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Artificial Intelligence · AI business · 31 outlets (L 3 · C 10 · R 4 · 14 not rated)

Anthropic files for IPO that could be the biggest ever

Anthropic filed with the SEC on Monday for an IPO that may raise a record $100 billion. Its filing warns its AI safety measures may not prevent catastrophic risks, and bankers reportedly value the company at up to $2 trillion.⁠[5, 13, 44] Bloomberg reported that Anthropic tapped JPMorgan Chase to lead US sales of shares to individual investors.⁠[6] In a cover letter accompanying the filing, Anthropic pledged that its Claude chatbot will never show ads.⁠[40]

Why it matters The filing shows obligations the company cannot meet without raising more cash.⁠[38]

Covered by The New York Times, CBS News, The Wall Street Journal and 28 more

Background Anthropic’s monster IPO is coming. Here’s what to know · Los Angeles Times

How balanced is this coverage?

Of the 17 rated outlets that covered it, 3 are left of center, 10 are center and 4 are right of center (2 of them in the Right group). 14 more are not rated.

Where the outlets sit
The New York Times · Leans left · −0.70The Guardian · Leans left · −0.70NPR · Leans left · −0.68Vanity Fair · Center · −0.61PBS NewsHour · Center · −0.48Fortune · Center · −0.25The Economist · Center · −0.23CBS News · Center · −0.14Business Insider · Center · −0.09Axios · Center · −0.05Bloomberg · Center · +0.08Forbes · Center · +0.19CNBC · Center · +0.40The Wall Street Journal · Leans right · +0.63The Dispatch · Leans right · +0.85The Washington Times · Right · +1.27Breitbart · Right · +2.03
  • Left: none.
  • Leans left: The New York Times (−0.70), The Guardian (−0.70), NPR (−0.68).
  • Center: Vanity Fair (−0.61), PBS NewsHour (−0.48), Fortune (−0.25), The Economist (−0.23), CBS News (−0.14), Business Insider (−0.09), Axios (−0.05), Bloomberg (+0.08), Forbes (+0.19), CNBC (+0.40).
  • Leans right: The Wall Street Journal (+0.63), The Dispatch (+0.85).
  • Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Breitbart (+2.03).

Not rated Ars Technica, The Decoder, Fast Company, Financial Times, GeekWire, Los Angeles Times, Semafor, MIT Technology Review, The Information, Tom's Hardware, The Verge, Wired, TechCrunch, Engadget. Not placed: they have no lean score.

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Left

  1. 1 NPR · Leans left · Oct 28, 4:45 a.m. ETAnthropic is preparing to go public. A look at their plan
  2. 2 The Guardian · Leans left · Oct 27, 11:15 a.m. ETAnthropic accelerates – for the rest of us, the speed of growth spells precarity
  3. 3 The Guardian · Leans left · Oct 27, 1:00 a.m. ETFour takeaways from Anthropic’s potentially record-breaking stock market filing
  4. 4 The New York Times · Leans left · Oct 27, 6:09 a.m. ETIn Anthropic I.P.O., Goldman and Morgan Stanley Slug It Out for Top Bank

Center

  1. 5 Axios · Center · Oct 27, 5:00 a.m. ETAnthropic IPO leads AI's $235 billion dealmaking blitz
  2. 6 Bloomberg · Center · Oct 27, 8:32 p.m. ETAnthropic Said to Pick JPMorgan to Lead IPO’s US Retail Offering
  3. 7 Bloomberg · Center · Oct 28, 3:07 a.m. ETAnthropic IPO Shutout Sends Asia’s Investors Into Proxy Bets
  4. 8 Bloomberg · Center · Oct 28, 8:45 a.m. ETAnthropic’s Tensions With Trump Laid Bare Ahead of Landmark IPO
  5. 9 Bloomberg · Center · Oct 28, 1:44 p.m. ETAnthropic Weighs Offering 15%-20% of IPO to Retail Investors
  6. 10 Bloomberg · Center · Oct 28, 4:35 p.m. ETFour Unanswered Questions From Anthropic’s IPO Filing
  7. 11 Business Insider · Center · Oct 27, 3:31 p.m. ETNvidia's worst nightmare may be lurking inside Anthropic's IPO filing
  8. 12 CBS News · Center · Oct 27, 3:28 p.m. ETAnthropic's IPO lists 93 pages of risks. What could go wrong?
  9. 13 CNBC · Center · Oct 27, 1:26 p.m. ETAnthropic's IPO could be 'speculative fiction' or a 'generational moment' — investors are split
  10. 14 CNBC · Center · Oct 28, 9:45 a.m. ETAnthropic warns some risks may be uninsurable. AI coverage is going to be an issue for every company
  11. 15 CNBC · Center · Oct 28, 5:48 p.m. ETAnthropic’s public benefit structure creates unusual risks for IPO investors
  12. 16 Forbes · Center · Oct 27, 10:51 a.m. ETThinking About Buying Anthropic Stock? Consider These Risks Firsts
  13. 17 Fortune · Center · Oct 27, 3:38 p.m. ETThe big takeaways and big questions from Anthropic’s S-1
  14. 18 Fortune · Center · Oct 28, 9:19 a.m. ETAnthropic’s IPO filing raises a costly question: Who can say no?
  15. 19 PBS NewsHour · Center · Oct 27, 2:28 p.m. ETAnthropic says risks for investors include blowback from runaway AI
  16. 20 The Economist · Center · Oct 27, 6:25 a.m. ETAct of Claude: Anthropic’s IPO bid
  17. 21 Vanity Fair · Center · Oct 27, 6:46 p.m. ETAnthropic’s Pre-IPO Filing Is the Scariest Thing You’ll Read This Halloween Season

