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Anthropic plans IPO live stream with Dario Amodei and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
The Claude chatbot maker is lining up Wall Street heavyweights ahead of a planned Nasdaq debut before Thanksgiving.
Anthropic PBC is planning a live-streamed event featuring co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei alongside JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon to market its upcoming initial public offering, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the company prepares a listing that could match or surpass SpaceX's record $86.2 billion debut.
The public conversation between Amodei and Dimon is slated to take place around lunchtime on Friday in New York, the person said. The event marks a high-profile push to build momentum among both institutional and retail investors ahead of the company's planned listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Formal marketing for the offering is expected to begin as early as Tuesday, setting up a fast-tracked bookbuilding process aimed at pricing the deal and listing the shares before the US Thanksgiving holiday, according to reporting by Bloomberg.
High-stakes pitch to investors
The planned discussion between Amodei and Dimon is being structured as a direct, accessible presentation for potential shareholders. A person familiar with the deliberations described the planned session as similar in purpose to, though less extravagant than, the live-streamed presentation conducted with Elon Musk in June ahead of SpaceX’s listing.
Representatives for both Anthropic and JPMorgan declined to comment on the planned event or the timeline for the offering.
The inclusion of Dimon signals strong commercial and advisory backing from Wall Street's largest bank. JPMorgan is one of 22 financial institutions working on Anthropic's underwriting syndicate. Beyond its advisory role, the bank has separately expanded its internal deployment of Anthropic's technology, embracing its Claude Code product across the organisation beyond software engineering teams, according to a post published on Anthropic's website on Monday.
Syndicate breakdown and retail push
Anthropic’s regulatory filings and market sources detail a heavily structured syndicate designed to distribute shares across domestic institutional, international, and retail investor channels.
According to Anthropic's filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Goldman Sachs is serving in the lead-left position on the deal, directing the overall execution of the offering, while Morgan Stanley has been designated as the stabilisation agent.
| Bank | Role in Anthropic IPO |
|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs | Lead-left bookrunner |
| Morgan Stanley | Stabilisation agent |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Domestic retail marketing and share allocations |
| Citigroup | International retail coordinator |
JPMorgan is heading domestic retail marketing and allocation of shares for the float. People familiar with the matter said Anthropic has considered allocating between 15% and 20% of the total available stock in the offering to retail investors.
For international markets, Citigroup is coordinating the retail tranche. That effort encompasses retail offerings across the UK, parts of Europe, Canada, Japan, and Australia, according to reporting by Bloomberg.
Valuation expectations and SpaceX comparison
Anthropic is aiming for an offering that matches or exceeds the record set by SpaceX, which raised $86.2 billion including overallotment shares during its market entry in June.
| Metric | Anthropic IPO (Targeted) | SpaceX IPO (June) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Capital Raised | Equal to or greater than $86.2B | $86.2B |
| Target Valuation Range | $1.1T to $1.3T | Not disclosed |
| Retail Share Allocation | 15% to 20% | Not disclosed |
| Listing Venue | Nasdaq | Not disclosed |
Potential investors have been discussing valuations for Anthropic ranging from $1.1 trillion to $1.3 trillion, people familiar with the matter said. Those valuation discussions reflect adjustments made after last week's US midterm elections, which prompted institutional investors to reassess artificial intelligence software valuations.
What happens next
With formal marketing expected to launch as early as Tuesday, the bookbuilding process will determine whether investor demand can sustain the top end of the $1.1 trillion to $1.3 trillion valuation range.
If the marketing timeline holds, pricing of the IPO and the formal commencement of trading on the Nasdaq are expected to take place in the days leading up to the US Thanksgiving holiday.