Anthropic reaches almost one trillion and prepares to land in Milan

In the race for the gigantism of companies active in artificial intelligence, Anthropic marks an important point just one day after Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical to reason about the AI phenomenon. The American giant has in fact raised $65 billion in a new funding round, which values Claude's 'parent' company at an impressive $965 billion.

A valuation just a whisker away from the one trillion mark in view of a possible IPO in the coming months. "This financing will help us meet the historic demand we are experiencing, remain at the forefront of research and bring Claude into more and more business contexts," said Krishna Rao, Anthropic CFO. What will please Anthropic's number one most is that with this new acceleration, the group's valuation - according to Bloomberg - has surpassed that of rival OpenAI, the 'mum' of ChatGpt. The new financing was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital.

And as Anthropic grows in size, and prepares for Wall Street, the group also lands in Italia: it will in fact open a new office in Milan, the sixth in Europe after London, Dublin, Paris, Zurich and Munich. The Milan-based team of Anthropic professionals will work with Italian companies and the national community of developers on Claude, Anthropic's generative artificial intelligence chatbot. "We are in Italia to accompany large companies and support research and culture in a safe transition to artificial intelligence," explained Chris Ciauri, Managing Director International at Anthropic. "Italia is a country that has always been able to embrace profound transformations, and we are optimistic about what the AI frontier can offer this country, large industrial groups, entrepreneurs, universities and cultural institutions

Led by Thomas Remy, Head of Southern Europe at Anthropic, the European team is already working with leading Italian companies, including Generali and Unipol in the financial sector, Angelini Pharma and Bracco in the life sciences sector, Enel in energy, and Pirelli in automotive. Anthropic has also entered into a partnership with JAKALA, one of Europe's leading Data and AI companies. Italian start-ups and technology companies are also among the platform's early adopters. Satispay, the financial app used by more than six million users, has introduced Claude to its engineering team as Bending Spoons.