Anthropic
Developing profileAnthropic is an AI research and product company that develops the Claude family of models. It was the defendant in Bartz v. Anthropic, a class action over books downloaded from piracy sites and used in developing Claude, which it settled for at least $1.5 billion.
- Type
- ai lab
- Status
- active
- Founded
- 2021
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
Products and models
- Claude — Anthropic's family of AI models and products; the training uses examined in Bartz v. Anthropic were found to be transformative fair use.
Significant events
Court grants final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement
A federal judge granted final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic, resolving claims over more than seven million books downloaded from piracy sites. An earlier ruling had found training Claude on the books to be transformative fair use; the liability came from building a permanent library of pirated works.
Authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson sue Anthropic, accusing it of copying copyrighted books without permission while developing Claude.
Judge William Alsup rules that using books to train Claude was transformative fair use, but that maintaining a permanent general-purpose library of pirated books was not justified.
Anthropic and the certified class sign a settlement term sheet resolving the remaining piracy claims before a scheduled December trial where statutory damages could have run far higher.
Judge Alsup grants preliminary approval, finding the agreement sufficiently fair to proceed through notice, claims, and final review.
The settlement administrator reports valid claims covering 440,490 of the 482,460 works on the final list — 91.3% — with 350 opt-outs and 54 objections or comments.
Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín holds the final approval hearing, considering the settlement, objections, opt-out disputes, and the attorneys' fee request.
Judge Martínez-Olguín grants final approval and enters judgment, describing the $1.5 billion settlement as meaningful relief in a novel and risky case.
White House expands the Genesis Mission with more than $5 billion for AI science
The White House announced more than $5 billion in federal commitments for the Genesis Mission — a whole-of-government initiative to build a shared national AI platform for science — and the Department of Energy selected 278 projects for award negotiations. The $5 billion is an aggregate commitment across 15+ agencies, not a single grant fund.
President Trump signs Executive Order 14363 establishing the Genesis Mission, directing the Department of Energy to build the American Science and Security Platform, with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy coordinating agencies.
The Department of Energy signs collaboration agreements with 24 organizations; Reuters identifies partners including Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, AWS, Oracle, IBM, Intel, AMD, HPE, OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Palantir, Cerebras, and Groq.
The Department of Energy opens a Genesis Mission request for applications; its funding FAQ says approximately $293.76 million was expected for the initial competition.
The White House announces more than $5 billion in commitments across 15+ agencies; the DOE selects 278 projects (342 institutions) for award negotiations; the Consortium reports more than $800 million in partner support; and the Department of War says it is on track to commit $200M+ in FY2026 and $1.3B+ in FY2027.
The White House · US Department of Energy · US Department of Energy
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Funding
Funding history is not yet modeled. Ongoing AI publishes funding figures only with a cited source.
Sources
- Official settlement documents — Anthropic Copyright Settlement administrator · primary source · accessed July 27, 2026
Record last updated July 27, 2026.
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