Anthropic's new fundraise will make CEO Dario Amodei, president Daniela Amodei and their five cofounders all billionaires. Forbes estimates each to hold 2% equity stakes.

(Reuters) -AI startup Anthropic is in advanced talks to raise $2 billion in a deal valuing the OpenAI rival at $60 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Anthropic is in advanced talks to raise $2 billion in a deal that would value it at $60 billion, more than triple its valuation from a year ago. The funding round is being led by the venture firm Lightspeed Venture Partners,

AI start-up Anthropic is nearing a deal to raise $2bn, a move that would place the three-year old company at a $60bn valuation.

The financing efforts follow new funding rounds by Elon Musk’s xAI and the market leader, OpenAI, which is now valued at $157 billion.

Anthropic may be joining rival OpenAI with its own eye-popping valuation, but the hefty valuations for the two biggest AI startups obscure the fact that, for now, these companies are burning through billions in cash.

AI hyperscaler Anthropic in in advanced talks to raise $2 billion led by Lightspeed Venture Partners at a $60 billion post-money valuation, as first reported by the WSJ. Why it matters: This would make Anthropic the world's seventh most valuable startup,