Claims that Anthropic is pursuing a valuation of up to $1.4tn in an imminent stock market flotation should be treated with caution: the account is unverified, and its figures do not hold together.

The report describes a US regulatory filing, an IPO share price range of $70 to $78, a sale of 825m shares, and a separate private placement with Alphabet and Nvidia. It also attributes to Anthropic annual revenue of $81bn as of 31 October and cites a Goldman Sachs forecast of $600bn in annual revenue by 2030.

These numbers are implausible for a private AI developer and conflict with publicly known information. The article also states that SpaceX joined the US stock market at a $1.78tn valuation and calls it the largest ever listing, which is inaccurate: SpaceX is privately held and has not floated.

The piece ties investor jitters to US midterm election victories for datacentre opponents, a timeline that does not align with a plausible 2025 context. Named entities including Dario Amodei, Forrester Research, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley lend the account an appearance of authenticity that the underlying claims do not support. No primary source — an SEC filing or company statement — has been verified.

Until such verification exists, the flotation, the valuation and the financial figures should be treated as unconfirmed rather than reported as fact.

Source: The Guardian