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Anthropic IPO means you’re going to own the shares, whether you want to or not

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 27, 2026 • 05:00 AM
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Our superannuation fund CIOs are celebrating how they saved the ASX from Firmus. But few are brave enough to counter the AI bets amassing in their global equity books.

Anthropic IPO means you’re going to own the shares, whether you want to or not

The market’s most important and era-defining initial public offering is officially on. On Tuesday, Anthropic filed documents before an imminent Nasdaq listing that will value the artificial intelligence lab at between $US1.5 trillion and $US2 trillion.

Australian investors will get in on the action, whether they like it or not. Anthropic is using the same brokerage arrangement that made history with SpaceX in giving retail investors access to an offshore float.

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