Anthropic targets $1 trillion valuation with record IPO and placement plans Markets Anthropic and some of its shareholders are seeking to raise as much as $90.4bn in its hotly anticipated IPO and private placement, in a potentially record-breaking first-time share sale that will test the market’s appetite for AI stocks after a major sell-off last week. The Claude chatbot maker is seeking as much as $64.4bn (£47.9bn) [...]
Anthropic retracts $69bn IPO plans after sending inaccurate figures to banks Tech Anthropic has withdrawn pricing details for its highly anticipated stock market debut after telling bankers it planned to raise as much as $69.3bn (£53bn), before claiming the figures were inaccurate. The Claude developer circulated a securities filing on Monday outlining plans to sell approximately 867 million shares at between $70 and $80 apiece, Reuters reported. [...]
Anthropic’s $1.5 trillion IPO in doubt as AI sell-off spooks investors Tech Anthropic’s blockbuster $1.5 trillion (£1.1 trillion) stock market listing could be delayed or forced into a dramatic valuation cut after a brutal Wall Street sell-off left investors questioning the price tag on one of the world’s most valuable AI firms. The ChatGPT rival is facing growing pressure to lower its valuation as a rout in [...]
New ‘founder relief’ is meant to boost entrepreneurs, but can anyone name a founder who qualifies? November 4, 2026 A new tax rate of 10 per cent capital gains on up to £10m lifetime gains is designed to encourage and reward founders, but the draft rules are so narrowly drawn that hardly anyone will qualify, says John Manis In the film My Fair Lady, the heroine’s father, Alfred P Doolittle, makes a memorable case [...]
Anthropic’s growth slows ahead of IPO as AI spending bill nears $900bn November 2, 2026 Anthropic’s revenue has surged twelvefold to nearly $17bn (£13bn), but the AI giant has slipped back into the red as its computing commitments approach $900bn ahead of a potentially record-breaking stock market debut. The Claude maker revealed the figures in an updated IPO filing on Monday, offering investors a fresh look at its finances just [...]