AI systems company Anthropic bags $30 billion in funding at $380 billion valuation
Claude AI maker Anthropic has raised $30 billion in a Series G funding round at a $380 billion post-money valuation. This was led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and investment firm Coatue, with participation from D.E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ, and MGX.
The funding round includes a portion of a $15 billion commitment made by Microsoft and Nvidia late last year as part of a partnership between the groups, though Anthropic did not specify how much.
In a LinkedIn post, the San Francisco-based company, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, said: “This investment will allow us to deepen our safety research, continue innovating in product, and power our infrastructure expansion as we make Claude available everywhere our customers are. Today, our run rate revenue is $14 billion. It has grown over 10x in each of the past three years, driven by our position as the intelligence platform of choice for enterprises and developers.”
“Claude is increasingly becoming more critical to how businesses work,” said Krishna Rao, Anthropic’s Chief Financial Officer. “We will use this investment to continue building the enterprise grade products and models they have come to depend on.”
“The world is in peril”
An AI safety researcher has quit Anthropic, warning that the "world is in peril".
In his resignation letter shared on X, Mrinank Sharma told the firm he was leaving amid concerns about AI, bioweapons and the state of the wider world. He now plans to pursue writing and studying poetry, and is moving back to the UK to "become invisible".
Today is my last day at Anthropic. I resigned.
— mrinank (@MrinankSharma) February 9, 2026
Here is the letter I shared with my colleagues, explaining my decision. pic.twitter.com/Qe4QyAFmxL
RTIH AI in Retail Awards
Brarista, IBM Consulting, Foundit!, Quorso, Vusion, Sensei, Reckon.ai, EE, Walkbase, Globant, Riskified, and Goddiva were among the winners at the RTIH AI in Retail Awards, sponsored by VenHub Global, 3D Cloud, EdTech Innovation Hub, and Retail Technology Show.
Our sister title RTIH’s 2026 hall of fame entrants were revealed during a sold out event which took place at The Barbican in Central London on Thursday, 29th January, and consisted of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by award winning comedian, actress and writer Lucy Porter.
In his welcome speech, Scott Thompson, Founder and Editor, RTIH, said: “According to Amazon’s Andy Jassy: AI is a once in a lifetime reinvention of everything we know, and the largest technology transformation since the cloud.”
“Whether that’s overstating it or not, we're certainly seeing an increasing number of innovative, potentially game changing developments in this space across both traditional and digital retail spaces. And that is reflected in tonight's finalists, who are boosting customer experiences and tackling retailers' painpoints across the likes of physical stores, online, omnichannel, supply chain, and payments.”
“To quote one of our judges: I have to admit, judging these awards was so difficult. So many that would have been worthy winners. And great to see how AI has moved firmly into delivery mode. Firmly into delivering for customers and driving huge innovation.”
Congratulations to our 2026 winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors, judging panel, the legend that is Lucy Porter, and all those who attended our Thursday, 29th January gathering.
Stay tuned for an indepth review of the awards ceremony in the next edition of RTIH magazine.
