24 August 2026

Anthropic seeks over 100 billion dollars in planned IPO

First reported

The New York Times ran this on , 2 days before the next source picked it up.

  • Anthropic's bankers pitched investors on raising more than 100 billion dollars, which would value the company near 2 trillion dollars if achieved.
  • The company's Claude chatbot and code-writing tool generate strong revenue projections around 47 billion dollars annually, supporting the valuation pitch.

How it was covered

Reported by The New York Times