Date
Jan 2021

Funding History

7
Series GequityFeb 2026
$30Bat $380B valuationLed by GIC / Coatue
Series G led by GIC and Coatue, co-led by D.E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ, and MGX. Round includes a portion of previously announced investments from Microsoft and NVIDIA. Significant investors include Accel, Sequoia Capital, Bessemer, General Catalyst, Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase, Lightspeed, Menlo, Morgan Stanley, Temasek, TPG, and others. Post-money valuation of $380B — second-largest private venture funding deal of all time.
anthropic.com
Series FequitySep 2025
$13Bat $183B valuationLed by ICONIQ
Series F led by ICONIQ, co-led by Fidelity Management & Research and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Significant investors include Altimeter, Baillie Gifford, BlackRock, Blackstone, Coatue, GIC, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, General Catalyst, Insight Partners, Jane Street, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Qatar Investment Authority, TPG, T. Rowe Price, and XN. Post-money valuation of $183B.
anthropic.com
Series EequityMar 2025
$3.5Bat $62B valuationLed by Lightspeed Venture Partners
Series E led by Lightspeed Venture Partners ($1B contributed). Participants included Bessemer Venture Partners, Cisco Investments, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research, General Catalyst, Jane Street, Menlo Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures. Post-money valuation of $61.5B.
anthropic.com
Series DequityFeb 2024
$750Mat $18B valuationLed by Menlo Ventures
Series D led by Menlo Ventures via an SPV structure. Pre-money valuation of ~$15B, post-money approximately $18.4B. Menlo had first invested in Anthropic in the Series C.
techzine.eu
Series CequityMay 2023
$450MLed by Spark Capital
Series C led by Spark Capital. Other participants included Google, Menlo Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Microsoft, and others. Google separately agreed to invest up to $2B in 2023 to acquire ~10% stake.
techzine.eu
Series BequityApr 2022
$580Mat $4B valuationLed by FTX / Sam Bankman-Fried
Series B led by Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison of FTX. Post-money valuation of $4B. FTX subsequently collapsed in 2022.
techzine.eu
Series AequityMay 2021
$124Mat $550M valuationLed by Dustin Moscovitz / Jaan Tallinn
Dustin Moscovitz (Facebook co-founder) and Jaan Tallinn (Skype co-founder) were among seed investors and led the Series A. Pre-money valuation of $550M.
nextplatform.com

All Facts

Financial

Annual Cash Burn$3 billionDec 20252 pts
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Dec 2025$3 billionview →
Dec 2024$5.6 billionview →
Customer Concentration25%2025
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202525%view →
Employee Tender Offer$5.5 billionFeb 2026
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Feb 2026$5.5 billionview →
Enterprise Market Share32%Jul 20253 pts
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Jul 202532%view →
Jul 202532%view →
Dec 202418%view →
Equity Stake2.5%Feb 20263 pts
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Feb 20262.5%view →
Feb 202614%view →
Feb 20261.1%view →
Equity Value$57 billionFeb 20262 pts
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Feb 2026$57 billionview →
Feb 2026$66.5 billionview →
Gross Margin63%Dec 20262 pts
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Dec 202663%view →
Dec 202540%view →
Headcount4,074Jan 20267 pts
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Jan 20264,074view →
Sep 20251,500–2,000view →
Mar 20251,100–1,300view →
Sep 20241,035view →
Mar 2024600view →
Jun 2023200–300view →
2022192view →
Infrastructure Investment$50 billion2026
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2026$50 billionview →
Product Revenue$2.5 billionFeb 2026
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Feb 2026$2.5 billionview →
Retention Rate88%2025
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202588%view →
Revenue$19 billionMar 20269 pts
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Mar 2026$19 billionview →
Feb 2026$14 billionview →
Dec 2025$9.0 billionview →
Oct 2025$7 billionview →
Aug 2025$5 billionview →
Mar 2025$2 billionview →
Jan 2025$1 billionview →
Jun 2024$1 billionview →
Dec 2023$100 millionview →
Revenue Guidance$20 billionJan 2026
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Jan 2026$20 billionview →
Secondary Market Valuation$595 billionMar 20262 pts
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Mar 2026$595 billionview →
Nov 2025$350 billionview →
Total Funding Raised$67 billionFeb 20263 pts
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Feb 2026$67 billionview →
Jul 2025$15.0 billionview →
Oct 2023$4.4 billionview →
Valuation$380 billionFeb 20267 pts
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Feb 2026$380 billionview →
Sep 2025$183 billionview →
Mar 2025$61.5 billionview →
Feb 2024$18.0 billionview →
May 2023$4.1 billionview →
Apr 2022$4 billionview →
May 2021$550 millionview →

Products & Usage

Business Customers300,000Oct 2025
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Oct 2025300,000view →
Monthly Active Users18.9 millionMar 2025
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Mar 202518.9 millionview →
Monthly API Calls25 billionDec 2025
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Dec 202525 billionview →

