AI startup Anthropic has secured a significant funding boost, closing its latest round of investment at $3.5 billion. This valuation now catapults the company to a remarkable $61.5 billion, surpassing initial fundraising goals and highlighting the substantial interest in Anthropic’s development of cutting-edge large language models. The funding surge comes as similar AI players like xAI and OpenAI continue their own ambitious fundraising efforts, with Elon Musk’s xAI aiming for $10 billion and OpenAI seeking up to $40 billion.