Anthropic is an AI safety and research company founded in 2021 by seven former OpenAI employees. Structured as a public benefit corporation, the company develops large language models and AI assistants with a stated focus on building systems that are reliable, interpretable, and steerable. Its primary product, Claude, is positioned as a large language model designed to be safe, accurate, and secure.
The company operates across technical domains including AI safety, interpretability, alignment with human values, security, and reliability. With 3,000 employees and a current valuation of $183 billion, Anthropic combines cutting-edge AI research with explicit commitments to responsible development. The company frames its mission around advancing AI in ways that benefit humanity over the long term, emphasising the importance of systems users can trust.
