JPMorgan is underwriting a public offering for the AI startup to secure the capital required for its hardware and data center investments. The listing on the Nasdaq is scheduled for Thursday and could add more than $100B to the company’s liquid reserves, which totaled $130B at the end of September. The funds will support a $900B infrastructure plan, including data center agreements with SpaceX valued at up to $3.1B a month.
CEO Dario Amodei said in a conversation with JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon that the firm is not concerned about market turmoil disrupting the debut. Amodei described the challenge of gauging the necessary amount of compute power as the company’s “deepest business dilemma” given its unpredictable revenue. To mitigate risk, Anthropic locks in limited capacity at lower rates and rents additional power on the spot market if demand grows.



