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Anthropic may pursue IPO as early as mid-November, citing Bloomberg; attention on SK Telecom's stake value (report)

What happened

A Bloter column, citing Bloomberg, reported that Anthropic is pursuing an initial public offering (IPO) as early as mid-November. According to the column, investors value Anthropic at $1.8–2 trillion. The column also noted that the value of the stake held by SK Telecom, which invested 132.1 billion won three years ago, would be set at market prices after a listing. Anthropic has not made any official announcement.

Why it matters

If the listing happens, it would be the first large IPO of a frontier AI lab and would also reveal valuation gains for Korean investors such as SKT. However, the only source is a foreign report cited in a column, so neither the timing nor the valuation is confirmed.

Confidence low · official source pending

Sources

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