Funding Round: Series D (Amazon Strategic Investment) (Anthropic)
The record claims the Series D round was '$4 billion (Amazon Strategic Investment)' with a valuation of $18.1 billion in 2023-09. However, the source clearly distinguishes between: (1) Amazon's $4 billion investment in late 2023 (paid in two pieces), and (2) the Series D round of $750 million led by Menlo Ventures in February 2024. These are two separate funding events. The $4 billion Amazon investment is not the Series D round. The date is also incorrect—the Series D occurred in February 2024, not September 2023. The valuation of $18.1 billion is confirmed, but it occurred 'by early 2024,' not in September 2023.
Our claim
entire record- Company
- Anthropic
- Company
- Anthropic
- Name
- Series D (Amazon Strategic Investment)
- Date
- September 2023
- Raised
- 4000000000
- Raised Low
- 4000000000
- Raised High
- 4000000000
- Valuation
- 18100000000
- Valuation Low
- 18100000000
- Valuation High
- 18100000000
- Instrument
- equity
- Lead Investor
- Amazon
- Lead Investor
- Amazon
- Notes
- Amazon committed up to $4B paid in two tranches (first in Sept 2023, second in Nov 2024). Brought total Amazon investment to $8B. Included AWS as primary cloud and training partner. Valuation reached $18.1B by early 2024.
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checkNoteThe record claims the Series D round was '$4 billion (Amazon Strategic Investment)' with a valuation of $18.1 billion in 2023-09. However, the source clearly distinguishes between: (1) Amazon's $4 billion investment in late 2023 (paid in two pieces), and (2) the Series D round of $750 million led by Menlo Ventures in February 2024. These are two separate funding events. The $4 billion Amazon investment is not the Series D round. The date is also incorrect—the Series D occurred in February 2024, not September 2023. The valuation of $18.1 billion is confirmed, but it occurred 'by early 2024,' not in September 2023.