ANTHROPIC EYES $50 BILLION FUNDRAISE AT NEAR-TRILLION VALUATION — COULD SURPASS OPENAI BEFORE IPO Anthropic is in advanced talks to raise $50 billion at an $850–900 billion valuation — more than double its last round and higher than OpenAI’s $852 billion post-money valuation — as the company’s annualized revenue races past $30 billion. The raise could be its last before going public, potentially as soon as October 2026. Keywords: Anthropic funding round, Anthropic valuation, AI startup IPO, Claude AI investment