Anthropic to raise $10B at $350B valuation

by | Jan 8, 2026 | Latest E-commerce News & Updates

Anthropic initiated a $10 billion funding round led by GIC and Coatue Management that valued the AI startup at $350 billion. The deal nearly doubled the company’s valuation from four months prior and followed a record year where AI firms collected $222 billion. Reports indicated the Claude developer planned to go public later this year and expected to break even by 2028, ahead of rival OpenAI.

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