
Anthropic, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup co-founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees, has made headlines with its recent acquisition of $3.5 billion in funding. This latest financial injection, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and supported by other notable investors such as Bessemer Venture Partners, Cisco Investments, and Salesforce Ventures, brings the company’s total capital raised to an impressive $18.2