Who’s getting Anthropic’s compute spending? IPO filing shows where the tech giants really stand
GeekWireby Todd Bishop
From GeekWire: Anthropic's IPO filing details more than $750 billion in computing deals, with more going to Google's chips and Elon Musk's SpaceX than to Amazon or Microsoft. Amazon's biggest payoff is its stake, which it valued at $190.4 billion in June.
Anthropic's S-1/A shows $5.0B of short-term burst compute at $7 to $13 per GPU-hour raised blended GPU costs 82% in two quarters, turning Q2's $974M operating profit into a $567M Q3 loss.
Sources: Anthropic's bankers are weighing plans to raise its IPO price following heavy demand, which could increase the valuation target to $1.5T or more — Claude maker's listing price expected to rise after strong demand from investors — Anthropic's bankers are weighing plans to increase …
S-1: Nvidia plans to invest ~$10B in Anthropic after its IPO, or ~10% of the total new cash Anthropic is expected to raise in November, including in its IPO — Nvidia planned to invest $10 billion in Anthropic alongside its initial public offering, the largest of the new financial commitments from…
Reuters saw emails to bankers with details of the IPO filing that Anthropic sent and then retracted; TechCrunch says the valuation range is expected this week.