PYMNTS.com January 27, 2026
Anthropic is close to finalizing a fundraising deal in which it will raise $20 billion and be valued at $350 billion, the Financial Times reported Tuesday (Jan. 27), citing unnamed sources.
The artificial intelligence (AI) startup doubled the amount it was in talks to raise after seeing a high level of demand from investors, according to the report.
One investor told the FT that Anthropic has seen as much as six times the interest it originally expected. Other sources said the company will lock in as much as $15 billion as early as Tuesday and the remainder of the raise within weeks, per the report.
These figures are separate from the $15 billion that Microsoft and Nvidia have committed to...
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