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Anthropic’s IPO could make or break the AI boom

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 27, 2026 • 07:29 AM
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While the company’s trajectory is undeniably stellar, its plans to debut on the stock exchange come at a fraught phase of the artificial intelligence revolution.

Anthropic’s IPO could make or break the AI boom

Few companies have the power to make or break the artificial intelligence boom quite like Anthropic. The Silicon Valley giant’s sharemarket float next month is shaping up to be the ultimate referendum on investor faith in the technology.

Anthropic, which trains and deploys the powerful AI models behind Claude, could command a valuation as high as $US2 trillion ($2.85 trillion), which would push it past Elon Musk’s SpaceX as the world’s biggest initial public offering .

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Jim Cramer says Anthropic's explosive growth could justify a record-breaking IPO

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Anthropic IPO: ‘required to validate’ AI stock valuations, says Coben

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All 7 Anthropic founders will each cash out about $250M in IPO | TechCrunch

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Each of the seven co-founders plans to sell exactly the same number of shares in the IPO, which would bring each of them about $250 million in cash at the midpoint of the price range while leaving the group in control of the company.

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The Verge
1d ago
Anthropic confirms it’s planning for its shares to start publicly trading on November 19th.

Anthropic confirms it’s planning for its shares to start publicly trading on November 19th.

It’s expecting to set its final IPO share price the day before that. Earlier this week, Anthropic said that price would likely be between $70 to $78 per share, putting its valuation as high as $1.4 trillion. [Link: Anthropic’s Initial Public Offering | https://ipo.anthropic.com/us/ | Anthropic]

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