Anthropic raises $30B and leans into ethics

Feb 13, 2026

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Everybody loves Anthropic.

On Thursday, the company announced a $30 billion Series G funding round at a $380 billion post-money valuation. The company said in a blog post that it would use the funding to fuel its infrastructure buildout, product development and frontier model research.

The round included dozens of investors, with big names such as JPMorganChase, Goldman Sachs, Fidelity and BlackRock on the roster, as well as previously announced investments from Nvidia and Microsoft. The funding is more than triple the $10 billion target the company initially set.

Additionally, the company announced that its revenue run rate hit $14 billion, a figure that’s grown tenfold annually over the past three years. Anthropic attributed this growth to becoming the “platform of choice for enterprises and developers.”

In the wake of its success, Anthropic is sharing the love. On Wednesday, the company announced that it intends to cover the rising costs of electricity stemming from the buildout of AI data centers.

This includes covering 100% of grid updates needed to support data centers, procuring new sources of power to protect consumers from price increases, investing in “curtailment systems” that cut data center power usage, and addressing these data centers’ impacts on communities throughout development. “Done right, AI infrastructure can be a catalyst for the broader energy investment the country needs,” Anthropic said in a blog post.

The decision comes as Anthropic flirts with building out 10 gigawatts of data center capacity, the Information reported earlier this week.

The donation isn’t Anthropic’s only show of altruism for the week: On Thursday, the AI firm announced plans to donate $20 million to an AI super PAC focused on safety, guardrails and public education about AI. The group, called Public First Action, has reportedly been in talks with Anthropic about a donation since November, aiming to ensure that OpenAI doesn’t concentrate too much political power, according to The New York Times.

In a blog post, the company said that the AI policy decisions made over the next few years will “touch nearly every part of public life, from the labor market to online child protection to national security and the balance of power between nations.”

The PAC’s mission also runs somewhat in opposition to Leading the Future, the political group that OpenAI has thrown its own weight behind, which pushes against state AI regulation in favor of a looser national framework.

Both the grid investment and supporting the PAC signal that the company is seeking to keep its moral compass aligned with true north.

Our Deeper View

Anthropic’s M.O. has long been to do AI in the most responsible and ethical way possible (or at least to look like they’re doing so). As a result, the company is building up significant goodwill if or when they do things that might have a negative impact. Still, with tens of billions in funding on the line and its rivalry with OpenAI growing more intense, Anthropic is under a microscope. With more pressure than ever to get returns on its massive investments, upholding its manicured image could become more difficult.

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