https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/06/anthropics-5b-4-year-plan-to-take-on-openai/ > AI research startup Anthropic aims to raise as much as $5 billion over the next two years to take on rival OpenAI and enter over a dozen major industries, according to company documents obtained by TechCrunch. > A pitch deck for Anthropic’s series C fundraising round discloses these and other long-term goals for the company, which was founded in 2020 by former OpenAI researchers.