# Anthropic: Artificial Intelligence (AI), San Francisco, United States

> Anthropic: Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that focuses on increasing the safety of large-scale AI systems.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/anthropic-2 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Anthropic

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that focuses on increasing the safety of large-scale AI systems.

Funding reported Last round: Secondary market

Artificial Intelligence (AI) San Francisco, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2021 5 years old
- **Team:** 251 201 to 1,000 people
- **Funding reported:** $9.7B in dollars
- **Last round:** Secondary market May 2024

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Anthropic has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## What company datasets say Anthropic raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$9.7B** in dollars

Rounds **10**

Last round **Secondary market**

Last round date **May 2024**

Investors listed **50**

## Founders and team

From Anthropic's own website: 7 founders, 7 on the team.

**Dario Amodei** Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

**Daniela Amodei** Co-Founder and President

**Jared Kaplan** Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer

**Sam McCandlish** Co-Founder and Chief Architect

**Tom Brown** Co-Founder and Chief Compute Officer

**Jack Clark** Co-Founder and Head of Public Benefit

**Chris Olah** Co-Founder and Interpretability Research Lead

- **Ami Vora** Chief Product Officer
- **Brian Israel** Chief Legal Officer
- **Hannah Pritchett** Chief People Officer
- **Krishna Rao** Chief Financial Officer
- **Paul Smith** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Rahul Patil** Chief Technology Officer
- **Sasha de Marigny** Chief Brand and Communications Officer

## On 12 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital)
- [Trog Hawley Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trog-hawley-capital)
- [Gemini Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gemini-capital)
- [Samsung Catalyst Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-catalyst-fund)
- [Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital)
- [Interplay](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interplay)
- [A.Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-capital-ventures)
- [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures)
- [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital)
- [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital)
- [Beyond Net Zero](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beyond-net-zero-general-atlantic)
- [Riverbend Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riverbend-capital)

Each firm lists Anthropic on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

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