Somewhere in Silicon Valley, people are trying to find $50 billion. Just like that, casual.
Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI assistant, is on the verge of a super-funding round that could push its valuation up to $900 billion. At this point, the numbers aren't math anymore, they're science fiction.
Why does it matter? Because the AI race has become like the Champions League, but with robots. And OpenAI is the main rival that has already set the standard with mind-blowing valuations. Now Anthropic is saying: "wait a minute, we know how to play too."
The company has exploded, always growing, from around $9 billion in revenue at the end of 2025 to over $30 billion today. So in just a few months they've made more progress than we do with "I'll start the diet on Monday."
The investors? They're panicking to get in. One is ready to throw in $5 billion and can't even get a meeting. It's like being ready to buy a house and the agent telling you: "sorry, we have a lot of interested buyers."
A lot of this money comes from AI that writes code. So basically, billions are being paid so a computer can do the work someone else doesn't feel like doing.
One thing is certain: at this rate, very soon, even "I owe you a coffee" will be automated.