Feb 6 (Reuters) - AI startup Anthropic is ironing out

the final details on ‌a funding round likely ​to raise more than

$20 ‍billion and ⁠slated to ⁠close as soon as ‌next week, ​Bloomberg

News reported on Friday, citing sources.

Reuters ⁠could ‍not ​immediately verify the report. The company

did not immediately ‍respond to a request for comment.

The Claude chatbot maker was initially ​seeking $10 ‍billion

but is now on track to ​raise more than double that amount at a

$350 billion valuation, due to excess investor ​interest, the

report added.