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14 (Reuters) - Anthropic has received multiple offers from venture capital firms in recent weeks to invest in the Claude maker at valuations as high as $800 billion, more than double its current value, Business Insider reported on Tuesday, citing sources.
* Anthropic has so far resisted overtures from investorsfor a new round of funding, according to a Bloomberg News reporton Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. * Anthropic did not immediately respond to Reuters'requests for comment. Reuters could not immediately verify bothreports. * In February, Anthropic raised $30 billion in a funding round that valued it at $380billion amid massive investor interest in the startup and thebroader AI industry. * Th firm is also reportedly exploring an IPO as early as this year. * Demand for its AI model Claude has accelerated in 2026, with the startup's run-rate revenue nowsurpassing $30 billion, up from about $9 billion at the end of2025. * The reports also come weeks after Anthropic announced a power new model named Mythos earlier this month,describing it as its "most capable yet for coding and agentictasks," referring to the model's ability to act autonomously. * Its advanced coding capabilities could give itunprecedented ability to spot and exploit cybersecurity flaws,experts say.(Reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
