The Financial Times reports Sequoia is joining Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and U.S. investor Coatue in a proposed funding round for Anthropic that aims to raise $25 billion and would value the artificial intelligence company at $350 billion. Reuters and other outlets relayed the FT account, while Reuters said it could not immediately verify the report and that Anthropic, Sequoia, GIC and Coatue did not respond to requests for comment. According to the FT’s description, GIC and Coatue would each commit roughly $1.5 billion to the round. The FT names Sequoia as part of the investor group but does not specify how much cash Sequoia would contribute in the accounts summarized by Reuters. The size and ambition of the proposed round would accentuate debates about governance, safety and market concentration in advanced AI.

Source: thestar January 18, 2026 13:57 UTC