Ahead of its IPO, Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei shrugs off doubts about AI’s returns
Anthropic is moving towards a public listing by filing confidentially for an IPO, driven by strong private investor demand. Co-founder Daniela Amodei emphasized the need for capital to support the company's rapid growth and the costs associated with training AI models. Despite concerns about the productivity of AI spending, Amodei remains optimistic about the future integration of AI in various industries.
- ▪Anthropic's recent fundraise was oversubscribed, valuing the company at $965 billion.
- ▪The company's annualized revenue surged from $9 billion in 2025 to over $47 billion in May.
- ▪Amodei believes that businesses are still learning how to effectively deploy AI, which will drive future value.
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Private investors have been falling over themselves to get a piece of Anthropic, given the AI model maker is growing at a dizzying pace. Multiple investors told TechCrunch that the company’s $65 billion fundraise at a $965 billion valuation, announced last week, was greatly oversubscribed. Now, with that private demand still strong, Anthropic has revealed that it’s taking steps towards a public listing by filing confidentially for an IPO. Co-founder Daniela Amodei, speaking at the Bloomberg Tech conference on Thursday, said the decision comes down to capital. “It’s a really big upfront cost to train the models and to serve inference on them,” she said.
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