Anthropic IPO draws 6 times the orders

Anthropic's stock market debut has drawn orders for about six times the shares on offer, Bloomberg News reported on the 12th of November 2026.

Bloomberg cited unnamed people familiar with the matter. Anthropic makes the Claude chatbot.

The biggest listing yet

Anthropic and some owners aim to raise up to 64.4 billion dollars, selling 825 million shares at 70 to 78 dollars, Reuters reported. Trading should start on the Nasdaq on the 19th of November under the code ANT.

A further 26 billion dollars would come from a private sale to big backers, Bloomberg reported. Together, the two would make it the largest listing ever, Bloomberg said.

Old backers go first

Bankers told buyers that existing backers will get priority, Bloomberg reported. Some new buyers may get fewer shares than they hoped.

Nvidia agreed to buy about 10 billion dollars of shares in the private sale, the filings show, Bloomberg reported.

Sales keep rising

Anthropic reported a yearly sales pace of 81 billion dollars as of the 31st of October, Bloomberg reported. That was up 10 billion dollars from the end of September.

Chief executive Dario Amodei was due at a live investor event on the 13th, Bloomberg reported.

Below we break down the sale

825 million shares at 78 dollars each comes to about 64.4 billion dollars, by our arithmetic. At 70 dollars each, it comes to about 57.8 billion dollars.

What is confirmed and what is not

The six times figure comes from unnamed people and could still change, Bloomberg said. Anthropic has not confirmed it.

Key facts

Bloomberg reported the demand on the 12th of November 2026.

Orders reached about six times the shares on offer.

The price range is 70 to 78 dollars a share.

Trading is due on the 19th of November.