Anthropic filed its initial S-1 on Oct. 26, planning a Nasdaq listing under 'ANT' with an expected valuation of $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion, though the filing gave no price or share count. Revenue rose 1,304% to $16.29 billion in the first half of 2026, but management reportedly guided Q3 revenue to $16.8 billion, a sharp sequential slowdown from $11.6 billion in Q2. No customer exceeded 10% of revenue in the first nine months, and 48% of revenue came from cloud providers offering its models. The $80.7 billion first-half loss is mostly non-cash and tied to convertible notes; excluding about $72 billion of those charges, the loss would be around $8.7 billion. The filing also lists large compute commitments, including $114.5 billion with Alphabet and $120.5 billion with SpaceX, while Q2 compute costs grew 300% against 1,368% revenue growth.
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