AI giant Anthropic woos potential investors ahead of stock market debut — SkimNews
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- Anthropic held an investor event at its San Francisco headquarters ahead of an expected stock market listing, telling attendees its Q3 revenue surged 45% to $16.8bn and the company posted an adjusted-basis profit.
- Anthropic's revenue has climbed in each quarter of 2025, rising from $4.7bn in Q1 to $11.6bn in Q2 to $16.8bn in Q3, according to figures shared with investors.
- Dario Amodei, Anthropic's CEO, has publicly called for slower AI development, while a company researcher warned in September of a greater than 10% chance AI could "kill all humans" within the next decade.
- Anthropic disclosed in September that it had identified and disrupted attempts to use its AI model to support the development of biological weapons.
- President Trump dismissed AI safety warnings as researchers "bringing up things that won't happen" and said in a US-China AI race, "whoever wins AI, wins."
- OpenAI, Anthropic's chief rival, will not go public this year per CEO Sam Altman, though its expected valuation exceeds $1tn.
- Tech stocks sold off this week on AI spending concerns — AMD, Nvidia, and Intel fell sharply, while SoftBank dropped 9%, Samsung 9.5%, and SK Hynix 11%, after Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said investors have "no clue" and set "extreme expectations."
Why it matters: Anthropic is pitching investors into a skeptical market: chip makers AMD, Nvidia, and Intel fell sharply this week, Asian tech shares dropped as much as 11%, and Broadcom's Hock Tan told a conference that AI investors have "no clue" and are "almost like they are in a casino." The Anthropic investor event's optimism will be tested by whether the IPO can launch while chip and AI infrastructure stocks are under simultaneous pressure.
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