People familiar with the matter: AI startup Anthropic is negotiating a new round of financing of US$750 million, with Menlo Ventures leading the investment

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic is in talks to raise $750 million in a venture capital round led by Menlo Ventures that values ​​the company at $15 billion (excluding this investment), two people familiar with the matter said. , more than three times its valuation this spring. This round of investment has not yet been finalized. A third person familiar with the matter said the final valuation could be as high as $18 billion. The investment adds to the commitments it has received from major cloud providers that also provide Anthropic with computing resources. It is reported that this startup is one of OpenAI’s main competitors. The deal for Claude, the chatbot maker, shows that venture investors still have strong appetite for top AI deals as long as the startups can generate revenue. (The Information)