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| 2019 | Departure from OpenAI | The Amodei siblings leave OpenAI due to directional differences regarding OpenAI's ventures with Microsoft.[1] | |
| 2021 | Company Founding | Anthropic is founded by former OpenAI executives including Dario and Daniela Amodei. The company is classed as a Delaware public-benefit corporation, aiming to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.[1][2][3] | |
| 2021 | Early 2021 | Funding Announcement | During its first funding round, Anthropic raises $124 million, which includes investment from Skype Co-founder Jaan Tallinn.[2][3] |
| 2021 | Founding | Anthropic is founded by seven former employees of OpenAI, including siblings Daniela Amodei and Dario Amodei.[1] | |
| 2022 | April 29 | Funding Announcement | Anthropic raises $580M in Series B funding.[3][1] |
| 2022 | April | Funding Announcement | Anthropic announces it received $580 million in funding, with $500 million coming from FTX under the leadership of Sam Bankman-Fried.[1] |
| 2022 | Summer | Development Milestone | Anthropic finishes training the first version of Claude but does not release it, citing the need for further internal safety testing.[1] |
| 2022 | December | Funding Announcement | Anthropic receives a total of $700 million in funding by the end of 2022, including $500 million from Alameda Research.[1] |
| 2023 | February 5 | Investment | Google invests $300M in Anthropic in a corporate funding round.[3] |
| 2023 | February | Legal Issue | Anthropic is sued by Texas-based Anthrop LLC for the use of its registered trademark "Anthropic A.I."[1] |
| 2023 | March | Model Release | Anthropic releases Claude, its AI assistant (i.e., chatbot), powered by the language model Claude 1.3.[2][3][1] |
| 2023 | April 18 | Model Update | First major upgrade to Claude AI (version 1.3) is made public.[3] |
| 2023 | May | Funding Announcement | Anthropic raises $450M in Series C funding led by Spark Capital with participation from Google, Salesforce Ventures, Sound Ventures, and Zoom Ventures.[3][1] |
| 2023 | July 11 | Model Release | Anthropic releases Claude AI version 2.0.[3][1] |
| 2023 | July | Model Release | Anthropic releases Claude 2, the second version of the language model.[2] |
| 2023 | August | Article | Wired Magazine publishes "Anthropic: The Company Behind the Groundbreaking AGI System Claude."[3][4] |
| 2023 | September | Product Launch | Anthropic releases Claude Pro, a paid version of Claude for $20 per month, providing five times as much usage as the free plan and early access to new features.[2] |
| 2023 | September 19 | Trust Formation | Anthropic establishes its Long-Term Benefit Trust with members including Jason Matheny, Kanika Bahl, Neil Buddy Shah, Paul Christiano, and Zach Robinson.[3][1] |
| 2023 | September 25 | Investment and Partnership | Amazon announces a partnership with Anthropic, investing $1.25 billion initially and planning a total investment of $4 billion, with Anthropic using AWS as its primary cloud provider.[3][1] |
| 2023 | October | Investment | Google invests $500 million in Anthropic and commits to an additional $1.5 billion over time.[3][2][1] |
| 2023 | October | Panel Discussion | "The Ethics of AGI: Navigating the Challenges of Advanced AI Systems" is discussed at a Stanford University Panel.[4] |
| 2023 | October 18 | Legal Issue | Anthropic is sued by Concord, Universal, ABKCO, and other music publishers for systematic and widespread infringement of their copyrighted song lyrics.[1] |
| 2023 | November | Model Release | Anthropic releases Claude 2.1, the latest and most advanced version of Claude as of 2024.[2][3] |
| 2023 | November 21 | Model Release | Anthropic releases Claude AI version 2.1.[3] |
| 2023 | November | Public Lecture | Dr. Nick Bostrom delivers a lecture titled "AGI and the Future of Humanity" at the University of Oxford.[4] |
| 2024 | January 2 | Publication | An article titled "What Is Claude AI and Anthropic? A Closer Look at ChatGPT’s Rival" by Aaron Drapkin is published, providing an overview of Claude and its parent company, Anthropic.[2] |
| 2024 | January 16 | Legal Response | Anthropic claims that music publishers were not unreasonably harmed and that examples noted by plaintiffs were merely bugs.[3][1] |
| 2024 | March 4 | Model Release | Anthropic releases Claude 3, unveiling three language models: Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku.[3][1] |
| 2024 | March 27 | Investment Completion | Amazon completes its $4 billion investment in Anthropic by investing an additional $2.75 billion.[3][1] |
| 2024 | April 8 | Article | Jonathan Gillham publishes "Safety Above All: Anthropic’s Uniquely Principled Approach to AI Development."[3] |
| 2024 | May 1 | Product Launch | Anthropic announces the Claude Team plan, its first enterprise offering for Claude, and Claude iOS app.[3][1] |
| 2024 | June 20 | Model Release | Anthropic releases Claude 3.5 Sonnet, demonstrating significantly improved performance on benchmarks.[3][1] |
| 2024 | Ongoing | Future Development | Anthropic plans to raise up to $5 billion to develop "Claude-Next," estimated to be 10 times more powerful than existing AI systems.[3] |
| 2024 | Company Growth | Anthropic, still headed by founders Dario and Daniela Amodei, has more than 150 employees.[2] | |
| 2024 | Revenue | Revenue Prediction | Anthropic predicts to make at least $850 million in annualized earnings during 2024.[2] |
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- https://www.linkedin.com/company/anthropicresearch/posts/?feedView=all
- https://sacra.com/c/anthropic/ multiple events
- https://apix-drive.com/en/blog/useful/anthropic-pbc-history-development-products multiple events
- https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/a-look-inside-anthropic-highlights-crazy-growth-of-ai-tech.html
- https://originality.ai/blog/anthropic-ai-statistics
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/anthropic-company-profile-why-we-love-claude-3-vc-due-greggory-elias-qxkde/
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 "Anthropic PBC: History, Development, Products". Apix-Drive. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "What is Claude AI? Meet ChatGPT's Newest Alternative". Tech.co. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 "Anthropic AI Statistics". Originality.AI. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "The Rise of Anthropic and the Birth of Claude: A Saga of Artificial General Intelligence". Happy Future AI. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
