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成立仅4年,估值已超1万亿元!超级独角兽获920亿元融资,投资人疯狂砸钱,中东“土豪”也出手了
Mei Ri Jing Ji Xin Wen·2025-09-03 10:16

Core Viewpoint - Anthropic, a leading player in the large model industry, has successfully completed a Series F funding round of $13 billion, raising its valuation to $183 billion, marking a significant increase in investor confidence and demand for its AI solutions [1][3]. Funding and Valuation - The recent funding round is the second largest in the large model sector, following OpenAI's historic $40 billion raise earlier this year, which valued OpenAI at $300 billion [3]. - Anthropic's valuation has surged nearly threefold from $61.4 billion after its previous funding round of $3.5 billion in March [3]. - The funding amount exceeded initial expectations, which were set at $5 billion and later adjusted to $10 billion before reaching the final $13 billion [3]. Company Growth and Product Development - Anthropic, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees, has gained recognition in sectors such as finance and healthcare with its chatbot, Claude, and related technologies [4]. - The usage of Claude Code has increased over tenfold in three months, generating over $500 million in operational revenue [4]. - The company recently launched a new model, Claude Opus 4.1, which significantly enhances programming, research, and data analysis capabilities [4]. Competitive Landscape - Anthropic is considered one of OpenAI's strongest competitors, with a core team that has comparable algorithmic expertise and backing from major tech firms like Amazon and Google [8]. - Despite the substantial funding, the company faces challenges in covering the high operational costs typical in the AI industry, with OpenAI projected to spend $8 billion this year alone [8]. - Anthropic's competitive edge may be tested as OpenAI recently released the anticipated GPT-5 model, which focuses on enhancing coding capabilities, a key selling point for Anthropic [8].