The creator of the Claude AI chatbot has extended its initial public offering to retail buyers in Australia, granting individual investors access to Class A shares. As part of a broader strategy to list on the Nasdaq, the firm is running public offerings across six markets, including the UK and Canada, and is targeting a raise of $3B to $3.5B from Japanese investors.
Anthropic is seeking a valuation of up to $1.4 trillion for the sale, a figure that Reuters reports is slightly lower than what some investors had anticipated. The IPO arrives as market participants express concern over the future of artificial intelligence, making the offering a primary test of investor appetite for high-valuation AI companies.
