American company Anthropic, the developer of artificial intelligence Claude, is preparing for one of the largest initial public offerings (IPOs) in the history of the technology market. Anthropic plans to raise up to $64.4 billion in the open market and an additional $26 billion through a private placement among technology partners, according to the company's pre-IPO filing.
Trading in the company's shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange should begin on November 19 under the ticker ANT. In total, Anthropic plans to offer 825 million Class A shares at a price of $70 to $78 per paper. At the high end of the range, the company's capitalization could reach approximately $1.4 trillion, making Anthropic one of the largest technology IPOs in history.
Why it matters to markets
Anthropic is one of OpenAI's main competitors in the generative artificial intelligence market, and its chatbot Claude is used by millions of users and companies around the world. The scale of the planned offering — a combined nearly $90 billion through public and private offerings — shows just how big investors are willing to put into companies developing artificial intelligence technologies, even as recent doubts about the sustainability of the boom have already hit shares of Nvidia and other tech giants.
For global markets, Anthropic's IPO will be one of the key indicators of whether investor appetite for technology companies remains after recent volatility in the sector. Ukrainian investors who follow global stock market trends should take into account that the results of the placement on November 19 may affect the general mood on the global stock markets.
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