AI boom continues: Anthropic secures $2.5 billion
The AI revolution is devouring capital like never before, and Anthropic is playing a big part: This week, the company secured a five-year, $2.5 billion revolving credit facility to strengthen its liquidity in the escalating competition of artificial intelligence. This underscores that the AI boom continues.
Anthropic, which launched its chatbot Claude in March 2023, last completed a financing round in March 2025 at a valuation of $61.5 billion. The new credit line complements this capital base and, according to the company, is intended to strengthen the balance sheet and enable investments in its rapid growth.
“This credit line gives us the flexibility to continue supporting our exponential growth,” said Krishna Rao, Anthropic’s chief financial officer, in a statement.
In the first quarter of 2025, Anthropic reached an annualized revenue rate of $2 billion—more than double the previous quarter's figure. Revenue chief Kate Jensen recently told CNBC that the number of customers spending over $100,000 annually with Anthropic increased eightfold compared to the previous year.
The lenders of the new credit line are a consortium of well-known financial institutions, including Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Royal Bank of Canada.
Amazon and Google on boardUS online retailer Amazon had acquired a minority stake in Anthropic and has invested approximately eight billion dollars in it to date. In addition to Amazon, Google is also a significant investor: The Alphabet subsidiary is said to have invested approximately three billion dollars in Anthropic.
AI arms race: OpenAI follows suitAnthropic isn't alone in the race for fresh capital. Its competitor, OpenAI with its flagship product ChatGPT, secured a $4 billion credit line in October 2024, with an option to increase it to up to $6 billion. This gives OpenAI more than $10 billion in liquidity. Investors also include JPMorgan, Citi, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. This cash injection came shortly after a financing round that valued OpenAI at $157 billion.
Money continues to be plentiful in the AI sector: Saudi Arabia recently announced billions in investments. While Amazon shares were stagnating heading into the weekend, the stock recently sent an important signal by jumping above the $200 mark. Far-sighted investors are taking action.
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