Anthropic eyes biggest ever IPO as AI funding starts drying up
Analysts such as Dan Ives of Yorkville see strong investor appetite, but fund manager Roger Montgomery warns the AI funding well is drying up and the market could be fragile.
The firm, employing about 5,300 people, has overtaken OpenAI in business adoption, according to Betashares’ Cameron Gleeson. Macquarie Capital will act as sub‑underwriter for Australian investors, and the IPO is being billed as a watershed event for the AI revolution, though some observers note the company has yet to produce numbers that fully justify its lofty valuation.
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