Anthropic was founded in 2021 by Daniela Amodei, Dario Amodei, Jack Clark, Sam McCandlish, and Tom Brown. In early 2023 Anthropic was valued at $4.1 billion, and as of October 2023, CNBC confirmed Google’s investment with the company of $2 billion. The AI company has not publicly endorsed plans to participate in an IPO.
Anthropic is the developer of an AI chatbot that is designed to enable higher degrees of safety regulation and steering than its competitors, without sacrificing reliability or autonomy. In May 2023, the company announced new series C funding of $450 million from investors such as Google, Salesforce Ventures, Sound Ventures, and Zoom Ventures. Per Forge Data, Anthropic has had 9 funding rounds and is valued at $3.3 billion.
These comments should not be interpreted to mean that the company is formally pursuing or foregoing an IPO.
Funding Date | Share Class | Amount Raised | Price per Share | Post-Money Valuation | Key Investors | |
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03/27/2024 | Series D-2 | $120MM | $xx.xx | $18.4B | Amazon | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
4,443,769
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Amazon
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03/27/2024 | Series D-3 | $3.42B | $xx.xx | $18.4B | Amazon | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
114,097,969
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Amazon
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10/27/2023 | Series D-1 | $2B | $xx.xx | $14.55B | ||
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
66,689,997
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Google
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05/23/2023 | Series C-1 | $296.34MM | $xx.xx | $4.99B | Google, Menlo Ventures, Nls Ventures, Raison, Salesforce Ventures, Seven Rivers Capital, Sound Ventures, Spark Capital, Sva, Zoom Ventures | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
26,397,182
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Google, Menlo Ventures, Nls Ventures, Raison, Salesforce Ventures, Seven Rivers Capital, Sound Ventures, Spark Capital, Sva, Zoom Ventures
|
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05/23/2023 | Series C-2 | $150MM | $xx.xx | $4.99B | Google, Menlo Ventures, Nls Ventures, Raison, Salesforce Ventures, Seven Rivers Capital, Sound Ventures, Spark Capital, Sva, Zoom Ventures | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
13,361,719
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Google, Menlo Ventures, Nls Ventures, Raison, Salesforce Ventures, Seven Rivers Capital, Sound Ventures, Spark Capital, Sva, Zoom Ventures
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02/03/2023 | Series B | $981.5MM | $xx.xx | $4.02B | Caroline Ellison, Center For Emerging Risk Research, Jaan Tallinn, Jim Mcclave, Nishad Singh, Sam Bankman-Fried | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
87,430,352
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Caroline Ellison, Center For Emerging Risk Research, Jaan Tallinn, Jim Mcclave, Nishad Singh, Sam Bankman-Fried
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05/28/2021 | Series A | $124.62MM | $xx.xx | $623.11MM | Center For Emerging Risk Research, Dustin Moskovitz, Eric Schmidt, Jaan Tallinn, James Mcclave | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
48,574,420
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Center For Emerging Risk Research, Dustin Moskovitz, Eric Schmidt, Jaan Tallinn, James Mcclave
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