The field of artificial intelligence is experiencing a fierce competition. Notable blogger Rowan Cheung recently posed a thought-provoking question on social media: Will it be Claude3.5Opus, Gemini2, or Llama4 that leads the next wave of AI revolution? This statement quickly sparked widespread discussions within the tech community, even drawing in former OpenAI employee and current Google Gemini team member Logan Kilpatrick, whose cryptic expressions have fueled countless speculations.
Meanwhile, Anthropic's financing activities have further escalated this AI rivalry. According to The Information Times, Anthropic is seeking a new round of financing with a target valuation of $30 to $40 billion. This figure has doubled from the $1.5 billion valuation just six months ago, demonstrating significant investor confidence in AI technology development.
Looking back at Anthropic's funding history, the company has accumulated $7.6 billion in investments, with Amazon being the largest investor. In March and September of this year, Anthropic received $2.75 billion and $1.25 billion respectively. Other investors include tech giants like Spark Capital, Google, and Salesforce.
If this round of financing is successfully completed, Anthropic's valuation will reach $30 to $40 billion, meaning it will be 50 times its annual revenue of $80 million. This staggering figure will make Anthropic the second highest-valued AI startup, only behind OpenAI.
In terms of model development, Anthropic is also accelerating. Three months ago, the company launched Claude3.5Sonnet, dubbed the "most powerful code generation model." Although the latest version, Claude3.5Opus, has not yet been officially released, the company has promised to launch it within the year. Given the rapid pace of development in the AI industry, especially with competitors continuously releasing new products, Anthropic clearly needs to speed up to maintain its competitiveness.
On the other hand, the Gemini camp is not backing down either. Logan Kilpatrick's mysterious expressions have sparked widespread speculation, although the general consensus is that the release of the Gemini1.5 version is more reasonable, AI enthusiasts still look forward to a fierce competition.
