Seoul, May 30 -- Samsung Electronics and SK hynix have taken strategic stakes in Anthropic, the developer of the Claude artificial intelligence models, joining a funding round that valued the US startup at $965 billion, making it the world's most valuable AI company ahead of OpenAI, The Korea Herald reported.

The deal is also fueling expectations that Samsung could win future AI chip manufacturing orders from Anthropic, boosting its foundry business, according to The Korea Herald.

The two Korean chipmakers signed on as strategic infrastructure partners alongside US memory maker Micron, Anthropic announced Thursday in the US. The investment came as Anthropic closed a $65 billion Series H round valuing the company at $965 billion, more th...