Anthropic has filed its public S-1, showing first-half 2026 revenue of $16.3 billion, roughly 14 times the same period a year earlier, which implies a gross margin of about 85%, up from 12%. Including research and development and sales and marketing costs, its GAAP operating margin was 8% in Q2 2026. The company warns margins may fluctuate, since it contracts for compute 12 to 18 months ahead and has about $417 billion in future minimum payment obligations, while most customer spending is consumption-based. Anthropic reportedly plans to raise up to $100 billion at a $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion valuation, which the author calculates would be about 63 times annualized first-half 2026 sales at $2 trillion. The author also expects the stock may debut with an expensive valuation.
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