Artificial Intelligence Startup Anthropic Raising Funds Valuing It At $60 Billion

Amazon-backed OpenAI rival was valued at $18 billion last year

Anthropic is in advanced talks to raise $2 billion in a deal that would value it at $60 billion, more than triple its valuation from a year ago.

The funding round is being led by the venture firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, people familiar with the matter said. The $60 billion valuation includes the money Anthropic plans to raise in the round.

The deal w…