Anthropic targets valuation of up to US$1.4 trillion

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Anthropic plans to raise up to US$64 billion ($114b) in its upcoming initial public offering, the artificial intelligence giant said in a filing, in a listing that could value the…

Anthropic plans to raise up to US$64 billion ($114b) in its upcoming initial public offering, the artificial intelligence giant said in a filing, in a listing that could value the company at up to US$1.4 trillion ($2.5t).

The stock market debut will be the first by one of the leading AI model developers and is being seen as a gauge of how long the AI spending boom lifting the US economy can last.

The maker of the Claude AI models said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it aims to sell 825 million shares at between US$70 and US$78 each ($125-$139). The shares will trade under the ticker “ANT”.

Seven tech companies including Google, Nvidia, AMD and Microsoft have also agreed to buy US$26b of non-voting shares at the IPO price in a separate private placement, the filing showed.

The companies are investors in Anthropic or major suppliers of its computing power.

Anthropic had been expected to raise up to US$100b, which would have made it the largest IPO on record.

Even at the top of its price range, the offering would fall short of the record set by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which raised US$86b in its June IPO at a valuation of US$1.77t.

Anthropic has been aiming to go public the week of November 16, and reports said its shares would begin trading on November 19.

Anthropic’s listing is “just another chapter” in investors’ worries over the cost of the AI buildout and how it gets financed, Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B Riley Wealth Management, told AFP.

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