Anthropic dey find $20B funding, near $350B valuation as AI race dey hotten up

Anthropic dem don dey report say dem double dia current fundraising target to $20 billion after investors demand pass wetin people expect, fit value the company reach about $350 billion. This raise follow $13 billion round wey happen for September wey show say valuation be about $183 billion. Lead and reported investors include Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, Coatue and Sequoia Capital, with participation from existing backers. Microsoft and Nvidia don separately commit up to $15 billion for strategic support. Anthropic talk say the proceeds go fund compute infrastructure, hire research talent, scale products (especially the Claude suite and Claude Code) and prepare for regulation. The company don engage counsel for potential IPO; an initial tranche of $10–$15 billion fit close soon with the rest to follow. Market implications include higher capital barriers for AI startups, faster product development cycles and increased influence for well‑funded firms and sovereign investors. For crypto traders, main takeaways na say massive AI capital raises fit tighten venture and institutional liquidity, shift investor risk appetite toward AI and large‑cap tech, and indirectly affect crypto funding flows and correlations—especially for AI‑native blockchains or tokens wey dey tied to compute, data services or AI infrastructure.