$600 million AI startup Anthropic is exploring a sale to Google parent Alphabet Inc. over concerns about access to capital and rising competition.

$600 million AI startup Anthropic is exploring a sale to Google parent Alphabet Inc. over concerns about access to capital and rising competition. Anthropic is in discussions with potential buyers including Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, as well as Microsoft Corp., according to sources who declined to be identified as the matter is private. The deal could be valued at over $2 billion.