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Spearheaded by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and US investment firm Coatue, the round saw co-leadership from D. E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ, and Abu Dhabi-based technology investment fund MGX. Microsoft and Nvidia also joined the investment, leveraging prior strategic partnerships. Anthropic intends to deploy these funds for advanced research, product innovation, and infrastructure expansion.
Anthropic disclosed an annual revenue of $14 billion, reflecting more than tenfold growth over the last three years. Notably, the company's coding utility, Claude Code, contributes over $2.5 billion to this annual revenue figure.
Regarding enterprise AI utilization, a key statistic from Anthropic indicates that over 500 clients expend more than $1 million per year on Claude. Additionally, eight of the top ten Fortune companies are currently utilizing their services.
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