Anthropic IPO: Anthropic, the AI firm behind the Claude chatbot, is gearing up for its stock market debut, giving investors an opportunity to gain exposure to the rapidly expanding generative AI sector.
Anthropic has set its IPO price range at $70 to $78 per share for an offering of 825 million shares of Class A common stock on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "ANT".
With Anthropic targeting a valuation of up to $1.4 trillion and planning to raise as much as $64.4 billion, the offering could become one of the largest IPOs in stock market history. However, Indian investors may face an important limitation: India is not included in the list of countries covered under Anthropic's proposed international retail IPO programme.
According to the list of international retail brokers and selling agents shared by Anthropic on its Claude Help Centre, the proposed retail IPO offering will be available across Australia, Canada, Japan, the UK, Switzerland and nine European countries, including Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden. India, however, is not included in the list of eligible markets.
Anthropic has also clarified that it has not authorised any other firm or platform to promote or facilitate access to shares under its international retail offering. Consequently, Indian retail investors currently do not have access to Anthropic designated international IPO subscription route through an authorised intermediary in India.