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Anthropic sets IPO price range of $70 to $78 per share to reach an implied valuation of $1.404 trillion

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In short

Total net proceeds from the public offering and parallel private sales are projected to reach between $84.6 billion and $93.7 billion. Technology giants including Google and Nvidia are providing direct backing through multibillion-dollar investments in non-voting stock. Even with $33.2 billion in revenue over the first nine months, the firm must navigate a nine-month net loss of $104 billion. Governance will stay insulated as the founders preserve majority voting control alongside oversight from a Long-Term Benefit Trust.

Key points

  • Founders will retain 50.1% of the total voting power through super-voting Class F shares…: Founders will retain 50.1% of the total voting power through super-voting Class F shares under a public benefit corporation structure.
  • The company's projected fully diluted valuation of $1.404 trillion surpasses OpenAI's rec…: The company's projected fully diluted valuation of $1.404 trillion surpasses OpenAI's recent $1.25 trillion mark but falls short of its earlier $2 trillion target.
  • Underwriters Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley hold an option to acquire up to 123.75 mill…: Underwriters Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley hold an option to acquire up to 123.75 million additional shares in the offering.

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Anthropic intends to push ahead with its IPO despite shakier markets and the broader pullback from AI investing.

The Claude-maker said in an updated IPO filing on Tuesday that it would be offering a total of 825 million Class A shares at an estimated price range of $70 to $78 per share. The sale is expected to raise anywhere from $57.75 billion to $64.35 billion.

The company could end up being worth a hefty $1.404 trillion if its shares list at the top of the price range, on a fully diluted basis. That would represent a significant jump up from the $965 billion valuation Anthropic reached in a May fundraise, but it’s still lower than the $2 trillion the company was reportedly targeting a couple months ago.

Separately, Anthropic said it had struck a deal to privately sell $26 billion of non-voting Class N stock at the IPO price to AMD, Broadcom, Google, Micron, Microsoft, Nvidia and TSMC. Google and Nvidia are investing $10 billion apiece.

All up, Anthropic estimates net proceeds to reach somewhere between $84.6 billion to $93.7…

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