PANews reported on January 8 that according to Jiemian News, citing the Wall Street Journal, artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is in talks to raise $2 billion in financing. The deal will bring its valuation to $60 billion, more than three times its valuation a year ago. People familiar with the matter revealed that this round of financing was led by venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, and the $60 billion valuation includes the funds Anthropic plans to raise in this round of financing. According to data provider CB Insights, the deal will make Anthropic the fifth most valuable US startup after SpaceX, OpenAI, Stripe and Databricks. In a round of financing led by Menlo Ventures last year, Anthropic was valued at $18 billion.