Anthropic is an AI safety and research company. It was founded in May 2021 by siblings Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei, who serve as CEO and President, respectively.^[1][2]

Anthropic raised $124 million in a series A founding round. The round was led by Jaan Tallinn, and included participation from James McClave, Dustin Moskovitz, the Center for Emerging Risk Research (now Polaris Ventures), Eric Schmidt, and others.^[3][4][5]

Anthropic raised a further $580 million in a series B founding round. The round was led by Sam Bankman-Fried, and included participation from Caroline Ellison, Jim McClave, Nishad Singh, as well as Tallinn and CERR.^[6]