Anthropic Nears Trillion-Dollar Valuation After $65B Round

AI startup Anthropic has approached a trillion-dollar valuation after a $65 billion funding round. The company is now valued at $965 billion. Multiple outlets report that Anthropic has also filed paperwork for a US initial public offering. CNBC states the company has a $47 billion annualized revenue run rate. Saastr reports about 5,000 employees, which translates to roughly $9.4 million in revenue per employee. This valuation exceeds OpenAI's most recent private valuation of $852 billion. Anthropic has also released or updated models like Claude Opus 4.8 and products such as Claude Code. This rapid growth and IPO filing show a quick path to high valuations in the AI sector. This news matters as it highlights the intense investor interest and rapid scale of companies in the current AI landscape.