Raison Invests $1.5M in Anthropic — Generative AI Company Behind Claude

Raison, an international investment firm, has announced a $1.5 million investment in Anthropic, one of the world’s leading generative AI startups and a direct competitor to ChatGPT. The deal took place during Anthropic’s Series C round, which raised $450 million and brought the company’s valuation to approximately $4.5 billion.

Anthropic: A Next-Gen AI Company

Anthropic is a U.S.-based artificial intelligence company founded in 2021 by a group of former OpenAI researchers, including Dario Amodei, who now serves as CEO. Amodei previously led research efforts for GPT‑2 and GPT‑3 at OpenAI.

The company’s flagship product, Claude, is a large language model (LLM) designed to perform complex text and code tasks at enterprise scale. Claude offers:

• Up to 3x larger context window than ChatGPT
• Integrations via Slack plugin, Poe (by Quora), and enterprise API access
• Focus on AI safety, transparency, and responsible scaling

Anthropic’s Series C Round and Investors

Since its inception, Anthropic has raised more than $1 billion in funding. Notable strategic backers include:

• Google
• Salesforce Ventures
• Spark Capital
• Zoom Ventures

The company’s Series C round, completed in 2023, positioned Anthropic as one of the most well-capitalized startups in the AI infrastructure space. The funds will be used to expand Claude’s capabilities and scale deployments across global enterprise sectors.

Why Raison Backed Anthropic

Andrey Berezin, Managing Partner at Raison:

Artificial intelligence is more than just a trend — it’s a structural shift. Tools like Claude are already reshaping how businesses operate. We saw the depth of Anthropic’s technical vision and chose to support its trajectory as a future leader in enterprise-grade AI.

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