Right

  1. 22 Breitbart · Right · Oct 27, 2:04 p.m. ETHacking & Blackmail: 6 Risks Anthropic Flags in Its IPO Documents
  2. 23 The Dispatch · Leans right · Oct 27, 6:37 a.m. ETWhat’s the GOP’s Midterm Strategy?
  3. 24 The Wall Street Journal · Leans right · Oct 27, 12:00 p.m. ETWhy Anthropic’s Rivals are Rooting for its IPO
  4. 25 The Wall Street Journal · Leans right · Oct 28, 5:00 a.m. ETElizabeth Warren Demands Answers From Anthropic on ‘Existential’ Risks
  5. 26 The Washington Times · Right · Oct 27, 9:56 a.m. ETRisks spelled out for Anthropic investors include blowback from runaway AI

Not rated

  1. 27 Ars Technica · Not rated · Oct 27, 5:31 p.m. ETAnthropic IPO warns its AI could blackmail people, become sentient, end humanity
  2. 28 Engadget · Not rated · Oct 27, 10:16 a.m. ETAnthropic's political problem will get worse before it gets better
  3. 29 Fast Company · Not rated · Oct 27, 4:30 p.m. ETAnthropic’s 97-page list of business risks is quadruple the length of other AI IPOs. What’s on it: weapons, blackmail, and more
  4. 30 Fast Company · Not rated · Oct 28, 6:07 a.m. ETAnthropic and OpenAI might be building the future, but someone else may own it
  5. 31 Financial Times · Not rated · Oct 27, 10:02 a.m. ETAnthropic and the AI cluster effect in fundraising
  6. 32 Financial Times · Not rated · Oct 28, 1:00 a.m. ETAnthropic’s seven founders tighten grip ahead of blockbuster IPO
  7. 33 GeekWire · Not rated · Oct 27, 7:45 p.m. ETEtzioni on AI: Is Anthropic worth $2 trillion? Do the napkin math with this handy calculator
  8. 34 GeekWire · Not rated · Oct 27, 9:53 a.m. ETWho’s getting Anthropic’s compute spending? IPO filing shows where the tech giants really stand
  9. 35 Los Angeles Times · Not rated · Oct 27, 6:00 a.m. ETAnthropic’s monster IPO is coming. Here’s what to know
  10. 36 Los Angeles Times · Not rated · Oct 28, 6:00 a.m. ETAnthropic says its goal is to help humanity, but you may not want to believe it
  11. 37 MIT Technology Review · Not rated · Oct 27, 8:10 a.m. ETThe Download: Anthropic’s IPO, smarter power grids, and exercise pills
  12. 38 Semafor · Not rated · Oct 27, 9:51 a.m. ETAnthropic’s IPO needs believers to bridge it to the payoff
  13. 39 TechCrunch · Not rated · Oct 27, 9:15 p.m. ETVCs will make billions on Anthropic’s IPO, but Amazon is set to make much (much) more
  14. 40 The Decoder · Not rated · Oct 27, 7:20 a.m. ETAnthropic uses its IPO letter to renew its pledge that Claude will never show ads
  15. 41 The Information · Not rated · Oct 27, 2:33 p.m. ETWhy Cheaper Models Won't Win OpenAI the Enterprise
  16. 42 The Information · Not rated · Oct 28, 2:36 p.m. ETIPO Pipeline Held Back by Anthropic Listing, Says NYSE’s Martin
  17. 43 The Verge · Not rated · Oct 27, 12:51 p.m. ETAnthropic’s elaborate plan to keep Wall Street at bay
  18. 44 Tom's Hardware · Not rated · Oct 27, 6:00 a.m. ETAnthropic prepares for potential $2 trillion IPO valuation after reporting billions in revenue
  19. 45 Wired · Not rated · Oct 27, 3:39 p.m. ETAnthropic Says It Will Revolutionize Biology—Some Day
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