Anthropic, the U.S. artificial intelligence company founded five years ago, has achieved a financial milestone by closing a funding round of $30 billion, significantly surpassing its initial goal of $10 billion. Notable investors include GIC, Coatue, Founders Fund, and Nvidia. This capital injection prepares the company for its imminent IPO this year. Following this operation, Anthropic reaches a post-money valuation of $380 billion, solidifying its position as the second most valuable startup in the AI sector, behind OpenAI, which is currently valued at $500 billion. Anthropic's funding round ranks among the largest in the history of tech venture capital, only surpassed by OpenAI's $40 billion round, which is negotiating to raise up to $100 billion in a new operation. According to a statement from Anthropic, the round includes part of the investments previously announced by Microsoft and Nvidia, which committed $5 billion and $10 billion, respectively, in November. In September, the company had already raised $13 billion, reaching a valuation of $183 billion at that time. In terms of results, Anthropic has reported annualized revenues of $14 billion, primarily driven by its focus on the enterprise sector. Three years ago, its revenues were only $100 million. Currently, 80% of its revenue comes from corporate clients, according to its CEO, Dario Amodei. One of the company's key products is Claude Code, an intelligent assistant for software engineering launched last spring, which already generates annualized revenues of $2.5 billion and has doubled its active user base since January. Additionally, Anthropic has recently introduced the Claude Opus 4.6 model, aimed at businesses, and the productivity assistant Claude Cowork, capable of performing specialized tasks in areas such as legal, sales, or finance. The company has revised its business plan and expects to reach revenues of $18 billion this year and $55 billion by 2027. However, it has postponed its goal of achieving positive free cash flow until 2028, according to information from The Information. (Source: expansion.com)