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Anthropic Offers 825 Million Shares in Initial Price Range of $70 to $78

Key Facts

1Anthropic launched its roadshow on November 10, 2026, for an offering of 825,000,000 shares in an initial price range of $70.00 to $78.00 per share.
2Anthropic is offering 801,351,354 shares, and existing stockholders are offering 23,648,646 shares; the company will not receive proceeds from the stockholders’ sales.
3The company expects an underwriter option lasting 30 days to purchase up to 123,750,000 additional shares.
4The company estimated net proceeds of about $84.6 billion at an assumed price of $74.00 per share, rising to $93.7 billion if the option is exercised in full.
5Revenue was $33,242 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2026, compared with $2,545 million a year earlier, a growth rate of 1,206%.

Anthropic launched its roadshow on November 10, 2026, for a proposed public offering of 825,000,000 Class A shares, with an initial price range of $70.00 to $78.00 per share, according to the company’s announcement. The company is offering 801,351,354 shares, while existing stockholders are offering 23,648,646 shares. Anthropic will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by those stockholders, according to the announcement. The offering is part of a listing process for which the company has applied to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol ANT. But the registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has not yet become effective, and the shares may not be sold before it does.

Anthropic expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 123,750,000 additional Class A shares. This option is in addition to the shares offered in the offering, while the announcement does not say that the underwriters have exercised it. The company estimated net proceeds from the sale of Class A shares and Class N shares in a concurrent private placement at about $84.6 billion, based on an assumed price of $74.00 per share. Estimated proceeds would rise to $93.7 billion if the underwriters’ option were exercised in full, according to the offering prospectus. These estimates reflect an assumed price within the initial range, while the final price has not been disclosed.

The concurrent private placement includes Google, Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, Micron, Microsoft and TSMC purchasing Class N shares for a total of $26.0 billion. The price per share in the private placement will be set at the public offering price, and the transaction remains subject to completion of the offering and specified conditions. The company’s prospectus said the private placement will close immediately after the public offering. The transaction therefore combines the sale of Class A shares to the public with a separate private investment arrangement in Class N shares. Proceeds from shares sold by existing stockholders are not included in the funds Anthropic receives from its share sales.

The prospectus data showed Anthropic revenue of $33,242 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2026, compared with $2,545 million in the corresponding period of 2025, an annual increase of 1,206%. The company attributed the growth to successive model and product releases that increased usage, expansion and adoption of its offerings. More than 11,900 customers had generated at least $100,000 in trailing annual revenue as of September 30, 2026. By revenue composition, consumption-based revenue was $26,306 million, compared with $6,936 million from subscriptions during the same nine-month period. These figures show that consumption-based revenue accounted for the largest share of revenue recorded during that period.

Revenue growth coincided with computing and infrastructure expenses rising to $18,808 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2026, up 329% from the corresponding period. The company attributed the increase to the delivery of committed computing capacity under arrangements with cloud service providers. The prospectus thus highlights one aspect of the cost of expanding the infrastructure needed to run its models and products, alongside growth in usage and revenue. On governance, the company said Class F shares held by the founders’ entity will give it 50.1% of total voting power on general stockholder matters after completion of the offering. This arrangement means the disclosed voting structure will give Class F a majority of votes on those matters.

The Associated Press framed the offering as a test of investor appetite for the artificial intelligence sector, following a Wall Street selloff the previous week that included companies linked to building AI data centers. Dan Ives of Wedbush Ives said the offering represents “the first time a leading U.S. AI lab gets an independent price in the public market, without advertising or rocket activity mixed in.” The agency’s report estimated that pricing at the midpoint of the range could allow Anthropic to raise more than $61 billion. The report said that amount could remain below the $86 billion raised in SpaceX’s offering in June 2026. The offering also puts Anthropic on a listing path ahead of rival OpenAI, according to the agency.

The shares are expected to begin public sale as soon as practicable after the registration statement becomes effective, according to the preliminary prospectus. The company did not specify a calendar date for completion of the offering in its announcement launching the roadshow, and the registration has not yet become effective. The company expects to list its Class A shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol ANT. The Associated Press said trading is expected under the same symbol. The next step remains contingent on the registration statement becoming effective, which must precede the start of public share sales.