Anthropic Seeks Up to $64.4 Billion in Landmark IPO
Anthropic's latest draft prospectus shows the company aims to raise up to $64.4 billion in its IPO, plus $26 billion via a private placement to cornerstone investors including Google, Nvidia and AMD, bringing total fundraising to as much as $90.4 billion. With an initial price range of $70-78 per share, the listing roadshow is imminent, marking one of the largest capital events in AI history.
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IT之家 November 10 news: According to the latest draft prospectus released by Reuters this evening (the 10th), Anthropic plans to raise up to $64.4 billion (IT之家 note: approximately RMB 430.616 billion at current exchange rates) through an initial public offering (IPO), and is preparing to launch its listing roadshow.
The draft prospectus shows that Anthropic also plans to raise $26 billion (approximately RMB 173.851 billion at current exchange rates) through a separate private placement transaction from cornerstone investors including Google, Nvidia, and AMD. After accounting for contributions from other cornerstone investors such as Broadcom, Micron, Microsoft, and TSMC, the total fundraising size of Anthropic's share offering could reach up to $90.4 billion (approximately RMB 604.467 billion at current exchange rates).
Anthropic and some existing investors plan to sell shares in the IPO, with an initial price range of $70 to $78 per share (approximately RMB 468.1 to 521.6 at current exchange rates). Specific offering arrangements are expected to be announced soon.
On the 9th local time, Reuters disclosed that Anthropic planned to raise up to $69.3 billion (approximately RMB 463.38 billion at current exchange rates) through the IPO. However, shortly after distributing copies of the securities filing document stating "planned IPO fundraising of $69.3 billion" to banks, Anthropic withdrew the relevant documents and responded that the pricing details therein were inaccurate, and that it would update the filing documents later.