Anthropic files for IPO, valuation of up to 2 trillion US dollars
Anthropic files for blockbuster IPO that could value AI giant at $2 trillion
Anthropic formally filed its S-1 listing document on Monday, planning to list on Nasdaq at a valuation of up to 2 trillion USD under the ticker ANT; the company did not disclose the offering price or the number of shares to be issued. According to Reuters, investors recently valued it at about 1.5 trillion USD, comparable to Tesla's current market value. The filing shows the seven founders each hold about 240 million shares, currently worth nearly 14 billion USD; at a 2 trillion USD valuation, each person's stake would be worth up to 29 billion USD. The seven founded Anthropic in 2021 and include CEO Dario Amodei, President Daniela Amodei, interpretability research lead Christopher Olah, public policy lead Jack Clark, chief compute officer Tom Brown, chief science officer Jared Kaplan and chief architect Sam McCandlish.
The S-1 filing discloses that each of the seven founders holds approximately 240 million shares; against the $1.5 trillion valuation recently given by investors, this shows the expected range for the market's pricing of this listing.