Anthropic targets valuation around $1T in blockbuster AI IPO, below initial expectation

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Anthropic's IPO targets up to $1.02 trillion, falling well short of the $1.5 trillion valuation previously discussed as Wall Street reassesses AI costs.

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Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude chatbot, is seeking a valuation of up to $1.02 trillion in a blockbuster initial public offering, falling short of earlier expectations as Wall Street grows increasingly cautious about the enormous costs fueling the AI boom.

The San Francisco-based company plans to raise as much as $64.4 billion through the sale of 825 million shares priced between $70 and $78 apiece, according to an amended Securities and Exchange Commission filing released Tuesday.

Anthropic will also raise $26 billion through a separate private placement involving major technology companies, including Google, Nvidia, Microsoft and AMD, bringing the combined fundraising target to as much as $90.4 billion.

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An Anthropic logo is displayed at Moscone Center during the Dreamforce 2026 technology summit in San Francisco, California, Sept. 17, 2026. (Reuters/Carlos Barria/File Photo)

The proposed valuation is significantly below the $1.5 trillion figure previously discussed by prospective investors. At one point this year, investors had anticipated a valuation as high as $2 trillion, Reuters reported.

The reduced target comes amid growing concerns about whether AI companies can generate sufficient returns to justify their massive spending on chips, data centers and computing infrastructure.

"What we are seeing is essentially a reassessment of Anthropic's value in a more challenging AI environment," Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote Bank, told Reuters.

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