Anthropic, the AI firm behind the Claude model family, has announced the close of a $30 billion Series G funding round. This is the second-biggest private financing round on record for tech, following OpenAI’s raise of over $40 billion last year.
The investment, led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and investment firm Coatue, elevates Anthropic’s post-money valuation to $380 billion.
This capital injection more than doubles the company’s valuation from its $183 billion Series F round in September 2025.
The round saw participation from a broad coalition of institutional and strategic investors, including D. E. Shaw Ventures, Founders Fund, and MGX, the Abu Dhabi-based AI investment vehicle. The funding also incorporates previously disclosed commitments from technology giants Microsoft and Nvidia.
The newly acquired capital is designated to accelerate frontier research and expand the physical infrastructure necessary to maintain Anthropic’s competitive edge. Unlike consumer-focused models, Anthropic has positioned its “Claude” models as the primary intelligence platform for enterprise environments and specialized software development.
“Whether it is entrepreneurs, startups, or the world’s largest enterprises, the message from our customers is the same: Claude is increasingly becoming critical to how businesses work,” Anthropic’s Chief Financial Officer Krishna Rao said. “This fundraising reflects the incredible demand we are seeing from these customers, and we will use this investment to continue building the enterprise-grade products and models they have come to depend on.”
Anthropic’s growth trajectory remains steep. The company reported a revenue run rate of $14 billion, a figure that has grown more than tenfold annually for three consecutive years. Current data indicates that eight of the Fortune 10 companies are now Claude customers.
Rise of Agentic Coding and ‘Claude Code’
A primary driver of Anthropic’s recent commercial success is Claude Code, an agentic tool for software engineering. Launched to the public in May 2025, Claude Code’s run-rate revenue has already exceeded $2.5 billion, doubling in the first six weeks of 2026 alone.
Industry metrics highlight the tool’s integration into global workflows. Recent analysis suggests that 4% of all public GitHub commits worldwide are now authored by Claude Code. This focus on “agentic” capabilities—where AI performs multi-step tasks autonomously—was a key factor for lead investors.
“Since our initial investment in 2025, Anthropic’s focus on agentic coding and enterprise-grade AI systems has accelerated its progress toward large-scale adoption,” said Philippe Laffont, Founder and Portfolio Manager of Coatue. “The team’s ability to rapidly scale its offerings further positions Anthropic as a leader in a highly competitive AI market.”
Strategic Multi-Cloud Resilience
In a move that distinguishes it from rivals like OpenAI, which is deeply tethered to Microsoft’s ecosystem, Anthropic remains the only frontier AI provider available across all three major cloud platforms: Amazon Web Services (Bedrock), Google Cloud (Vertex AI), and Microsoft Azure (Foundry).
The company also utilizes a diversified hardware strategy, running workloads on AWS Trainium and Google TPUs alongside NVIDIA GPUs. This diversification is marketed as a critical resilience factor for national security and global finance sectors that cannot risk single-point infrastructure failures.
Geopolitical and Regulatory Implications
The scale of this funding round reflects a broader geopolitical race for AI supremacy. As sovereign wealth funds from Singapore (GIC), Qatar (QIA), and the UAE (MGX) increase their stakes in American AI labs, the sector is increasingly viewed through the lens of national strategic interests.
Anthropic has also adopted a distinct posture regarding governance. While many in the industry lobby for deregulation, Anthropic recently committed $20 million to support U.S. political candidates who favor increased regulation of the AI industry. This aligns with the firm’s roots as a public benefit corporation over concerns regarding safety and commercial transparency.
Anthropic was founded in 2021 by Dario Amodei and his sister, Daniela Amodei.