Anthropic IPO draft: first-half revenue $16.3 billion, net loss $80.7 billion

PANews October 21 news, according to The Wall Street Journal, Anthropic's draft S-1 registration statement shows that the company's revenue in the first half of 2026 was $16.3 billion, compared with $1.1 billion in the same period last year, an increase of nearly 15 times; net loss in the first half was $80.7 billion, compared with a loss of $13 billion in the same period last year, with the loss mainly coming from non-cash accounting expenses related to financing.

The draft also shows that Anthropic's compute and infrastructure spending in the first half was close to $9 billion, higher than $2.3 billion in the same period last year, and about 20% of revenue came from two customers; the company plans to invest more than $600 billion in compute, higher than the previously disclosed $518 billion, and if additional compute agreements under negotiation are included, future infrastructure spending commitments could reach $750 billion. Anthropic previously planned to hold an IPO in November.