Anthropic’s initial public offering, scheduled for this fall, could be the largest in history, raising as much as $100 billion and valuing the artificial intelligence startup at $2 trillion. As part of the IPO, Nvidia actively supported Anthropic in the early stages and may invest up to $10 billion in it.
Image source: NVIDIA
The agency reported this yesterday Reuters Refer to your own sources. Negotiations between the two companies aim to turn Nvidia into a major investor in Anthropic, with the IPO scheduled to take place before the U.S. midterm elections in November this year. Anthropic plans to use Nvidia’s participation in the IPO as a draw to other investors. Traditionally, IPO organizers identify anchor investors in advance so they can provide guidance to other investors. According to Reuters, neither company has commented on the possibility so far.
Anthropic and Nvidia feature previously signed agreements. In November last year, Nvidia said it was prepared to invest up to $10 billion in Anthropic, with the startup committing to pay a total of up to $30 billion for Microsoft Azure cloud capacity based on Nvidia chips. Amazon and Google are already among Anthropic’s major investors. In April, the startup committed to spending more than $100 billion on AWS infrastructure over the next 10 years and purchasing more than 1 million proprietary Trainium2 chips. Broadcom, which is helping Google develop TPU chips, should also participate in the cooperation with Anthropic.
Anthropic raised $65 billion in a May funding round, giving the startup an estimated $965 billion in capital. As of the end of July, the startup’s annual revenue reached $65 billion. By 2028, annual revenue is expected to reach $190 to $200 billion. From the beginning of this year to the end of August, the U.S. stock market raised $137 billion through various IPOs, and Anthropic is trying to break SpaceX’s record through such activities. Installed in June.
If you find an error, select it with your mouse and press CTRL+ENTER.
