Elon Musk attacks Anthropic after $30B round values firm at $380B

On 12 February 2026, artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced it had closed a $30 billion Series G funding round that valued the Claude developer at $380 billion after the investment. The company said the raise was led by Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and investment firm Coatue, with additional co-leads including D. E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ and MGX, and participation from Microsoft and Nvidia.

Hours after the announcement, Elon Musk criticized Anthropic on X, calling the company’s AI “misanthropic and evil.” In a separate post, he mocked the firm’s name and argued the label fit its trajectory. Musk also accused Anthropic’s models of bias, but did not point to specific examples in the posts. Anthropic had not responded publicly to the comments at the time of writing.

Anthropic’s announcement included new performance claims. The company said its overall run-rate revenue had reached $14 billion, and that its Claude Code product had surpassed $2.5 billion in annualized run-rate revenue, more than doubling since the start of 2026. Reuters reported that Anthropic also said business subscriptions to Claude Code have quadrupled since 1 January 2026, with enterprise use representing more than half of Claude Code revenue.

The exchange adds to a widening public rivalry among top AI executives as the sector pulls in record capital. Anthropic was valued at $183 billion after a Series F round in September 2025, according to Reuters. Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and later left the company, now runs xAI and has been in active legal dispute with OpenAI over its shift toward a for-profit structure.

Musk’s comments also came as xAI deals with senior departures. Reuters reported that xAI co-founders Yuhuai “Tony” Wu and Jimmy Ba announced on 10 February 2026 that they were resigning from the company, part of what the agency described as a broader exodus that has left xAI with half of its original co-founders.