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June 1, 2026

Anthropic’s $65bn round begs the question: ‘Is Europe cooked?’

The American AI giant’s latest raise surpassed the entire region’s funding efforts last year


Wefox founder Julian Teicke suggested Europe may be 'cooked' following Anthropic's latest raise.

When mega AI model maker Anthropic announced it had secured a blockbuster $65bn funding, the message reverberated far beyond Silicon Valley.

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Martin Coulter

Martin Coulter is Sifted's news editor, based in London. You can follow him on LinkedIn and X

Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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