Today, we’re excited to celebrate a defining moment in AI: our portfolio company Anthropic has raised a $13B Series F round, and we’re thrilled to be a part of it.
Led by ICONIQ, Fidelity Management & Research Company, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, this historic milestone underscores the world’s confidence in Anthropic’s unique approach to building frontier AI: one that prioritizes safety, reliability, and interpretability alongside performance.
A Research-First Foundation
When Anthropic emerged from stealth in 2021, they introduced a bold, non-consensus thesis: that AI would only achieve mass adoption if it was fundamentally safe and interpretable. In just a few short years, that conviction has proven prescient. Anthropic methodically built the research foundations that would make frontier AI trustworthy enough for any use case.
Claude, Anthropic’s family of AI models, has become essential infrastructure for the modern enterprise, powering mission-critical workflows for more than 300,000 businesses worldwide. From banks analyzing complex portfolios, to healthcare providers managing sensitive patient interactions, to customer service teams resolving support tickets, Claude is transforming how organizations operate. Enterprises are voting with their budgets for an AI partner that combines state-of-the-art capabilities with the trust required for high-stakes environments. In just eight months, Anthropic’s run-rate revenue has grown from $1 billion to over $5 billion.
The Next Frontier: Coding and Beyond
One area where Claude has had an outsized impact is software development. Claude Code, launched in 2025, has already generated more than $500M in run-rate revenue, enabling engineering teams to compress months of work into days. The impact for enterprises has been transformative. We’ve spoken to engineering teams reporting multi-fold productivity gains. By mastering code generation, the true language of the digital economy, Claude is unlocking transformation across every business function.
At the same time, Anthropic is advancing the frontier of responsible AI more broadly. From leading the development of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to pioneering browser-based agent capabilities with Claude for Chrome, the team continues to set new industry standards.
Our Partnership With Anthropic
We have been proud to partner with Anthropic since their Series C in 2023, when our Generative AI Fund first launched. From the beginning, we shared a vision for responsible AI and saw the potential to bring Anthropic’s technology into the enterprise. Salesforce did too. Early iterations of Claude were distributed through Slack, and today, Claude is integrated into Salesforce Einstein 1 Studio, extending safe and reliable AI directly into the enterprise.
Beyond capital, Salesforce Ventures has helped connect Anthropic with Fortune 500 leaders through our Innovation Forums and Demo Days, leading to new customer relationships with companies like Accenture, Barclays, and Coinbase. Anthropic is also a regular voice at Dreamforce and other Salesforce events, where they engage directly with Salesforce customers and the broader enterprise ecosystem.
As Neerav Kingsland, Anthropic’s Head of Business Development, put it: “Salesforce Ventures is in our corner and deeply wants us to succeed. Having a partner who can plug us into enterprise scale is a big competitive advantage.”
Looking Ahead
With this new fundraise, Anthropic enters its next phase of growth, advancing research, expanding enterprise offerings, and scaling Claude into a true operating system for business.
We’re honored to support the Anthropic team as they continue to define responsible, high-performance AI for the world’s most important institutions. Congratulations to the Anthropic team on this historic milestone. The future of enterprise AI is here, and Anthropic is leading the way.
