# Anthropic

> Anthropic is an American AI public benefit corporation founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, headquartered in San Francisco, that develops the Claude family of large language models and is preparing for a November 2026 IPO at a ~$965B valuation.

Company page on Leadbay: https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/anthropic.com · loaded 2026-11-03

## At a glance

- Website: https://anthropic.com
- Team based in: United States (golinks.io; Sources disagree: San Francisco (anthropic.com, a company database))
- Founded: 2021 (menlovc.com and 2 more)
- Founders: Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Jack Clark, Christopher Olah
- Industry: Research Services
- Employees: 6244 (employees and founders, investors not counted; anthropic.com and 1 more)
- Total funding: $195.2B (anthropic.com and 1 more)
- Backed by: Amazon, Alphabet/Google, Spark Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Fidelity Management & Research, Salesforce Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, GIC, Coatue Management, D1 Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital, Altimeter Capital, Jaan Tallinn, Eric Schmidt, Menlo Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, Capital Group, XN
- Seen in its site's code: Next.js (/_next/static/), Google Workspace (MX alt2.aspmx.l.google.com), Atlassian (TXT atlassian-domain-verification), Slack (TXT slack-domain-verification) (read 2026-11-03)
- Email: support@anthropic.com

## What it sells, to whom

- Anthropic is an American AI public benefit corporation founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, headquartered in San Francisco, that develops the Claude family of large language models and is preparing for a November 2026 IPO at a ~$965B valuation. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic), [sacra.com](https://sacra.com/research/anthropics-s1/), [stockanalysis.com](https://stockanalysis.com/private/anthropic/))

## Why it stands out

- 2026 Webby Award: AI Best Product or Service (Claude Code) ([winners.webbyawards.com](https://winners.webbyawards.com/2026/ai/ai-features-innovation/best-product-or-service/387497/claude-code), [winners.webbyawards.com](https://winners.webbyawards.com/2026/specialachievement/476/claude), [adweek.com](https://www.adweek.com/creativity/claudes-super-bowl-campaign-mocking-ai-ads-wins-cannes-lions-film-grand-prix/))
- 2026 Webby People's Voice Winner: AI Best Product or Service (Claude Code) ([winners.webbyawards.com](https://winners.webbyawards.com/2026/ai/ai-features-innovation/best-product-or-service/387497/claude-code), [winners.webbyawards.com](https://winners.webbyawards.com/2026/specialachievement/476/claude), [adweek.com](https://www.adweek.com/creativity/claudes-super-bowl-campaign-mocking-ai-ads-wins-cannes-lions-film-grand-prix/))
- 2026 Webby Person of the Year (Claude) ([winners.webbyawards.com](https://winners.webbyawards.com/2026/ai/ai-features-innovation/best-product-or-service/387497/claude-code), [winners.webbyawards.com](https://winners.webbyawards.com/2026/specialachievement/476/claude), [adweek.com](https://www.adweek.com/creativity/claudes-super-bowl-campaign-mocking-ai-ads-wins-cannes-lions-film-grand-prix/))
- Cannes Lions 2026: Film Grand Prix (Claude Super Bowl campaign) ([winners.webbyawards.com](https://winners.webbyawards.com/2026/ai/ai-features-innovation/best-product-or-service/387497/claude-code), [winners.webbyawards.com](https://winners.webbyawards.com/2026/specialachievement/476/claude), [adweek.com](https://www.adweek.com/creativity/claudes-super-bowl-campaign-mocking-ai-ads-wins-cannes-lions-film-grand-prix/))
- Cannes Lions 2026: Gold and Silver Lions in Film, Silver Lion in Creative Strategy ([winners.webbyawards.com](https://winners.webbyawards.com/2026/ai/ai-features-innovation/best-product-or-service/387497/claude-code), [winners.webbyawards.com](https://winners.webbyawards.com/2026/specialachievement/476/claude), [adweek.com](https://www.adweek.com/creativity/claudes-super-bowl-campaign-mocking-ai-ads-wins-cannes-lions-film-grand-prix/))
- Ad Age Creativity Awards 2026: Best B2B Campaign ('Keep Thinking') ([winners.webbyawards.com](https://winners.webbyawards.com/2026/ai/ai-features-innovation/best-product-or-service/387497/claude-code), [winners.webbyawards.com](https://winners.webbyawards.com/2026/specialachievement/476/claude), [adweek.com](https://www.adweek.com/creativity/claudes-super-bowl-campaign-mocking-ai-ads-wins-cannes-lions-film-grand-prix/))
- Competes with: OpenAI, Google DeepMind (Gemini), xAI (Grok), Mistral AI, Cohere, Meta AI, SpaceX (xAI) ([akta.pro](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000002/anthropic), [streetinsider.com](https://www.streetinsider.com/Reuters/Anthropics+IPO%3A+A+close+look+at+AI+frontrunners+rapid+growth%2C+spiraling+costs/27231868.html))

