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Public story · 2026-02-12 · source-backed
Led by GIC and Coatue, with co-investment from D.E. Shaw, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ, MGX, Microsoft, and NVIDIA. Key metrics: $14B annualized revenue, Claude Code run-rate exceeding $2.5B (doubled since January), enterprise customers now account for more than half of Claude Code revenues. Anthropic also committed to covering 100% of grid upgrade costs for data center electricity. Weekly active Claude Code users doubled since Jan 1. This is a landmark financing event positioning AI infrastructure as the defining capital allocation story of 2026.
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