‘Misanthropic and evil’: Elon Musk attacks Anthropic, claims its AI ‘hates Whites & Asians’

Anthropic Raises $30B at $380B Valuation; Elon Musk Fires Back With Bias Allegations

• Elon Musk criticises Anthropic after its $30B funding round
• Musk claims AI systems show bias, calls Anthropic "misanthropic"
• Anthropic valued at $380B, backed by Google, Amazon, Microsoft

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Elon Musk on Thursday publicly criticised AI startup Anthropic hours after the company announced a fresh $30 billion funding round that valued it at $380 billion, escalating tensions between the billionaire entrepreneur and one of the most prominent developers of advanced AI systems.

In a post on X, Musk accused AI systems of bias, writing that “AI hates Whites & Asians, especially Chinese, heterosexuals and men,” and described the development as “misanthropic and evil.” He appeared to take a swipe at Anthropic by referencing its name, suggesting it was “doomed” to irony.

Your AI hates Whites & Asians, especially Chinese, heterosexuals and men.

This is misanthropic and evil. Fix it. Frankly, I don’t think there is anything you can do to escape the inevitable irony of Anthropic ending up being Misanthropic. You were doomed to this fate when you… — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 12, 2026

The post came shortly after Anthropic confirmed it had raised $30 billion in new funding at a $380 billion post-money valuation, more than doubling its previous valuation. The company said the investment would help expand research, product development and infrastructure for its Claude AI models.

Anthropic, backed by major technology investors including Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Nvidia, has positioned itself as a safety-focused AI company with strong traction in enterprise and developer markets, particularly around coding tools such as Claude Code. The company has not publicly responded to Musk’s remarks.

Funding round cements elite status

The latest funding round, led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and US-based investment firm Coatue, places Anthropic among the most valuable private technology companies globally. According to Renaissance Capital rankings cited by the Associated Press, the company is now the third most valuable private firm, behind OpenAI, valued at $500 billion, and SpaceX.

The funding includes a portion of a previously announced $15 billion commitment from Nvidia and Microsoft. As part of that arrangement, Anthropic is expected to purchase up to $30 billion in computing capacity from Microsoft to support the development and operation of its Claude AI systems.

Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees, Anthropic has positioned itself as a safety-focused AI developer, with strong traction in enterprise applications, particularly software engineering and coding tools such as Claude Code. The company is not yet profitable but has indicated it is on track for $14 billion in sales over the next year.

Musk’s broader AI critique

Musk, who leads AI firm xAI, has repeatedly argued that large language models reflect the values embedded in their training data and governance structures. His latest comments fit into a broader pattern of public criticism directed at what he describes as ideological bias in AI systems.

The remarks also come at a time of internal change at xAI. According to Reuters, Musk has overhauled the startup’s management structure ahead of a planned initial public offering following its merger with SpaceX. The restructuring followed the departure of several co-founders.

At a recent all-hands meeting, Musk said the company was reorganising to operate more effectively at scale and emphasised its long-term ambitions in the competitive AI sector. He described the work as demanding but framed it as part of “interstellar ambitions.”

Market share battle intensifies

Despite Musk’s high-profile push into AI with Grok, data from Similarweb cited by Reuters shows that traffic to xAI’s chatbot accounts for about 3.4 percent of global generative AI chatbot traffic as of January. By comparison, ChatGPT commands roughly 64.5 percent, while Google’s Gemini holds about 21.5 percent.

Anthropic’s rapid valuation surge highlights how capital continues to flow into AI leaders even as scrutiny over governance, bias and safety grows. With major players racing to secure compute capacity and enterprise clients, public clashes between founders are increasingly overlapping with a high-stakes contest for market dominance.