> About
AI safety company founded by former OpenAI employees. Created Claude AI. Despite "safety" branding, still trains on scraped data and competes with human creators.
Website
https://anthropic.comCEO
Dario Amodei
Founded
2021
Valuation
$18B
> Founders
> Products & Services
> Funding
Total: $7.3B
Latest Round: $4B from Amazon
Investors:
- Amazon
- Salesforce
> Controversies
Despite "AI safety" messaging, still relies on data scraping without consent.[1][2]
Controversy 1 Sources:
- Anthropic Accused of Aggressive Data Scraping(July 2024)
- Reddit Sues Anthropic Over AI Scraping(June 2025)
Funded by Amazon ($4B) and Google ($3B+), two of the largest tech companies.[3][4]
Controversy 2 Sources:
> Data Centers
> Amazon Madison Mega Site
Project Rainier #speculative
Location
Amazon Data Services Inc, Madison Mega Site Nissan Parkway and Highway 22 Canton, Mississippi Madison County
32°35'25"N, 90°05'35"W
H100 Equiv
214.3K
Power
341 MW
Cost
$10.89B
Owner
AmazonData Center Sources Sources:
> Amazon Ridgeland
Project Rainier #speculative
Location
1626 County Line Road Ridgeland, Mississippi
32°24'00"N, 90°12'12"W
Owner
AmazonEnergy
Data Center Sources Sources:
> Anthropic-Amazon New Carlisle
Project Rainier #confident
Location
55001 Larrison Blvd, New Carlisle, IN 46552
41°41'36"N, 86°27'39"W
H100 Equiv
471.6K
Power
751 MW
Cost
$23.97B
Owner
AmazonData Center Sources Sources: