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Anthropic

Frontier AI Lab
Founded Jan 2021 (5 years old)HQ: San Francisco, CAanthropic.com

Also known as: Anthropic PBC, Anthropic AI

DateEventTypeDescription
Dec 2020Founded by 7 ex-OpenAI researchersFoundingDario Amodei (CEO), Daniela Amodei (President), Chris Olah, Tom Brown, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, and Sam McCandlish departed OpenAI over disagreement about scaling vs. alignment priorities.
2021Series A led by Jaan Tallinn at $550M pre-money valuationFundingSkype co-founder Jaan Tallinn reportedly led the Series A. Dustin Moskovitz also participated in seed and Series A rounds.
2022FTX invests ~$500MFundingFTX reportedly invested approximately $500M in Anthropic in 2022 according to multiple news accounts.
Dec 2024Run-rate revenue ~$1BMilestoneBeginning-of-2025 run-rate revenue figure reported as approximately $1B.
Jul 2025Annualized revenue $4BMilestone
Dec 2025Run-rate revenue exceeds $9BMilestone
Feb 2026Run-rate revenue reaches $14BMilestone
Mar 2026Run-rate revenue reaches ~$19BMilestoneReportedly targeting $20-26B annualized revenue for 2026, with bull-case projections reaching up to $70B by 2028.