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Anthropic S-1 Reveals $80.7 Billion Loss Ahead of November IPO

Anthropic lost $80.7 billion in six months. On paper, it’s one of the largest corporate losses ever recorded, and the company plans to go public next month anyway. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that it had reviewed a draft of Anthropic’s S-1 prospectus covering the first half of 2026. The filing offers the most honest look yet at the Claude maker, and the numbers are staggering: $16.3 billion in revenue, up from $1.1 billion in the same period last year, sitting alongside a net loss of more than $80 billion. That’s about $13.5 billion lost every single month. Anthropic declined to comment on the Journal’s report. ...

October 20, 2026 · 6 min · 1217 words ·