Social posts say Anthropic is seeking a >$30B funding round

Anthropic is reported to be lining up another giant private funding round just three months after closing a $30 billion raise. Bloomberg reported on May 22 that the company could close a new round of more than $30 billion as soon as next week at a valuation above $900 billion. (bloomberg.com) That report, which was echoed across finance aggregation sites and amplified on X, would put Anthropic on course to become the world’s most valuable AI startup if the terms hold. (bloomberg.com) Anthropic has not publicly announced a new financing, and the details circulating on social media appear to track Bloomberg’s reporting rather than an official company statement. ### Where did the $30 billion and $900 billion figures come from? Bloomberg reported that Anthropic “may top $30 billion” in fresh funding and could be valued at “above $900 billion,” citing people familiar with the matter. Yahoo Finance carried the same Bloomberg report. (bloomberg.com) Trader Fazal and other X accounts posted the same broad figures on May 23, along with a proposed investor lineup and timing. Those posts are useful as a signal of what is circulating, but the strongest reported sourcing for the financing terms is Bloomberg’s account, not the social posts themselves. (bloomberg.com) ### Which investors are being named? Bloomberg’s report named Sequoia Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Altimeter Capital and Greenoaks as investors tied to the proposed round, according to the preliminary card and matching secondary reports that cited the same account. (bloomberg.com) Anthropic’s February 12 funding announcement already listed Dragoneer, Altimeter, Greenoaks and Sequoia among its investors, though that earlier round was led by GIC and Coatue. That matters because the names now circulating are not new to Anthropic’s cap table. ### How big a jump would this be from Anthropic’s last round? (bloomberg.com) Anthropic said on February 12 that it had raised $30 billion in Series G funding at a $380 billion post-money valuation. Reuters reported the same day that the financing more than doubled the company’s valuation and underscored investor demand for AI startups. (bloomberg.com) A move from $380 billion in February to above $900 billion in late May would represent a steep re-pricing in a short period. Anthropic said in February that its run-rate revenue had reached $14 billion and that Claude Code’s run-rate revenue had grown to more than $2.5 billion. Reuters separately reported that OpenAI could be valued at about $830 billion in talks tied to SoftBank in January, which is the comparison point behind claims that Anthropic could overtake it. (anthropic.com) ### What has Anthropic said publicly? Anthropic’s most recent public financing statement remains its February 12 announcement. In that release, Chief Financial Officer Krishna Rao said Claude was becoming “critical to how businesses work” and said the fundraising reflected customer demand. (anthropic.com) The company has not, in the material reviewed here, published a statement confirming a new $30 billion-plus round at a $900 billion-plus valuation. That leaves Bloomberg’s report as the main reported basis for the current story. ### What should readers watch next week? Next week is the timeline attached to the reported deal. (anthropic.com) Bloomberg said the round could close as soon as next week, and the names to watch are Sequoia, Dragoneer, Altimeter and Greenoaks, along with any statement from Anthropic itself. Anthropic’s own newsroom is the clearest place to look for confirmation, because the company used that channel on February 12 to announce its last $30 billion financing and list participating investors. (anthropic.com) (bloomberg.com)