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Anthropic targets $1 trillion IPO valuation in test of Wall Street's AI fervor

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In short

The planned listing includes an indicative share price range between $70 and $78 alongside a $26 billion private placement backed by Alphabet's Google, Nvidia, and Advanced Micro Devices. Meanwhile, operational momentum shows third-quarter revenue climbing to $16.96 billion as adoption of Claude models expands across legal, healthcare, and finance industries. Even with narrowing net losses, the firm faces nearly $900 billion in future computing obligations to partners like Google and Amazon.

Key points

  • Total capital raised across the public offering and private placements could reach as muc…: Total capital raised across the public offering and private placements could reach as much as $90.4 billion.
  • Regulatory filings detail substantial financial risks, including nearly $900 billion in l…: Regulatory filings detail substantial financial risks, including nearly $900 billion in long-term computing commitments to cloud infrastructure partners.
  • Sequential revenue growth slowed from 144 percent in the second quarter to 47 percent in…: Sequential revenue growth slowed from 144 percent in the second quarter to 47 percent in the third quarter amid intense competition with OpenAI.

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Nov 10 : Anthropic's IPO is set to raise as much as $64.4 billion, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday, in a landmark test of whether Wall Street's faith in the AI boom outweighs concerns over its risks.

The company is targeting a valuation of up to $1.02 trillion, according to Reuters calculations based on the outstanding shares listed in the filing.

Reuters exclusively reported on Tuesday that Anthropic and some of its investors plan to sell shares in an indicative price band of between $70 and $78 per share.

The company is launching the roadshow for a historic share sale that is expected to set a benchmark for the sector, following years of hype that fueled a massive influx of capital into AI companies.

Anthropic will also raise $26 billion via a separate private placement deal with cornerstone investors including Alphabet's Google, Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices, Reuters reported.

Together with investments from cornerstones, which include Broadcom, Micron Technology, Microsoft and TSMC, the Anthropic share offering will raise a total of up to $90.4 billion.

Details of the blockbuster deal…

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