## Products and services

- **Claude (LLM family**: Fable, Opus, Sonnet, Haiku, Mythos tiers) ([anthropic.com](https://www.anthropic.com/claude-opus-5-5), [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic), [akta.pro](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000002/anthropic))
- Claude Code (terminal-based AI coding agent) ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic), [akta.pro](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000002/anthropic), [sacra.com](https://sacra.com/research/anthropics-s1/))
- Claude Cowork (GUI-based agent for non-technical users) ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic), [akta.pro](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000002/anthropic), [sacra.com](https://sacra.com/research/anthropics-s1/))
- Claude Design ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic), [akta.pro](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000002/anthropic), [sacra.com](https://sacra.com/research/anthropics-s1/))
- Claude Science ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic), [akta.pro](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000002/anthropic), [sacra.com](https://sacra.com/research/anthropics-s1/))
- Claude API / Claude Platform ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic), [akta.pro](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000002/anthropic), [sacra.com](https://sacra.com/research/anthropics-s1/))
- Claude Enterprise ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic), [akta.pro](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000002/anthropic), [sacra.com](https://sacra.com/research/anthropics-s1/))
- Claude for Government / Claude Gov ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic), [akta.pro](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000002/anthropic), [sacra.com](https://sacra.com/research/anthropics-s1/))
- Consumer subscriptions (Pro, Max, Team) ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic), [akta.pro](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000002/anthropic), [sacra.com](https://sacra.com/research/anthropics-s1/))

## Customers and markets

- **Customers**: Allianz, HUB International, Generali Group, Unipol Group, Angelini Pharma, Bracco Group, Enel Group, Pirelli, JAKALA, Satispay, Bending Spoons, Block, Carvana, Indeed, Notion, eSentire, CISA, NSA, Alberta government, SK Telecom, E-Guardian, ABC, Fractal Analytics, Meta, Microsoft, Vercel, Replit, Snowflake ([akta.pro](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000002/anthropic), [ai-tldr.dev](https://ai-tldr.dev/releases/anthropic-milan-office/), [thenextweb.com](https://thenextweb.com/news/anthropic-milan-office-italy-enterprise-customers))
- **Markets**: United States government and public sector, including federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial agencies. ([anthropic.com](https://www.anthropic.com/news/expanding-partnership-gsa), [claude.com](https://claude.com/resources/articles/claude-marketplace), [anthropic.com](https://www.anthropic.com/news/ai-for-science-expands-foundations-research-institutions))
- **Markets**: Enterprise software and digital-native companies globally, supported through AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Claude Marketplace, and partner networks. ([anthropic.com](https://www.anthropic.com/news/expanding-partnership-gsa), [claude.com](https://claude.com/resources/articles/claude-marketplace), [anthropic.com](https://www.anthropic.com/news/ai-for-science-expands-foundations-research-institutions))

## Team

- Dario Amodei, CEO and Co-Founder
- Daniela Amodei, President and co-founder
- Jack Clark, Co-Founder
- Christopher Olah, Cofounder, Interpretability Research Lead
- Rahul Patil, CTO
- Krishna Rao, Chief Financial Officer
- Paul Smith, Chief Commercial Officer
- Tom Brown, Chief Compute Officer
- Jared Kaplan, Chief Science Officer
- Sam McCandlish, Chief Architect
- Vitaly Gudanets, CISO
- Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, Chief Global Affairs Officer

Backed by: Amazon, Alphabet/Google, Spark Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Fidelity Management & Research, Salesforce Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, GIC, Coatue Management, D1 Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital, Altimeter Capital

## Where to find more

- [This page in Markdown, for agents](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/anthropic.com.md)

