Anthropic PBC’s initial public offering has drawn multiple times the orders for the shares available, according to people familiar with the matter, as demand accelerates for potentially the biggest first-time share sale ever.
The demand was driven by so-called anchor-size indications of interest, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information isn’t public.
The Claude chatbot maker and its co-founders are seeking to raise as much as $90.4 billion in the IPO and a private placement, its filings show. Taken together, the offerings would be bigger than SpaceX’s IPO, making it the biggest listing of all time.
Details of the IPO could change, said the people. A representative for Anthropic didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Anthropic is looking to bolster demand for the IPO with a campaign of events for prospective investors including a live-streamed event with its Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei and JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon on Friday, a person familiar with the matter has said.