Anthropic Hogged Q3 AI Venture Funding
By Reuters | 06 Oct, 2025

The $13 billion in new venture funding received during 2025 Q3 gave Anthropic the lion's share of the 46% of total global venture funding that went to AI.

A message reading "AI artificial intelligence", a keyboard, and robot hands are seen in this illustration taken January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

As the rush towards AI-related companies continues on Wall Street, data from Crunchbase showed on Monday that the sector enjoyed a bulk of venture funding in the third quarter, with names including Anthropic raking in billions. 

BY THE NUMBERS 

Global venture funding in the third quarter increased 38% year-over-year to $97 billion, increasing slightly from $92 billion in the second quarter. 

About 46% of global venture funding for the third quarter went towards funding AI companies, with 29% invested in solely Anthropic.

The three largest venture rounds in the quarter ended September were raised by foundation model companies: $13 billion by Anthropic, $5.3 billion by xAI and $2 billion from Mistral AI. 

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT 

The craze for AI-related companies has swept across Wall Street this year and was largely responsible for pushing the main stock indexes to record highs.

ChatGPT-parent OpenAI reportedly became the most valuable private company in the world last week with a valuation of $500 billion.

Crunchbase data shows other private players in the AI chatbot space were leading funding in the last quarter. 

Funding for U.S. companies dominated in the quarter, with $60 billion worth of global venture capital going to U.S.-based companies. 

OTHER SECTORS 

Funding for the hardware sector was the second-largest in the quarter, with large rounds raised by robotic, semiconductor, quantum and data infrastructure companies totaling $16.2 billion, according to Crunchbase's data.

Healthcare and biotech raised $15.8 billion in venture funding, making it the third-largest sector in the quarter.

(Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)