Google Boosts AI Startup with $300M After Prior Funding by Sam Bankman-Fried

Google Cloud has apparently invested $300 million into Anthropic, a startup focused on artificial intelligence.

The investment follows a prior funding round where the firm received over $500 million from former FTX CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, about half a year before the collapse of FTX.

The information about the $300 million investment was reported by the Financial Times on February 4th and Anthropic confirmed the partnership with Google Cloud on the same day, although the amount was not revealed by the company.

Anthropic confirmed in their recent announcement that they had previously raised funds in a Series B round with the help of investors like former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison.

The round was led by Bankman-Fried and also included contributions from Jim McClave, Nishad Singh, Jaan Tallinn, and the Center for Emerging Risk Research (CERR). According to Crunchbase, this fundraising effort took place in April 2022.

The New York Times reported that of the total $580 million raised, approximately $530 million came from Bankman-Fried and his former business associates.