Anthropic Eclipses Rival OpenAI With Valuation of $965 Billion

Anthropic raised $65 billion in a new funding round that values the AI company at $965 billion including the investment, surpassing OpenAI’s valuation for the first time. The deal underscores strong investor appetite for leading AI platforms and marks a major private-market repricing for the sector. The immediate market impact is likely concentrated in AI-related private and public tech comparables rather than broad markets.

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Anthropic raised $65 billion in a new funding round that values the AI company at $965 billion including the investment, surpassing OpenAI’s valuation for the first time. The deal underscores strong investor appetite for leading AI platforms and marks a major private-market repricing for the sector. The immediate market impact is likely concentrated in AI-related private and public tech comparables rather than broad markets.