Company profile
Anthropic
Frontier AI lab. Oct 13, 2026: licensing-plus-acqui-hire deal with Opaque Systems for confidential/verifiable AI (terms Undisclosed). Claude Compliance API is an integration surface for workforce AI security vendors.
- Status
- Status not recorded in CyberMerge data
- Valuation
- Undisclosed
- Latest funding
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Funding & valuation
Funding: Undisclosed — no round recorded in the CyberMerge Funding Tracker.
Research map notes
- Research map · Secure Compute · Acquired Oct 13, 2026: Anthropic agreed to license Opaque Systems' confidential/verifiable AI technology and hire part of the team (acqui-hire + license; terms Undisclosed per Opaque blog and Constellation Research). Opaque helped define confidential AI / confidential computing for AI workloads; prior $24M Series B at a $300M valuation was reported by secondary press (Constellation / Dealroom) — treat as last reported, not restated in the deal. Not a standalone Opaque mark. Source (recorded Oct 14, 2026)
Competitors
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Related CyberMerge stories
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On the desk
- M&A Activity · Oct 13, 2026 Anthropic licensed Opaque Systems' confidential-AI technology and is hiring some of its team. Terms Undisclosed. Constellation Research / The Information
Figures appear only as recorded in CyberMerge data, with source and date. “Undisclosed” means no published figure in our data. Editorial, not investment advice. Last updated . Spot an error? Tell the desk.