Anthropic CEO discusses IPO: not concerned about the month of listing and market conditions, emphasizes "less commitment, more fulfillment"

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei stated during a fireside chat with CEO Jamie Dimon at JPMorgan's New York headquarters on Friday that the company does not particularly care about which month or under what market conditions to go public, emphasizing that Anthropic hopes to adopt a strategy of "less commitment, more delivery."

Amodei expressed agreement with the suggestion that the company's valuation should not exceed its true value by even 1 dollar. Against the backdrop of significant fluctuations in the AI sector and pressure on tech stock valuations, Anthropic remains cautious about IPO pricing.

According to reports, Anthropic currently targets a valuation of approximately 1.33 trillion dollars or higher, planning to issue 825 million shares at a price of 70 to 78 dollars per share. Based on the midpoint of the price range, the fundraising scale will exceed 61 billion dollars. Additionally, investors, including Google, plan to invest about 26 billion dollars through private placements.

Amodei also admitted that the investment in computing power is the company's "deepest business challenge," as the enormous expenditure on computing resources continues to put pressure on the company's finances.