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Anthropic IPO enthralls India's uber-rich, but where are the shares?

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The offering has generated surging demand from Indian wealth managers seeking high-profile artificial intelligence assets following SpaceX's June public debut. Direct participation remains out of reach because India is excluded from the international offering, leaving access confined to jurisdictions like the UK, Japan, Australia, and select European markets. Domestic buyers are further restricted by the Reserve Bank of India's Liberalized Remittance Scheme, which limits individual outward transfers to $250,000 annually. Consequently, advisors are steering clients away from private secondaries and toward exchange-traded funds, public post-IPO buying, or corporate backers like Alphabet and A…

Key points

  • Indian investors are aggressively pursuing global artificial intelligence exposure due to…: Indian investors are aggressively pursuing global artificial intelligence exposure due to a scarcity of mature, pure-play generative AI model developers in the domestic market.
  • Direct primary allocations are inaccessible to Indian buyers because of geographic underw…: Direct primary allocations are inaccessible to Indian buyers because of geographic underwriting exclusions alongside strict central bank overseas investment limits.
  • Wealth managers are instructing wealthy clients to gain exposure through post-listing ope…: Wealth managers are instructing wealthy clients to gain exposure through post-listing open-market trading, exchange-traded funds, or major corporate stakeholders such as Alphabet and Amazon.

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India's ultra-rich are coveting shares in Anthropic's upcoming mega initial public offering (IPO), as the superhit IPO of SpaceX in June and a shortage of domestic artificial intelligence (AI) offerings add to the allure of American AI giant.

Wealth managers are fielding inquiries from technology founders, family offices, and business executives across the country, after the maker of Claude filed papers for its IPO last week. However, stock availability is scarce in private markets, and access for anyone outside major American and European markets is expected to be extremely limited, they said on condition of anonymity.

"Quite a few of our clients have enquired more than once over the last week about investment opportunities in Anthropic. But getting them those shares is easier said than done at this point," a Mumbai-based wealth manager for ultra-high-networth individuals said.

Anthropic represents a compelling opportunity at the intersection of AI and enterprise technology, and a certain fear-of-missing-out factor around such a marquee listing is inevitable among HNIs, said Prakash Bulusu, joint chief executive at IIFL Capital. While tech entrepreneurs, globally oriented family offices…

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