Anthropic plans to sell $3.5 billion of shares to Japan investors in IPO, filing shows

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FILE PHOTO: Anthropic logo in this illustration taken on October 26, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Anthropic logo and stock graphs in this illustration taken on October 26, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A screen displays news about Anthropic's IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, US, October 26, 2026. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo

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TOKYO, Nov 2 : AI lab Anthropic will sell up to 552.9 billion yen ($3.5 billion) worth of shares in Japan as part of its US public listing, a filing showed on Monday.

• The new shares issued to Japanese investors will go to raise working capital and fund operating expenses and capital expenditure, the filing said

• The filing did not state the size or valuation of the IPO. Some investors have discussed a valuation of about $1.5 trillion for the company, Reuters has reported

• At SpaceX's IPO in June - the world's largest ever - investors in Japan secured shares worth $2.2 billion of $75 billion raised

($1 = 157.8200 yen)

Source: Reuters

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