From 380 billion to a trillion in just three months

According to information from the agency Bloomberg, as pointed out by the server Gizmodo, Anthropic is actively working on a new investment round. This would value the company at more than $900 billion, catapulting it to the position of the most valuable private AI company in the world. As recently as February 2026, Anthropic closed its previous funding round "only" with a valuation of $380 billion.

Such a steep growth in value in less than three months is extraordinary even by the standards of the turbulent AI sector. The company reportedly already rejected an offer in April that would have valued it at approximately $800 billion. On secondary markets, where employees and early investors sell their stakes, Anthropic shares are trading at prices corresponding to a total valuation of around one trillion dollars.

Is OpenAI losing steam?

Anthropic's main competitor OpenAI closed its last major funding round approximately a month ago at a valuation of $852 billion. The server Financial Times reported at the end of April that some OpenAI investors are experiencing so-called buyer's remorse — the feeling that they paid too much for their stakes. The reason is Anthropic's rapidly growing revenue from enterprise customers, which reached billions of dollars in recent months.

This trend indicates that the enterprise AI market is evolving faster than expected. While OpenAI dominates in consumer applications and remains synonymous with chatbots thanks to ChatGPT, Anthropic is scoring particularly in the enterprise segment — with large corporations that need secure and reliable solutions for work automation, coding, and data analysis.

Claude 4.7 vs. GPT-5: Comparison of the current offering

For ordinary users and companies, the funding round valuation is interesting primarily from a business perspective. But what does Anthropic offer in practice? Currently, it has three main models from the Claude 4 series on the market:

• Claude Opus 4.7 — the most powerful model, optimized for complex tasks, agent systems, and advanced coding. The API price is $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens.
• Claude Sonnet 4.6 — the model with the best price-performance ratio, suitable for everyday professional use. The API costs $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens.
• Claude Haiku 4.5 — the fastest and cheapest variant, ideal for simple tasks and automation. The API price is $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens.

Compared to OpenAI, which recently introduced GPT-5, Anthropic maintains competitive positions especially in the area of long context windows and safety guarantees. Claude is known for its more conservative approach to AI ethics and a lower tendency to generate so-called hallucinations — false information presented as facts.

Availability in the Czech Republic: How to get Claude?

For Czech users, the key question is availability. Claude is fully available in the Czech Republic through the web interface, mobile applications for iOS and Android, and the desktop application for macOS and Windows systems. Communication in Czech works without problems, although the user interface itself remains in English.

Pricing plans for individual users are as follows:

• Free — free of charge, basic chat functions, text and image analysis, web search, memory across conversations.
• Pro — $17 per month with annual subscription ($20 per month), higher usage limits, access to Claude Code and Claude Cowork, unlimited projects, Research features.
• Max — from $100 per month, 5× to 20× higher limits than Pro, prioritized access during peak traffic, priority access to new features.

For companies and teams, Anthropic offers a Team plan from $20 per user per month (standard seat) and an Enterprise plan with advanced security features, SSO, audit logs, and HIPAA compliance.

The API is available globally including the Czech Republic, so Czech startups and developers can integrate Claude into their applications without geographical restrictions. Payments are made standardly by credit card or via ACH transfer.

Dark cloud over Silicon Valley: Pentagon vs. Anthropic

Despite the skyrocketing growth in the company's value, a dark cloud hangs over Anthropic in the form of a security risk. The Pentagon recently designated the company as a so-called supply chain risk. This means that all suppliers to the US Department of Defense are prohibited from doing business with Anthropic.

Anthropic has filed a lawsuit against this decision and the legal dispute is ongoing. For the company, this is a serious threat, as losing access to government contracts could significantly limit its growth. Investors on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley, however, seem not to perceive this problem as critical — the company's valuation continues to rise steeply despite the threat of a ban on government contracts.

IPO on the horizon

Anthropic is still a private company, but there is speculation about an initial public offering (IPO) as early as during this year 2026. If this step were to take place, it would be one of the most anticipated technology listings of the decade. Given that the secondary market already values the company at a trillion dollars, Wall Street would likely see enormous interest.

For Czech investors, however, direct purchase of Anthropic shares is still impossible — the company is not publicly traded and Czech brokerages do not yet offer secondary markets for private companies to ordinary clients. With an IPO, the situation could change.

What does this mean for users and companies?

The skyrocketing growth of Anthropic's valuation signals one fundamental thing: the artificial intelligence market is not slowing down, on the contrary, it is further accelerating. For ordinary users, this means more intense competition between Claude, ChatGPT, and other models, leading to faster introduction of new features, better performance, and pressure on prices.

For companies, Anthropic's growth is good news especially from the perspective of diversification of AI suppliers. An OpenAI monopoly would not be healthy for the enterprise market. Anthropic with its Claude model offers a solid alternative with an emphasis on safety, ethics, and long contexts — qualities that enterprise customers highly appreciate.

From a Czech perspective, it is positive that both major players — OpenAI and Anthropic — officially deliver their services to the Czech Republic without restrictions. Czech companies can thus use the most modern AI tools including Claude 4.7 and compete on the global market with comparable technologies as their American or Western European rivals.