Unconfirmed: A Techmeme post on X, citing the Wall Street Journal and unnamed sources, says institutional investors told Anthropic its IPO valuation should be about $1.5 trillion to $1.6 trillion, down from estimates of $2 trillion. Anthropic has not confirmed this.
@Techmeme wrote on 2 November1 that "Sources: institutional investors told Anthropic that its IPO valuation should be around $1.5T to $1.6T, down from estimates of $2T, citing a tech stock selloff (Wall Street Journal)." The post attributes the claim to the Wall Street Journal and unnamed sources; the underlying article was not available in the evidence reviewed for this report. The implied decline — Automatica's own calculation — amounts to about 20% to 25% against the $2 trillion figure, depending on where within the range a final valuation fell.
Automatica previously reported2 that Anthropic formally named eight intermediaries, including Macquarie and CommSec, to handle its proposed Australian retail offer as part of a broader distribution plan for a planned Nasdaq IPO. Separately, Automatica covered3 a Techmeme post claiming Anthropic's S-1 contains a warning about an "RSI threshold"; that report also rested on a single unconfirmed X post with no primary filing available.
What would confirm or undermine this valuation claim: the Wall Street Journal article itself, a statement from Anthropic or named institutional investors, or a regulatory filing disclosing a price range. Anthropic has not publicly responded to the figure.