Huge revenue growth, big spending and humanity-ending warnings all feature in the artificial intelligence giant’s prospectus.
Artificial intelligence pioneer Anthropic debuted its highly anticipated prospectus on Tuesday, setting the stage for a mega initial public offering.
Reports suggest it will seek to raise $US100 billion ($142 billion) or more in a deal that could value its equity at between $US1.5 trillion and $US2 trillion. If that’s the case, it will be the biggest IPO ever .
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While co-leading the offering, Goldman also wants a shot at managing the billions of dollars in new wealth that the deal creates. It's not the only one.
Bloomberg says the Anthropic IPO has drawn several times the orders on offer, as the founders sell $1.75bn and Europeans get to buy in.
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.
Anthropic’s public offering is expected to make it one of the world’s most valuable publicly traded companies as soon as next week.
Anthropic’s debut on public markets will be unlike any that’s come before it, in ways that amount to either a once-in-a-generation opportunity — or a massive financial gamble, depending on whom you ask.
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