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Anthropic IPO Valued at $1.4 Trillion Unlocks Historic Big Tech Windfall
Anthropic is slated to launch an initial public offering this month in San Francisco with a valuation reaching as much as $1.4 trillion, creating a historic financial windfall for its primary corporate backers. Technology conglomerates Amazon and Google stand to reap the largest rewards from the public listing as the startup’s largest outside shareholders, together owning more than a quarter of its shares.
Strategic Investments Fuel Trillion-Dollar Growth
Amazon‘s initial $18 billion investment is projected to expand past $250 billion, while Google’s $33 billion stake could rise to $140 billion, marking gains without parallel in corporate venture history. Gil Luria, a tech analyst at investment bank D.A. Davidson, estimated that each company generated over $1
