Anthropic Secures $30 Billion Funding, Valuation Soars to $380 Billion

• Anthropic raised $30 billion in its latest funding round, boosting its valuation to $380 billion.
• The Claude chatbot maker focuses on coding applications, with Claude Code gaining significant traction.
• New plugins for its Cowork agent caused a sharp sell-off in global software stocks due to AI's disruptive potential.
• The funding round was co-led by D. E. Shaw Ventures, ICONIQ, and MGX, including investments from Microsoft and Nvidia.
• Anthropic's revenue run-rate stands at $14 billion, with Claude Code alone exceeding $2.5 billion.