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  "markdown": "Venture firm.\n\nWebsite: https://www.deshaw.com\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **Anthropic**, Series G, February 2026, Series H, May 2026, led a round\n  - [Claude API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/anthropic-api.md), graded BB, 77.3/100\n  - [Claude Agent SDK](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-agent-sdk.md), graded BB, 70.1/100\n  - [Claude Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.md), graded C, 59.9/100\n  - Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-30-billion-series-g-funding-380-billion-post-money-valuation\n- **Anthropic, PBC**, Series G, February 2026, Series H, May 2026, led a round\n  - [Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet.md), graded F, 17.9/100\n  - Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-30-billion-series-g-funding-380-billion-post-money-valuation\n- **ClickHouse**, Series C extension, October 2025\n  - [ClickHouse MCP Server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clickhouse-mcp-server.md), graded B, 64.6/100\n  - Source: https://clickhouse.com/blog/clickhouse-extends-series-c-financing-expands-leadership-team\n- **ElevenLabs**, Employee tender offer, September 2026, through D.E. Shaw\n  - [ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-agents.md), graded BB, 71.4/100\n  - [ElevenLabs Music API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.md), graded B, 66.9/100\n  - [ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-scribe.md), graded B, 69/100\n  - [ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-tts.md), graded BB, 75.3/100\n  - [ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning.md), graded BB, 74.8/100\n  - Source: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/tender-22bn\n\n## Where they invest\n\n- Model APIs \u0026 inference, 1\n- Agent frameworks \u0026 SDKs, 1\n- Agent harnesses, 1\n- Personal assistants, 1\n- Databases \u0026 files, 1\n- Conversational voice agents, 1\n- Music generation, 1\n- Speech-to-text, 1\n- Text-to-speech, 1\n- Voice cloning \u0026 custom voices, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\n- [Dario Amodei](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dario-amodei/), Anthropic\n- [Daniela Amodei](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/daniela-amodei/), Anthropic\n- [Tom Brown](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tom-brown/), Anthropic\n- [Jack Clark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jack-clark/), Anthropic\n- [Jared Kaplan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jared-kaplan/), Anthropic\n- [Sam McCandlish](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sam-mccandlish/), Anthropic\n- [Chris Olah](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-olah/), Anthropic\n- [Karan Ahuja](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/karan-ahuja/), Anthropic, PBC\n- [Aaron Katz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aaron-katz/), ClickHouse\n- [Alexey Milovidov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alexey-milovidov/), ClickHouse\n- [Yury Izrailevsky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yury-izrailevsky/), ClickHouse\n- [Mati Staniszewski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mati-staniszewski/), ElevenLabs\n- [Piotr Dąbkowski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/piotr-dabkowski/), ElevenLabs\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has D. E. Shaw Ventures invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Anthropic, Anthropic, PBC, ClickHouse and ElevenLabs backed by D. E. Shaw Ventures.\n\n### How are D. E. Shaw Ventures's companies graded?\n\nOn Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Claude API (BB, 77.3), Claude Agent SDK (BB, 70.1), Claude Code (C, 59.9), Claude Duet (F, 17.9), ClickHouse MCP Server (B, 64.6), ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP (BB, 71.4), ElevenLabs Music API (B, 66.9), ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API (B, 69), ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP (BB, 75.3) and ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API (BB, 74.8).\n\nInvestors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source. An investor isn't a sign of quality, and nobody can pay to be listed or to change a grade. To correct something or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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