## Decision makers

- [Dario Amodei](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/dario-amodei--anthropic.com.md), CEO and Co-Founder
- [Daniela Amodei](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/daniela-amodei--anthropic.com.md), President and co-founder
- [Jack Clark](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/jack-clark--anthropic.com.md), Co-Founder
- [Christopher Olah](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/christopher-olah--anthropic.com.md), Cofounder, Interpretability Research Lead
- [Rahul Patil](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/rahul-patil--anthropic.com.md), CTO
- [Krishna Rao](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/krishna-rao--anthropic.com.md), Chief Financial Officer
- [Paul Smith](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/paul-smith--anthropic.com.md), Chief Commercial Officer
- [Tom Brown](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/tom-brown--anthropic.com.md), Chief Compute Officer
- [Jared Kaplan](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/jared-kaplan--anthropic.com.md), Chief Science Officer
- [Sam McCandlish](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/sam-mccandlish--anthropic.com.md), Chief Architect

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## Best angle

2026-10-08 · Product: Today we’re launching the Anthropic Cyber Mission, a long-term commitment to securing the systems everyone depends on. (1 source)

## Best way in

- Message on X: The company's own account

## Signals: what happened

- 2026-11-03 · Headcount: Headcount up 134% in a year (1 source: [A company database](https://www.anthropic.com/))
- 2026-10-27 · News: Over the past few months, Anthropic scientists have engaged in deep research partnerships with six organizations developing new medicines. We've also begun drug discovery efforts of our own. In doing so, we’ve … (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anthropicresearch_early-progress-on-accelerating-drug-development-activity-7520944707284291584-yEQ8))
- 2026-10-27 · Interviews: The Numbers Behind Anthropic (5 sources: [youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3hrg1UvfFo), [youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZrgRjdJs3o), [youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlMZWpAQ5oM))
- 2026-10-27 · News: Anthropic is not pitching Normal Technology (1 source: [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.59350/ny31b-72969))
- 2026-10-27 · News: Anthropic’s record US$2 trillion stock market listing highlights the growing risks for all of us (1 source: [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.64628/aa.cknhxvyqp))
- 2026-10-22 · News: Anthropic joins the personal agent race with Claude Duet (2 sources: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/anthropic-joins-the-personal-agent-race-with-claude-duet-9544114/), [sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2130357/000162828026068676/anthropicpbc-sx1ax1.htm))
- 2026-10-08 · Product: Today we’re launching the Anthropic Cyber Mission, a long-term commitment to securing the systems everyone depends on. (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anthropicresearch_introducing-the-anthropic-cyber-mission-activity-7514060784092508161-Sm84))
- 2026-09-24 · News: AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC Form 8-K filed September 24, 2026 (1 source: [sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000119312526401048/d288154d8k.htm))
- 2026-09-14 · News: Governing AI through character: moral agency and corporate authority in Anthropic’s public texts (2 sources: [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2026.1912778), [sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2130357/000162828026067168/anthropicpbc-sx1.htm))
- 2026-09-07 · News: Anthropic AI ‘formalizes’ proof of Fermat’s last theorem in just 11 days (1 source: [nature.com](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02822-9))
- 2026-09-01 · Fundraising: Debt financing · $15B (1 source: [A company database](https://www.anthropic.com/))
- 2026-08-26 · News: Researchers study AI impacts with Claude usage data | Anthropic posted on the topic (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anthropicresearch_enabling-independent-research-on-how-people-activity-7498430536231604225-Gamh))

## Working on now

- Enterprise adoption and agentic workflows: Anthropic is expanding Claude across software development, business operations, regulated industries, government, financial services, life sciences, and scientific research. Its latest model push includes Claude Sonnet 5 and Opus 4.7, while Claude Code, Cowork, Managed Agents, MCP, and partner connectors broaden deployment surfaces.
- Science and life sciences: Anthropic is expanding its AI for Science program with 20 foundations, institutions, and research groups, including work with HHMI Janelia and the Allen Institute; it is also pursuing drug-development partnerships.
- Global expansion: Anthropic has offices or active expansion efforts in Singapore, India, London, Paris, and other markets; India includes in-country inference via Amazon Bedrock and deployments with TCS, Infosys, Cognizant, NPCI, Axis Bank, Swiggy, and others.
- Enterprise enablement: Anthropic committed $100 million to train 10,000 Frontier Deployed Engineers by the end of 2027, with initial cohorts from major consultancies, banks, and enterprises in San Francisco, New York, and London.
- Commercial scale: the amended S-1 reported approximately $17 billion of Q3 2026 revenue and more than $33.24 billion for the first nine months; as of September 30, more than 11,900 customers spent at least $100,000 annually.

