Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, announced a completed funding round of $13 billion that lifts its post‑money valuation to $183 billion. The company reported that its run‑word revenue surged from about $1 billion to more than $5 billion in less than nine months and that it now serves over 300,000 business customers. Large‑account customers increased sevenfold, and the Claude Code product generated over $500 million in run‑rate revenue, with usage growing more than tenfold since its full launch. The round was led by ICONIQ, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Qatar Investment Authority, TPG, Altimeter, Blackstone, Coatue and General Catalyst. Read more →

AI chip startup Groq announced a $750 million financing that lifts its post‑money valuation to $6.9 billion. The round, led by Disruptive with participation from BlackRock, Neuberger Berman, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and existing backers such as Samsung, Cisco and Altimeter, more than doubles the company’s valuation from a year ago. Groq’s LPUs – marketed as inference engines – are positioned as a non‑GPU alternative for AI workloads, and the firm now claims to power the AI applications of over two million developers. Read more →

Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, announced a completed funding round of $13 billion that lifts its post‑money valuation to $183 billion. The company reported that its run‑word revenue surged from about $1 billion to more than $5 billion in less than nine months and that it now serves over 300,000 business customers. Large‑account customers increased sevenfold, and the Claude Code product generated over $500 million in run‑rate revenue, with usage growing more than tenfold since its full launch. The round was led by ICONIQ, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Qatar Investment Authority, TPG, Altimeter, Blackstone, Coatue and General Catalyst. Read more →

Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, announced a completed funding round of $13 billion that lifts its post‑money valuation to $183 billion. The company reported that its run‑word revenue surged from about $1 billion to more than $5 billion in less than nine months and that it now serves over 300,000 business customers. Large‑account customers increased sevenfold, and the Claude Code product generated over $500 million in run‑rate revenue, with usage growing more than tenfold since its full launch. The round was led by ICONIQ, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Qatar Investment Authority, TPG, Altimeter, Blackstone, Coatue and General Catalyst. Read more →

AI chip startup Groq announced a $750 million financing that lifts its post‑money valuation to $6.9 billion. The round, led by Disruptive with participation from BlackRock, Neuberger Berman, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and existing backers such as Samsung, Cisco and Altimeter, more than doubles the company’s valuation from a year ago. Groq’s LPUs – marketed as inference engines – are positioned as a non‑GPU alternative for AI workloads, and the firm now claims to power the AI applications of over two million developers. Read more →

AI chip startup Groq announced a $750 million financing that lifts its post‑money valuation to $6.9 billion. The round, led by Disruptive with participation from BlackRock, Neuberger Berman, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and existing backers such as Samsung, Cisco and Altimeter, more than doubles the company’s valuation from a year ago. Groq’s LPUs – marketed as inference engines – are positioned as a non‑GPU alternative for AI workloads, and the firm now claims to power the AI applications of over two million developers. Read more →

Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, announced a completed funding round of $13 billion that lifts its post‑money valuation to $183 billion. The company reported that its run‑word revenue surged from about $1 billion to more than $5 billion in less than nine months and that it now serves over 300,000 business customers. Large‑account customers increased sevenfold, and the Claude Code product generated over $500 million in run‑rate revenue, with usage growing more than tenfold since its full launch. The round was led by ICONIQ, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Qatar Investment Authority, TPG, Altimeter, Blackstone, Coatue and General Catalyst. Read more →

AI chip startup Groq announced a $750 million financing that lifts its post‑money valuation to $6.9 billion. The round, led by Disruptive with participation from BlackRock, Neuberger Berman, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and existing backers such as Samsung, Cisco and Altimeter, more than doubles the company’s valuation from a year ago. Groq’s LPUs – marketed as inference engines – are positioned as a non‑GPU alternative for AI workloads, and the firm now claims to power the AI applications of over two million developers. Read more →

AI chip startup Groq announced a $750 million financing that lifts its post‑money valuation to $6.9 billion. The round, led by Disruptive with participation from BlackRock, Neuberger Berman, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and existing backers such as Samsung, Cisco and Altimeter, more than doubles the company’s valuation from a year ago. Groq’s LPUs – marketed as inference engines – are positioned as a non‑GPU alternative for AI workloads, and the firm now claims to power the AI applications of over two million developers. Read more →

Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, announced a completed funding round of $13 billion that lifts its post‑money valuation to $183 billion. The company reported that its run‑word revenue surged from about $1 billion to more than $5 billion in less than nine months and that it now serves over 300,000 business customers. Large‑account customers increased sevenfold, and the Claude Code product generated over $500 million in run‑rate revenue, with usage growing more than tenfold since its full launch. The round was led by ICONIQ, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Qatar Investment Authority, TPG, Altimeter, Blackstone, Coatue and General Catalyst. Read more →