"AI faith" gets another shot in the arm! Anthropic's revenue is expected to reach 1 billion US dollars this year, a year-on-year increase of 1000%.

According to reports, the revenue of the artificial intelligence (AI) startup company Anthropic is expected to reach $1 billion this year, a year-on-year increase of 1000%. 60% to 75% of the revenue will come from third-party Application Programming Interface (API) access. The significant increase in performance helps support its high valuation. It was reported this week that Anthropic is in negotiations for a new round of financing, which will raise the company's valuation to $30 billion to $40 billion, roughly double the valuation from earlier this year. It is understood that Anthropic's investors include technology companies such as Alphabet Inc. Class C (GOOGL.US) and Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN.US). Anthropic recently launched an enterprise plan to help organizations collaborate with their internal knowledge and their AI assistant Claude. The company stated in an announcement: "With Claude, your organization's knowledge will be more easily shared and reused, enabling everyone on the team to quickly and consistently perform at their best. At the same time, your data is also protected. We do not use your conversations and content to train Claude." In addition, sources revealed that the AI company Scale AI had revenue of nearly $400 million in the first half of this year, nearly three times the previous year. In May, Scale AI completed a $1 billion Series F financing, giving it a valuation of $13.8 billion. Meanwhile, the tech media company PYMNTS earlier this week reported that Anthropic's competitor OpenAI plans to raise $6.5 billion at a valuation of $150 billion, which "may herald a new era of commercialization in artificial intelligence, reshaping the entire industry and sparking fierce competition for market dominance." The latest valuation (excluding the funds raised) is significantly higher than the $86 billion valuation offered in an acquisition bid earlier this year, solidifying its position as one of the most valuable startups globally and signaling a major shift in the field of artificial intelligence. Hannah Chelkowski, Co-Founder and General Partner at Blank Ventures, said: "We see capital consolidation around clear winners in the field of General Large Language Models (LLMs) such as OpenAI, Perplexity, Mistral, and LLaMA." "This round of funding further solidifies OpenAI's position as a leader in the field." The business implications could be far-reaching, with observers noting that AI funding activities could lead to a surge in AI products and services across various sectors. PYMNTS stated: "Retailers may deploy more sophisticated chatbots and personalized shopping experiences, financial institutions may enhance fraud detection and algorithmic trading, and healthcare providers may leverage AI for more accurate diagnoses and treatment plans."