Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic said Monday that it had completed a new fundraising deal that valued the company at $61.5 billion, up from about $16 billion a little more than a year ago.
Led by the venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, the new round will pump an additional $3.5 billion into the company. Since its founding in 2021, Anthropic has raised more than $14.8 billion from venture firms like Menlo Ventures and tech giants like Amazon, Google and Salesforce.
The deal comes amid a surge in funding activity for the…
