Anthropic Pulls Circulated IPO Filing Details After Flagging Pricing Error
Summary
Anthropic sent bankers a securities filing showing an IPO of about 867 million Class A shares at $70 to $80 each, then retracted it late Monday, saying the pricing details were inaccurate and an updated filing would follow. The retracted document put the raise at $69.3 billion at the top of the range, with roughly 843.3 million shares sold by the company and 23.3 million by existing holders. It also showed $26 billion in investments lined up from major technology companies alongside the offering; those private placement investments came from Alphabet, NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom, Micron, Microsoft and TSMC. The retraction lands hours after Reuters reported the $69.3 billion target, so the size is not in question — what is unclear is whether the share count or price range will change. The IPO roadshow is expected to begin Tuesday, with the final share price likely announced the following week and a Nasdaq debut targeted before Thanksgiving; CEO Dario Amodei is set to discuss the IPO with JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon at a live-streamed event. JPMorgan is the bank running the US retail allocation, with roughly 15% to 20% of the offering earmarked for individual investors.
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· dpa-AFX — Anthropic secured $26 billion in private placement investments from Alphabet, NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom, Micron, Microsoft and TSMC, with its IPO roadshow expected to begin Tuesday and final share price likely announced the following week.
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