U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) development company Anthropic is projected to raise up to $3.5 billion (approximately 4.71 trillion won) through its initial public offering (IPO) in Japan. This amount surpasses the $2.185 billion raised by U.S. space company SpaceX during its listing in June.
On November 2, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that Anthropic disclosed its plans in a securities filing submitted to the Kanto Local Finance Bureau in Japan. While Anthropic is pursuing a listing on the U.S. Nasdaq, it will also sell shares to Japanese investors.
Mizuho Securities will serve as the lead underwriter for the offering in Japan. Japanese investors are expected to participate in the pre-IPO offering through Mizuho Securities, as well as Goldman Sachs, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley MUFG, Rakuten Securities, and SBI Securities.
To sell shares to Japanese investors while listing on a foreign exchange, companies must submit a securities filing to Japanese authorities. It remains unclear whether domestic investors will participate in the offering.
Anthropic, the developer of the conversational AI 'Claude,' previously submitted and made public its securities filing for the IPO to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on October 26.
According to reports from The Wall Street Journal and others, Anthropic aims for a listing on November 16, targeting a valuation between $150 billion and $200 billion, with plans to raise over $10 billion in total from the IPO. The specific number of shares to be offered and the desired price range were not disclosed at the time of the filing.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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