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Anthropic is valued at $183 billion after a new funding round.
The company currently serves over 300,000 enterprise customers.
A marketing emphasis on safety could be a major driving factor.
Anthropic is soaring, and the popularity of its tools among enterprise clients is providing much of the lift.
The AI start-up announced on Tuesday that its latest funding round raised $13 billion, bringing it to a total valuation of $183 billion, an increase of close to 300% since March (when it was valued at approximately $61.5 billion). The funding round was led by investment firm ICONIQ and included capital from Fidelity, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and other investors.
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"The investment reflects Anthropic's continued momentum and reinforces our position as the leading intelligence platform for enterprises, developers, and power users," Anthropic wrote in a Tuesday blog post.
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