Nathaniel Whittemore

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Today on the AI Daily Brief, is 2026 going to be the year of AI agent swarms?

Before that, in the headlines, some big jumps in anthropics fundraising and revenue.

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We kick off today with some fundraising and business news out of Anthropic.

The company is close to finalizing their latest funding round, which could raise more than $20 billion.

Reports state that Anthropic has between $10 and $15 billion in firm commitments that could be finalized early next week, including the Singapore Sovereign Wealth Fund and Sequoia making large investments.

Anthropic has also recently doubled the size of the round from $10 to $20 billion in response to excessive interest.

One investor told the Financial Times that the round was five to six times oversubscribed before the size increase.

In addition to venture capital and sovereign wealth, Microsoft and Nvidia have also committed to invest a total of $15 billion in the company, which is on top of the $20 billion from investment firms.

The round would reportedly value Anthropic at $350 billion, almost a doubling from their Series F, which closed in September.