Blackstone Joins Anthropic Round, Raising Stake to $1 Billion

Bloomberg Blackstone Inc. is increasing its investment in artificial intelligence firm Anthropic PBC, elevating its stake to roughly $1 billion at the startup’s current valuation, according to people familiar with the matter. The world’s largest alternative asset manager is investing $200 million at a $350 billion valuation as part of Anthropic’s ongoing funding round, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. Anthropic, maker of the Claude AI models, has ...