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Anthropic Just Became the World's Most Valuable AI Company — and OpenAI Is Watching
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Anthropic closed a $65 billion Series H this week at a $965 billion post-money valuation, officially passing OpenAI's last known mark of $730 billion to claim the top spot among private AI companies. It is the kind of number that would have seemed fictional two years ago. Now it is a fundraising record and a signal that the AI investment cycle is nowhere near cooling off.
The round is widely read as Anthropic's final lap before an IPO. Claude's aggressive enterprise penetration — particularly in software development, where it has become the preferred coding assistant for a growing list of Fortune 500 teams — appears to be the primary argument that won over investors. Revenue growth, not just hype, is what pushed the valuation past OpenAI.
The shift in the AI pecking order is real and consequential. For years OpenAI had the biggest brand, the biggest model, and the biggest check. Now it has a rival with a credible claim to all three — and a safety-first positioning that plays well with the regulators circling the industry. The race just got a second horse.
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