Anthropic
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Founded in 2021 by former senior members of OpenAI, including siblings Daniela and Dario Amodei. Anthropic was created to focus intensely on AI safety and reliability, leading to the development of Constitutional AI.
Key Milestones
Claude 2's constitution includes phrases derived from documents such as the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Apple's terms of service.
Anthropic was founded in 2021 by former members of OpenAI, including siblings Daniela Amodei and Dario Amodei, who are president and CEO, respectively.
In April 2022, Anthropic announced it had received $580 million in funding, including a $500 million investment from FTX under the leadership of Sam Bankman-Fried.
Claude's first two versions, Claude and Claude Instant, were released in March 2023, but only Anthropic-approved users could use them.
In 2024, Anthropic hired several notable employees from OpenAI, including Jan Leike and John Schulman.
In September 2025, Anthropic announced that it would stop selling its products to groups majority-owned by Chinese, Russian, Iranian, or North Korean entities due to national security concerns.
In February 2026, Anthropic aired two commercials during Super Bowl LX as part of a broader marketing campaign called "A Time and a Place", with four ads created by Mother.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Series A | $124M |
| 2022 | Series B | $580M |
| 2023 | Corporate | $4B |