Anthropic's IPO range values it at up to $1.4 trillion, below the $2 trillion it had eyed

Anthropic, PBC said on November 10 that it launched the roadshow for its initial public offering, with 825 million Class A shares expected to price between $70.00 and $78.00 each, according to the company's announcement. At the top of that range, TechCrunch reported, the company would be worth $1.404 trillion on a fully diluted basis.

The terms follow the S-1 filings FinanceInTime reported, which left the share count and price range blank.

Most of the 825 million shares are new, and the rest are sold by existing holders

Anthropic said 801,351,354 of the shares are offered by the company and 23,648,646 by certain existing stockholders, and that it will not receive any proceeds from the stockholders' shares. It expects to give the underwriters a 30-day option to buy up to 123,750,000 more shares, and it has applied to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "ANT."

TechCrunch reported that the sale is expected to raise $57.75 billion to $64.35 billion, which matches 825 million shares at $70 and at $78 (computed). The company said the registration statement has been filed but has not yet become effective, so the shares cannot be sold yet.

Up to $1.4 trillion, against $965 billion in May and a $2 trillion aim

CNBC put the top-of-range value at up to $1.405 trillion on a fully diluted basis, $1 billion above TechCrunch's figure, and compared it with the $965 billion valuation Anthropic reached in a May fundraise. The top of the range is 45.5% above that May figure (computed).

CNBC also reported that Anthropic "had been looking toward a $2 trillion valuation until recently."

Seven suppliers and partners buy $26 billion outside the offering

Anthropic agreed to sell $26 billion of non-voting Class N stock at the IPO price in a private placement, to AMD, Broadcom, Google, Micron, Microsoft, Nvidia and TSMC, TechCrunch and CNBC reported.

On governance, TechCrunch reported that the founders hold a Class F share with 50.1% of the voting power and that the Long-Term Benefit Trust will elect a board majority. The seven co-founders are each selling nearly 3.4 million shares, about $250 million each at the $74 midpoint, according to TechCrunch.

Revenue of $33.24 billion, a net loss of $104 billion, and commitments near $900 billion

For the nine months ended September 30, CNBC reported, Anthropic generated $33.24 billion in revenue and a $104 billion net loss, most of it from the change in fair value of convertible notes and derivative liabilities. The same stretch of 2025 produced a $25.1 billion loss, so the loss was $78.9 billion larger (computed).

TechCrunch reported run-rate revenue of $81 billion by the end of October, compute and infrastructure commitments of $900.9 billion and nearly $132 billion in cash and short-term investments. The commitments are 6.8 times that cash (computed).

Pricing is planned for November 18

CNBC reported, citing people familiar with the details, that the company plans to price on November 18 and trade on November 19, and that it is targeting a retail allocation of about 20%. CNBC noted that SpaceX went public in a record offering that raised $85.7 billion.

We would weigh the $900.9 billion of commitments before the valuation

We think the range says less about Anthropic than the commitments behind it do. Most of the nine-month loss came from fair-value changes, which are not cash, but the $900.9 billion of compute commitments stand against about $132 billion of cash and short-term investments.

The opportunity is that run-rate revenue of $81 billion could let more of that spending be paid from sales than from new capital. The threat is that a valuation below the $2 trillion once discussed makes equity a costlier way to fund it. We expect the commitments to matter more than the listing price if revenue growth slows before they fall due, and our view would soften if run-rate revenue keeps climbing at its current pace.

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