AI Lab Profile · United States
Anthropic
Anthropic is independent foundation-model lab (Public Benefit Corporation), founded in 2021 and headquartered in San Francisco, USA. Safety-focused frontier models; Constitutional AI; enterprise and developer Claude.
Founded 2021 · San Francisco, USA · www.anthropic.com · Financials: Epoch AI (as of 2026-08-17) · Updated 2026-08-17
Overview
To ensure that humanity safely navigates the transition through transformative AI by building reliable, interpretable and steerable AI systems.
Founded in 2021 by a group of former OpenAI researchers, including siblings Dario Amodei (CEO) and Daniela Amodei (President).
Flagship AI models
Key models released by Anthropic, most recent last. Dates are the public release month where confirmed.
- 2023-03 ClaudeFirst public Claude assistant
- 2024-03 Claude 3 (Opus/Sonnet/Haiku)Three-tier model family
- 2024-06 Claude 3.5 SonnetWidely adopted for coding and agentic tasks
- 2025-05 Claude Opus 4 / Sonnet 4Claude 4 generation frontier models
- 2025-11 Claude Opus 4.5Late-2025 frontier release
- 2026-07 Claude Opus 5Latest Opus-tier model per Anthropic's site; a step-change for long-running agents
Funding & financials
Quantitative figures from Epoch AI's Data on AI Companies (CC BY 4.0). Each is the latest dated figure Epoch holds; private labs disclose selectively, so undisclosed values are marked as such — never estimated.
| Total equity funding | $139.4bn | |
| Latest valuation | $965.0bn | as of 2026-05-28 |
| Est. annualised revenue | $47.0bn | as of 2026-05-15 |
| Staff | 3,000 | as of 2026-08-06 |
| Active users | Not disclosed | |
| Revenue / employee | $16m |
Key facts
- Published the 'Constitutional AI' method in December 2022, training models to follow an explicit written set of principles rather than relying only on human feedback.
- Amazon is a major investor and primary cloud partner (a commitment reported to total up to USD 8 billion); Google has also invested more than USD 2 billion.
- Operates as a Public Benefit Corporation and publishes a Responsible Scaling Policy defining AI Safety Levels (ASL).
- Closed-weights lab focused on enterprise and developer use of Claude via API and cloud marketplaces.
Frequently asked
- When was Anthropic founded?
- Anthropic was founded in 2021, by Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Tom Brown and others. It is headquartered in San Francisco, USA.
- How much funding has Anthropic raised?
- Anthropic has raised about $139.4bn in total equity funding, at a latest valuation of about $965.0bn (2026-05-28). Source: Epoch AI.
- What are Anthropic's main AI models?
- Anthropic's notable models include Claude Opus 4 / Sonnet 4, Claude Opus 4.5, Claude Opus 5. Safety-focused frontier models; Constitutional AI; enterprise and developer Claude.
Sources
Cite this company profile
Free to cite, quote and reference under CC BY 4.0 — with attribution to Affärslivet. Writing an article or answer? Reference this company profile as:
APA
Affärslivet Research. (2026). Anthropic — company profile. Affärslivet. https://xn--affrslivet-s5a.com/en/ai/labs/anthropic
MLA
"Anthropic — company profile." Affärslivet, 2026-08-17, xn--affrslivet-s5a.com/en/ai/labs/anthropic.
Source: Affärslivet — xn--affrslivet-s5a.com/en/ai/labs/anthropic. Attribute to Affärslivet when citing or linking.