From: [Expanding our partnership with GSA to bring Claude to all levels of government \ Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/expanding-partnership-gsa), [Claude Frontier Academy: $100M to train 10,000 engineers \ Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-frontier-academy), [Anthropic releases amended IPO prospectus with Q3 financials](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/02/anthropic-ant-s-1-quarter-financials.html), [AI for Science expands to foundations and institutions \ Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/ai-for-science-expands-foundations-research-institutions), [Announcements \ Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/announcements), [Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals its strategy for keeping enterprise customers hooked | TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/anthropics-ipo-filing-reveals-its-strategy-for-keeping-enterprise-customers-hooked/)

## Summary

Anthropic is an AI research and software company that develops the Claude family of large language models [1][2]. It is a public benefit corporation [3][1]. Anthropic sells access to its AI models through a consumption-based API, flat-rate subscriptions, and enterprise agentic tools like Claude Code and Claude CoWork [3][4][5]. Its primary customers are high-tech, regulated, and enterprise organizations—including 8 of the Fortune 10—and individual developers [5][2]. Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers including siblings Dario and Daniela Amodei [3][1][6], the company is backed by major investors including Amazon and Google [3][7]. Key competitors include OpenAI, Google, Meta, and various AI startups [3][5]. Anthropic recently filed for a U.S. initial public offering, expected in November 2026 [3][1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic "Anthropic"
[2]: https://www.cbinsights.com/company/anthropic "Anthropic - Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations"
[3]: https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/anthropics-ipo-a-close-look-at-ai-frontrunners-rapid-growth-spiraling-costs-4972917 "Anthropic’s IPO: A close look at AI frontrunner’s rapid growth, spiraling costs By Reuters"
[4]: https://www.investopedia.com/anthropic-investors-aren-t-just-buying-a-chatbot-how-the-company-behind-claude-makes-money-ant-stock-ipo-12194852 "Anthropic Investors Aren’t Just Buying a Chatbot—Here’s How the Company Behind Claude Makes Money"
[5]: https://www.dedale.com/articles/anthropic-the-enterprise-ai-leader-reshaping-the-foundational-model-market "Anthropic: Enterprise AI Leader Reshaping the Model Market | Dedale"
[6]: https://research.contrary.com/company/anthropic "Report: Anthropic Business Breakdown & Founding Story | Contrary Research"
[7]: https://www.reuters.com/technology/anthropics-path-ai-startup-industry-defining-ipo-2026-09-28/ "Anthropic's path from AI startup to industry-defining IPO | Reuters"
[8]: https://sacra.com/research/anthropics-s1/ "Anthropic's S-1 | Sacra"

## Sources

- [Anthropic's website](https://anthropic.com)
- [Company record, via Exa](https://www.anthropic.com/)
- [Expanding our partnership with GSA to bring Claude to all levels of government \ Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/expanding-partnership-gsa)
- [Claude Frontier Academy: $100M to train 10,000 engineers \ Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-frontier-academy)
- [Anthropic releases amended IPO prospectus with Q3 financials](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/02/anthropic-ant-s-1-quarter-financials.html)
- [AI for Science expands to foundations and institutions \ Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/ai-for-science-expands-foundations-research-institutions)
- [Announcements \ Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/announcements)
- [Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals its strategy for keeping enterprise customers hooked | TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/anthropics-ipo-filing-reveals-its-strategy-for-keeping-enterprise-customers-hooked/)
- [Anthropic further expands in India, adding in-country inference for Claude and new partnerships](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/anthropic-further-expands-india-adding-in-country-inference-ghose-mlime)
- [Introducing Claude 4 \ Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-4)
- [Introducing Claude Sonnet 5 \ Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-5?_rsc=304t7)
- [Agents for financial services \ Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/finance-agents?hsLang=en)
- [Anthropic opens Bengaluru office and announces new partnerships across India      \ Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/bengaluru-office-partnerships-across-india?939688b5_page=2&e45d281a_page=1)
- [Introducing Claude Opus 4.7 \ Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-7?gsid=33b8508a-1b29-4f4f-80e3-16d0a9e98598)
- [Leadership at Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/company/leadership)
- [Anthropic Stock Price, Valuation & News](https://stockanalysis.com/private/anthropic/)