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Anthropic surpasses OpenAI to become most valuable AI startup

Hacker News · May 30, 2026, 1:56 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Anthropic has become the most valuable artificial intelligence startup in the world, surpassing Open AI in market valuation.
  • Photo credit: pexels Anthropic announced that it had raised $65 billion in a Series H funding round.
  • Following the deal, Anthropic officially overtook OpenAI in market valuation and became the largest AI company among Silicon Valley s private startups.

Anthropic has become the most valuable artificial intelligence startup in the world, surpassing Open AI in market valuation. Following a new funding round, the valuation of the developer behind the Claude AI assistant has approached the $1 trillion mark, reports a Qazinform News Agency correspondent.

Photo credit: pexels Anthropic announced that it had raised $65 billion in a Series H funding round. The largest investors included Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia Capital.

Following the deal, Anthropic officially overtook OpenAI in market valuation and became the largest AI company among Silicon Valley s private startups.

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