Anthropic · Claude · Google · China · BBC Technology
The 335-page document included fresh details of how the Claude chatbot owner makes money
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Anthropic also detailed some of the risks it claimed AI technology poses, including how it could take human lives.
Key facts
- Anthropic lost $80.7bn (£60bn) in the first half of this year, double what it lost across 2025 altogether
- A large portion of its current business comes from 250 major enterprise customers, which it says have paid it at least $10m in the past year
- Anthropic said its overall enterprise customer base has grown rapidly, going from roughly 1,500 customers last year to almost 12,000 this year
- The company is widely expected to debut with a market valuation of $2 trillion or more, making it the largest stock listing in history
Summary
Artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic released the required paperwork ahead of its long-anticipated debut on the US stock market. The 335-page document included fresh details of how the Claude chatbot owner makes money, what it spends that money on and who it is controlled by. Every public company has to tell potential investors how things could go wrong. Anthropic's "risk factors" were unique, also disclosing how the AI technology it is developing could doom humanity as a whole.