The "arms race" in the global artificial intelligence field has entered a feverish stage. On February 12, 2026, AI unicorn Anthropic, founded by a former OpenAI executive, announced a shocking and massive financing round that stunned the industry.

Valuation Surge: Charging Full Speed to the First Tier

Funding Amount: This funding round raised a total of 30 billion US dollars.

Significant Value Increase: After this funding round, the valuation of Anthropic has soared to 380 billion US dollars.

Outstanding Investor Group: This funding was led by Coatue and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC, with participation from top institutions such as D. E. Shaw Ventures and Founders Fund. Notably, this funding also included part of the funds previously announced by Microsoft and NVIDIA.

Use of Funds: A Munitions Depot for Computing Power and R&D

Anthropic stated that this historic funding will mainly be used for the following three core areas:

Infrastructure Expansion: Building computing centers that support the training of next-generation large-scale models.

Frontier Technology Research and Development: Continuously iterating its core model to maintain leadership in model security and performance.

Enterprise Product Investment: Accelerating the application of AI technology in commercial scenarios.

Industry Insight: AI Bubble or a New Paradigm?

Although the US stock market experienced a general decline on Thursday due to investors' concerns about the disruptive risks of AI, the ability of leading large model manufacturers to raise capital remained astonishing. The rapid increase in Anthropic's valuation reflects the extreme desire of global capital for the "ticket" to general artificial intelligence (AGI).

Against the backdrop of OpenAI just launching an advertising business to increase revenue, Anthropic