Organization

CountryUnited States
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United Statesview →
Founded DateJan 2021
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Jan 2021view →
HeadquartersSan Francisco, CA2 pts
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San Francisco, CAview →
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Safety & Research

AI Safety LevelASL-3 (Opus 4, Opus 4.5, Opus 4.6), ASL-2 (Sonnet, Haiku)Feb 20262 pts
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Feb 2026ASL-3 (Opus 4, Opus 4.5, Opus 4.6), ASL-2 (Sonnet, Haiku)view →
May 2025ASL-3 (Opus 4+), ASL-2 (Sonnet/Haiku)view →
Interpretability Team Size50Dec 2025
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Dec 202550view →
Safety Researchers265Dec 2025
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Dec 2025265view →
Safety Staffing Ratio25%2025
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202525%view →

People

Background

Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropicview →

General

Websitehttps://www.anthropic.com/
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https://www.anthropic.com/view →

Divisions

8
NameDivisionTypeStatusSourceNotesStartDateSource check
Alignmentteamactiveanthropic.comThe Alignment team works to understand the risks of AI models and develop ways to ensure that future ones remain helpful, honest, and harmless.
Trust and Safetyteamactiveanthropic.comNon-research operational team responsible for usage-policy enforcement and user safety; reachable at usersafety@anthropic.com per Anthropic's Acceptable Use Policy.
Policy and Safeguardsteamactiveanthropic.comListed as one of Anthropic's research-adjacent teams on the Research page; AI policy research, government engagement, and model-safeguard operations.
Interpretabilityteamactiveanthropic.comThe Interpretability team's mission is to discover and understand how large language models work internally, as a foundation for AI safety and positive outcomes. Led by Chris Olah.2021-01
Economic Researchteamactiveanthropic.comListed among Anthropic's research teams on the Research page; studies the economic implications of AI.
Frontier Red Teamteamactiveanthropic.comThe Frontier Red Team analyzes the implications of frontier AI models for cybersecurity, biosecurity, and autonomous systems.
AI Welfare Researchteamactiveanthropic.comInvestigating moral status and welfare considerations for AI systems. Kyle Fish hired as first full-time AI welfare researcher at a major AI lab.2024-01
Societal Impactsteamactiveanthropic.comSocietal Impacts is a technical research team that explores how AI is used in the real world, working closely with the Anthropic Policy and Safeguards teams.

Entity Events

8
TitleDateEventTypeDescriptionSignificanceSource check
Run-rate revenue reaches ~$19B2026-03milestoneReportedly targeting $20-26B annualized revenue for 2026, with bull-case projections reaching up to $70B by 2028.major
Run-rate revenue reaches $14B2026-02milestonemajor
Run-rate revenue exceeds $9B2025-12milestonemajor
Annualized revenue $4B2025-07milestonemajor
Run-rate revenue ~$1B2024-12milestoneBeginning-of-2025 run-rate revenue figure reported as approximately $1B.major
FTX invests ~$500M2022fundingFTX reportedly invested approximately $500M in Anthropic in 2022 according to multiple news accounts.major
Series A led by Jaan Tallinn at $550M pre-money valuation2021fundingSkype co-founder Jaan Tallinn reportedly led the Series A. Dustin Moskovitz also participated in seed and Series A rounds.major
Founded by 7 ex-OpenAI researchers2020-12foundingDario Amodei (CEO), Daniela Amodei (President), Chris Olah, Tom Brown, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, and Sam McCandlish departed OpenAI over disagreement about scaling vs. alignment priorities.major

Equity Positions

13
HolderNotesStakeSource check
Amazon$10.75B invested; exact stake undisclosed; primary cloud partner
Sam McCandlishAlignment researcher; no publicly documented EA connections2%3%
Dustin Moskovitz$500M already in Good Ventures nonprofit vehicle0.8%2.5%
employee-equity-poolPledge rates vary: pre-2025 hires up to 50% with 3:1 match; post-2024 hires 25% with 1:1 match.12%18%
Daniela AmodeiMarried to Holden Karnofsky (GiveWell co-founder)2%3%
Jared KaplanScaling laws pioneer; safety-motivated co-founder; no documented EA pledge2%3%
Dario AmodeiGWWC signatory; early GiveWell supporter2%3%
Jack ClarkFormer OpenAI Policy Director; responsible AI advocate; EA-adjacent framing2%3%
Chris OlahInterpretability pioneer; participated in EA events; safety-focused2%3%
series-g-institutionalGIC, Coatue, D.E. Shaw, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ, MGX
Google / Alphabet$3.3B invested across 3 rounds; no philanthropic pledge13%15%
Tom BrownGPT-3 lead author; chose Anthropic's safety mission over other options2%3%
Jaan TallinnLed Series A; Skype co-founder; major AI safety funder0.6%1.7%
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