Anthropic Files Publicly for IPO, Citing $80.7 Billion Half-Year Loss and Rapid Revenue Growth
Photo: NBC NewsAnthropic, the San Francisco maker of the Claude AI system, publicly filed for an initial public offering on Monday, October 26, 2026, planning a Nasdaq listing under the ticker ANT. The 335-page filing shows a net loss of $80.7 billion for the first half of 2026, compared with $42 billion for all of 2025. Anthropic said revenue grew 1,368% year over year in the quarter ended June 30 while cloud costs rose 300%. It has raised about $141 billion and holds $112.4 billion in cash, but warned it may need more financing sooner than expected. The offering is expected in November and could value the company at around $2 trillion or more. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are leading it, and Anthropic first filed confidentially in June. The filing follows CEO Dario Amodei's call, weeks ago, to slow development of the most advanced AI models. Outlets give different figures for the SpaceX IPO record it could challenge: $75 billion or $86 billion raised in June.
Left-leaning CBS News and NBC News lead with market significance. CBS quotes Lightshed analysts saying Anthropic could become the world's most valuable company or end in bankruptcy, while NBC details the filing's loss, cloud costs, growth and cash. Neither excerpt mentions Amodei's slowdown call. The right-leaning New York Post leads with the $2 trillion valuation, calls the loss a possible spook for investors fearing an AI bubble, gives $16.3 billion in revenue, and adds Amodei's slowdown call and the criticism of his safety-evaluator plan. Fox Business is brief, noting growth and mounting costs. Both sides report the loss and ticker; they differ on the SpaceX figures and the safety angle. NewsNation and The Hindu carry AP copy stressing the executive's existential-risk warning and the founders' potential wealth.
How the sides differ Left sources emphasize market stakes and filing finances; right sources stress the loss as a bubble risk and Amodei's safety stance, though both report the same core numbers.
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CBS News and NBC News lead with the IPO's market stakes and filing finances, quoting Lightshed analysts on the outcomes (CBS) and detailing losses, cloud costs, growth and cash (NBC).
NewsNation and The Hindu, using AP copy, lead with the possible record IPO alongside Amodei's existential-risk warnings, and note the potential multibillion-dollar gain for the founders.
The New York Post leads with the $2 trillion valuation, the loss and bubble worries, and Amodei's slowdown call with its criticism; Fox Business briefly covers growth, costs and the ticker.