Anthropic kicks off record IPO
The artificial intelligence start-up behind the Claude models has published documents relating to its arrival on Wall Street. Its exceptional growth is accompanied by losses which pose a risk to its future profitability.
The announcement had been awaited for several months. The start-up Anthropic, at the forefront of the development of artificial intelligence (AI), has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq in New York. The operation, led by the banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, could be carried out the week of November 16, according to information from the Wall Street Journal.
Four years after the release of ChatGPT by its competitor OpenAI, Anthropic could become the first company providing cutting-edge models to go public and take advantage of the vast pool of capital in the stock markets to expand. The document, published this Monday, October 26, sheds light on the financial results of this company which has experienced exceptional growth since its creation in 2021. Over the first six months of 2026, Anthropic generated approximately $16.3 billion in revenue, compared to $1.2 billion in the same period the previous year.
The result of a strategy for implementing Claude AI models in companies. Markets will scrutinize the publication of two additional pieces of information: the targeted valuation and the number of shares it plans to sell. The San Francisco start-up could raise up to $100 billion, or more, during this IPO which would value it between $1,500 and $2,000 billion.
It could beat the record of SpaceX, which raised $75 billion during its IPO, and reached a valuation of more than $2,000 billion. This financial operation comes in a context in which investors are concerned about the profitability of the AI sector, forced to borrow colossal sums to invest in the infrastructure necessary for this technological race. The filing documents reveal that Anthropic recorded a net loss of $80.7 billion on revenue of $16.3 billion between January and July 2026.
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