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Qatar backs Claude AI-maker Anthropic in $13B funding round

The investment propels Qatar into greater competition with its neighbors, who are pouring billions into rival AI companies

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People gather at the Corniche promenade as Doha's skyline is seen in the background

The Qatar Investment Authority was named among the investors in Anthropic’s $13 billion funding round, which valued the AI startup at $183 billion, in a sign that the maker of the Claude large language models may be willing to...