Factbox-From Amazon to Google, the Deep-Pocketed Investors in Anthropic
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Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei speaks at the Dreamforce 2026 summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., on September 15, 2026. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Oct 26 (Reuters) - Few startups have attracted as much investor confidence as Anthropic. The AI company has received support from some of the biggest names in technology and finance, and its value has risen sharply through several rounds of funding.
Its planned initial public offering (IPO), when a company first sells shares to the public, is now being closely watched. It will test whether investors outside Silicon Valley are just as excited about the companies leading the AI boom.
Here is a look at the main investors backing Anthropic, the company that makes Claude:
Investor details
Amazon: Amazon has invested at least $13 billion in Anthropic. In April, it agreed to invest up to another $20 billion. Anthropic has also promised to spend more than $100 billion on Amazon's cloud services over 10 years.
Alphabet's Google: Google has promised to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic. This includes an initial $10 billion investment announced in April.
The partnership gives Anthropic access to cloud computing resources and Google's AI chips. These chips are used to train and run Claude models.
Spark Capital: Spark Capital led Anthropic's $450 million Series C funding round in May 2023.
It gained a seat on Anthropic's board through its general partner, Yasmin Razavi.
Lightspeed Venture Partners: Lightspeed led the $3.5 billion Series E funding round in March 2025.
It later co-led the $13 billion Series F round in September that year, when Anthropic was valued at $183 billion.
Fidelity Management & Research: Fidelity took part in the Series E round and co-led the $13 billion Series F funding round, which valued Anthropic at $183 billion.
The firm's other investments include Databricks and CoreWeave.
Salesforce Ventures: Salesforce Ventures took part in the $450 million Series C round and the $3.5 billion Series E funding round.
The software company's investment arm has also backed firms such as Cohere and Chainguard.
ICONIQ Capital: ICONIQ led the $13 billion Series F round, which valued Anthropic at $183 billion. It later co-led the $30 billion Series G funding round.
The venture capital firm's investments include OpenAI and Oura, a company that makes smart rings.
GIC: Singapore's sovereign wealth fund led the $30 billion Series G round, which valued Anthropic at $380 billion.
GIC has also invested in ElevenLabs, a startup that makes AI-generated voices.
Coatue Management: Coatue led the $30 billion Series G funding round and later co-led the $65 billion Series H round.
The investment firm has also funded companies such as Canva and CoreWeave.
D1 Capital Partners: D1 Capital invested in several large funding rounds, including Series E, Series F, Series G and Series H.
The firm also has investments in Cognition AI and SpaceX.
Sequoia Capital: Sequoia was a major investor in the Series G round. It later became one of the lead investors in the $65 billion Series H round, which valued Anthropic at $965 billion.
Altimeter Capital: Altimeter invested in Anthropic's $13 billion funding round in September 2025.
It was also a lead investor in the $65 billion Series H round, which valued Anthropic at $965 billion.
Jaan Tallinn: Tallinn, a co-founder of Skype, led Anthropic's first funding round from institutional investors. The Series A round raised $124 million in 2021.
The angel investor has also funded Zyphra and Rain AI, startups working on open-source AI and AI technology.
Eric Schmidt: The former Google chief executive has invested in Anthropic using his personal money and is one of the company's best-known individual investors.
Schmidt has also funded Advanced Machine Intelligence, a company founded by Yann LeCun.
Menlo Ventures: Menlo took part in major later-stage funding rounds, including the $3.5 billion Series E round, which valued Anthropic at $61.5 billion.
(Reporting by Anhata Rooprai in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
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