The American artificial intelligence developer Anthropic has officially claimed the title of the world's most valuable AI startup, successfully overtaking its primary rival OpenAI. As part of its latest funding round announced on Thursday, the company managed to secure a colossal 65 billion dollars from a pool of leading venture capital firms. As a direct result of this financial triumph, the market valuation of the Claude chatbot creator skyrocketed to an impressive 965 billion dollars, placing it on the doorstep of the historic one-trillion-dollar milestone.

This spectacular investment round was assembled in just a few weeks with the backing of industry heavyweights such as Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia Capital, showcasing unprecedented institutional enthusiasm for Anthropic's technologies. This explosive valuation growth was heavily fueled by the commercial success of their specialized AI programming assistant, Claude Code, which triggered a massive surge in corporate earnings. According to industry insiders, the company's annualized run rate revenue has already touched 47 billion dollars and is on track to clear the 50-billion-dollar threshold by the end of next month, compared to a total actual revenue of 10 billion dollars throughout the previous year. Furthermore, by the conclusion of the ongoing second quarter, the startup management projects revenue to reach 10.9 billion dollars, which could potentially allow the ambitious tech firm to book its first-ever quarterly net profit.

Amidst the intensifying generative model arms race, both AI titans are currently actively structuring their exit strategies for the public stock market. Reports indicate that OpenAI is poised to submit its regulatory filings within the coming weeks, aiming to launch its initial public offering (IPO) as early as September. The Anthropic team has also confirmed its listing plans, though the exact timeline and specific parameters of its future share floating remain undecided for now. This shift in market leadership will undoubtedly reshape the balance of power on Wall Street and establish entirely new pricing benchmarks for the broader technology sector.