Anthropic filed to go public at a rumored valuation of up to $2 trillion dollars before the midterm elections. That figure is dropping fast.

Anthropic, which officially filed to go public at a rumored valuation of up to $2 trillion dollars just a week before the elections.

As Bloomberg reports, those prospects are in free fall as the chaos takes hold. Some investors are now weighing bids that would value Anthropic as low as $1.1 trillion. While that’s still a huge valuation for a company that lost over $80 billion in the first half of 2026 alone, it’s a massive drop compared to the previously unbridled enthusiasm surrounding the firm’s IPO.

  • Scratch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Only if you think they are going to stop all operations right this second and give away all their assets.

    However, if you think they are going to make enough money to pay off the debt (or at least make it seem like they can) then their valuation is proportionate to what happens if things go well VS what happens if things go poorly.