Anthropic's secondary market valuation has soared to $1.2 trillion

Anthropic's secondary market valuation has soared to $1.2 trillion, but even at such a staggering price, buying a stake in it is no easy task. "Anthropic is the most sought after company in the history of the secondary venture capital market," said Javier Avalos, CEO of Caplight, a secondary trading platform where Anthropic's shares are being traded at a valuation of $1.2 trillion. Glenn Anderson, CEO of Rainmaker Securities, a commercial bank that focuses on private equity trading, also said he had observed transactions at a valuation of $1.2 trillion, but such transactions were still rare because there were so few sellers. Less than three months ago, it was reported that Anthropic was valued at US$1 trillion, surpassing OpenAI for the first time. OpenAI has been valued much higher than Anthropic in the past few years, but it is currently valued at only $908 billion on the Caplight platform. According to Avalos, Anthropic's $1.2 trillion valuation means a year-on-year increase of as much as 550%. The company's Series H financing announced in May was still valued at US$965 billion.（BusinessInsider）