Anthropic, which was launched in 2021 and has raised $1.45 billion to date, aims to create a next-gen algorithm for AI self-teaching. The company plans to use most of the revenue from products like Claude Pro to increase compute capacity, as it relies on clusters with tens of thousands of GPUs to train its models. Despite having thousands of customers and partners, including Quora, Anthropic faces stiff competition from Cohere, AI21 Labs, and OpenAI.
Key takeaways:
- Anthropic, an AI startup, has launched its first consumer-facing premium subscription plan, Claude Pro, for its AI-powered chatbot, Claude 2.
- The subscription plan offers more usage, the ability to send more messages, priority access during high-traffic periods, and early access to new features for $20/month in the U.S. and £18/month in the U.K.
- Anthropic's ultimate goal is to create a self-teaching AI algorithm that can be used to build virtual assistants capable of answering emails, performing research, and generating art and books.
- Anthropic has raised $1.45 billion to date and estimates it will need $5 billion over the next two years to create its envisioned AI. Most of the funding, including revenue from Claude Pro, will go towards compute capacity.