Anthropic raises $124 million Series A

Summary

Anthropic, an AI safety and research company led by CEO Dario Amodei and President Daniela Amodei, has raised $124 million in a Series A financing round. The funding will support its research roadmap, computationally intensive work, and prototypes of reliable and steerable AI systems, with an emphasis on systems that are interpretable and robust. Its immediate priorities include increasing the reliability of large-scale AI models, developing techniques and tools for interpretability, and integrating human feedback more tightly into AI development and deployment. The round was led by Jaan Tallinn, co-founder of Skype, and included James McClave, Dustin Moskovitz, the Center for Emerging Risk Research, Eric Schmidt, and others; Anthropic is hiring researchers, engineers, and operational experts.

Takeaways

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   The $124 million Series A was led by Jaan Tallinn, technology investor and co-founder of Skype, with participation from James McClave, Dustin Moskovitz, the Center for Emerging Risk Research, Eric Schmidt, and others.

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   Anthropic’s research priorities include improving large-scale model reliability, making AI systems more interpretable, and integrating human feedback into their development and deployment.

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   The company is hiring researchers, engineers, and operational experts to support execution of its research roadmap.