Can You Invest in Anthropic in 2026? Details & Alternatives
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Anthropic is one of the biggest artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups. It has raised billions of dollars in capital from investors in the past few years, a massive haul for a company that just opened its doors in 2021. Early Anthropic investors feature a who's who of tech titans and venture capitalists backing a team of former OpenAI employees who wanted to focus on AI safety.
They've developed the AI chatbot Claude, a digital rival to OpenAI's uber-popular ChatGPT. It produces more natural, human-sounding text, making it the tool of choice for developers and writers. Whereas OpenAI has focused on consumer adoption of ChatGPT, Anthropic has targeted enterprise adoption of Claude.
Anthropic is preparing to go public, which could be the biggest IPO in history. Here's everything you need to know about Anthropic as it prepares to go public.
As of early November 2026, Anthropic wasn't publicly traded. However, the company filed for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Oct. 26, 2026, and could go public as soon as mid-November. It intends to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker ANT.
According to a Wall Street Journal report in late October, the AI giant is seeking to go public the week of Nov. 16, 2026. It could raise as much as $100 billion in an IPO, valuing the company between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion.
No, not yet. According to a Wall Street Journal report in late October, Anthropic reported an $80.7 billion net loss in the first half of this year. However, that was largely due to an accounting adjustment related to financing arrangements. That compares to $16.3 billion of revenue during that period.
Reuters reported in mid-October that Anthropic's revenue reached $16.8 billion in the third quarter, up 45% from the prior quarter. The AI company expects its annualized revenue run rate to reach $110 billion by the end of this year, and rise to between $190 billion and $200 billion by 2028.
However, with the company planning to spend $518 billion in the coming years on cloud, computing, and infrastructure, it could be a while before revenue starts outpacing spending and Anthropic becomes profitable.
Although non-accredited investors can't buy Anthropic stock yet, there are alternative ways to gain exposure to the AI company. One option is the Fundrise Innovation Fund (VCX +3.46%), a venture capital fund that provides retail investors access to private market investments. The Fund owns shares of several privately held technology companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Databricks, and Anduril Industries.
Anthropic was its largest holding as of July 31, 2026, at more than 20% of its assets. While the fund provides some pre-IPO exposure to Anthropic, it has a high annual management fee (1.85%), is highly volatile, and is quite concentrated.
You could also consider the Ark Venture Fund (ARKV.X +0.86%), a closed-end fund managed by Cathie Wood. The fund holds shares in several pre-IPO companies, including Anthropic (4.5% of its net assets as of early November 2026).
Another alternative is to buy shares in companies that have invested in Anthropic, giving you some indirect exposure to the AI company. These top AI stocks are:
Amazon is a leader in e-commerce and cloud computing through Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company has invested $13 billion in Anthropic. It has also committed to invest an additional $20 billion in the future, tied to certain commercial milestones.
That investment is part of a strategic…
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