Anthropic
AI Safety
- Valuation
- ~$965B(Series H, May 2026)
- Total Funding
- $125B+
- Revenue
- $45B ARR(May 2026, from $9B end-2025)
- Profit Status
- Pre-profit,explosive growth
- Revenue Growth
- >400% YoY
- Employees
- Not publicly disclosed;third-party estimates ~4,400-5,200 (2026)
About Anthropic
Anthropic is an AI safety company building the Claude model family. With $965B near-trillion valuation (2026), $45B ARR, and a confidential IPO filing (Jun 2026), Anthropic has become the fastest-growing AI company in history. Claude Fable 5.1 (Sep 2026) is its most capable generally available model; the current Opus, Sonnet and Haiku are 5.5 (Sep-Oct 2026). Amazon has committed $33B+ total, including $25B in Apr 2026 for 5GW of compute. Claude Code hit $2.5B annualized ARR.
Company History
Founded 2021 by former OpenAI researchers. Constitutional AI pioneer. Amazon $8B by 2024. Claude 4 Opus/Sonnet May 2025 (SWE-bench 72.5%). Series G $30B at $380B (Feb 2026). Amazon commits additional $25B (Apr 2026) for 5GW compute. ARR surged from $9B end-2025 to $45B by May 2026. Series H $65B at ~$965B valuation. Claude Opus 4.8 released May 2026. Claude Code hit $2.5B annualized by Feb 2026. IPO filing confidentially submitted Jun 1, 2026.
AI Models & Benchmarks
4 modelsClaude 3.5 Sonnet
Best-in-class coding, analysis, and visual reasoning. Outperforms GPT-4o on most benchmarks.
Benchmarks
- MMLU
- 88.7%
- HumanEval
- 92.0%
- GPQA Diamond
- 59.4%
- MATH
- 71.1%
- MT-Bench
- 9.0/10
Claude 3 Opus
Most intelligent model in Claude 3 family for complex tasks.
Benchmarks
- MMLU
- 86.8%
- HumanEval
- 84.9%
- GPQA Diamond
- 50.4%
- MATH
- 60.1%
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Fastest, most compact Claude model - matches Claude 3 Opus on many tasks.
Benchmarks
- MMLU
- 81.9%
- HumanEval
- 88.1%
Claude 3 Haiku
Ultra-fast, low-cost model for high-volume tasks.
Benchmarks
- MMLU
- 75.2%
- HumanEval
- 75.9%
Company Timeline
16 milestones- Jan 2021Founded by Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, and 9 other OpenAI researchers
- Mar 2023Claude 1 released publicly via API
- Sep 2023Amazon commits $1.25B; becomes preferred cloud provider
- Mar 2024Claude 3 family (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus) - Opus outperforms GPT-4
- Jun 2024Claude 3.5 Sonnet - sets new SOTA on coding benchmarks
- Oct 2024Computer Use GA - Claude can control computers directly
- Feb 2025Claude 3.7 Sonnet - extended thinking/hybrid reasoning
- Mar 2025$61.5B valuation; Claude Code CLI released
- May 2025Claude 4 Opus & Sonnet - #1 on SWE-bench (72.5%)
- Nov 2025Claude Code hits $1B annualized ARR
- Feb 2026Series G $30B at $380B; Claude Opus 4.6 released; Claude Code reaches $2.5B ARR
- Apr 2026Amazon commits additional $25B (total $33B+); 5GW compute deal
- May 2026Claude Opus 4.8 released (current flagship); ARR hits $45B
- Jun 2026Series H $65B at ~$965B valuation; IPO filing submitted confidentially
- Sep 2026Claude Fable 5.1 (1 Sep), Opus 5.5 (22 Sep), Sonnet 5.5 (28 Sep)
- Oct 2026Claude Haiku 5.5 released (7 Oct)
Funding Rounds
9 rounds| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Series A | $124M | Spark Capital, Google |
| Sep 2023 | Amazon Strategic | $1.25B | Amazon |
| Mar 2024 | Amazon Expanded | $2.75B | Amazon |
| May 2024 | Series E | $3B+ | Google, Spark Capital, Salesforce |
| Nov 2024 | Amazon Expanded | +$4B (total $8B) | Amazon |
| Mar 2025 | Series F | $3.5B+ | Google, Spark Capital, $61.5B valuation |
| Feb 2026 | Series G | $30B | GIC, Coatue, $380B valuation |
| Apr 2026 | Amazon Expanded | $25B additional | Amazon (5GW compute deal) |
| Jun 2026 | Series H | $65B | ~$965B valuation; IPO filed confidentially |
Products & Services
8- Claude Fable 5.1
- Claude Opus 5.5
- Claude Sonnet 5.5
- Claude Haiku 5.5
- Claude API
- Claude.ai
- Claude Code (CLI)
- Claude Partner Network
People & ecosystem
Key People
- Dario Amodei (CEO)
- Daniela Amodei (President)
- Chris Olah (Research)
- Mike Krieger (Chief Product)
Key Investors
- Amazon ($33B+ total)
- GIC
- Coatue
- Spark Capital
- Salesforce Ventures