AI startup Anthropic is near a deal to raise an additional $2 billion at a price that values the company at $60 billion, sources said, months after its $4 billion funding from Amazon .

Anthropic is in advanced talks to raise $2 billion in a deal that would value it at $60 billion, more than triple its valuation from a year ago. The funding round is being led by the venture firm Lightspeed Venture Partners,

Maker of the Claude AI chatbot nears fresh $2bn investment in the latest sign of how much money is pouring into the sector

Private artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is in late stage talks to raise $2 billion in funds with a $60 billion valuation, according to the Wall Street Journal. Market Domination Overtime host Julie Hyman outlines Anthropic's position in the AI space and the broader startup landscape.

The new funding will mark a jump in valuation for Anthropic, a major competitor of OpenAI in the foundation model space.

OpenAI rival Anthropic is in advanced talks to raise $2 billion in a funding round that would value the startup at $60 billion, according to two people familiar with the matter.

That’s more than three times the valuation Anthropic received last year in a funding round led by Menlo Ventures. Lightspeed Venture Partners is said to be leading the company’s latest raise. Anthropic develops a family of large language models called Claude.