Only in the United States can a company founded just six years ago become central to the efforts to maintain superiority over China or any other country in the broad spectrum of artificial intelligence. Moreover, only in the U.S. do the deep pools of risk capital exist that enable a new company to reach a valuation of around $1.5 trillion in just a few years.
Toward the end of 2020, a few senior employees at OpenAI — another uniquely American venture capital success story — resigned and formed what is today called Anthropic. These dissidents were unhappy about OpenAI’s failure to address ethics and safety issues. Today, Anthropic is on the verge of becoming a publicly traded company. The company plans to raise about $90 billion through its initial public offering and through a private share offering to several of America’s most successful AI companies, including Nvidia, Google, and Microsoft. With the IPO and private offering, Anthropic is expected to have a value of $1.5 to $1.7 trillion.
