Anthropic flags revenue surge to investors ahead of stock market debut

ByOsmond Chia Business reporter. 15 October 2026, 02: 14 BST.

Key points

• South Korea's Kospi was 7.6% lower while Japan's Nikkei 225 fell by 4.8%.
• Artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic saw its revenue surge by 45% to $16.8bn (£12.7bn) in the three months to the end of September, the BBC understands.
• Anthropic's revenue has risen in successive quarters this year, from $4.7bn in the first three months to $11.6bn the after period.
• In Asia, shares in Japanese tech investment firm Softbank fell by more than 9% on Thursday morning.
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Notably, the figures were made public by the Claude-developer as it briefed prospective investors on Wednesday at its headquarters in San Francisco as it lays the groundwork for a stock market listing. It is anticipated to take place before the end of the year.

It comes as some tech stocks, including firms that create the chips and other hardware that power data centres, have come under pressure over worries regarding the substantial amounts of funds being spent on AI infrastructure. An Anthropic spokesperson declined to comment.

According to The firm additionally reportedly, it produced a profit for the second quarter in a row.

Its revenue figures, along with those of rival OpenAI, offer an significant gauge of the AI industry's expansion and ability to finance the infrastructure needed to develop the technology.

Stocks in some US technology firms fell on Wednesday over worries around investments in AI.

Share in chip makers – including AMD, Nvidia and Intel – fell sharply.

In Asia, shares in Japanese tech investment firm Softbank fell by more than 9% on Thursday morning. South Korean semiconductor giants were additionally down, with Samsung falling by 9.4% and SK Hynix dropping 10.8%.

Tech-heavy indexes in the region were additionally down. South Korea's Kospi was 7.6% lower while Japan's Nikkei 225 fell by 4.8%. How backlash against data centres could shape the US midterm elections.

In practice, the falls come after remarks by Hock Tan, the chief executive of US tech manufacturer Broadcom, over AI spending.

Tan remarked at an conference in Singapore on Monday that numerous investors have "no clue" and have set "extreme expectations only to find out that it's almost like they are in a casino". There additionally been worries over the safety of AI models.

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman remarked in September that his business will not go public this year as it addresses reservations concerning the technology's safety.

For context, the ChatGPT-developer is additionally eyeing a bumper stock market listing. It is anticipated to value the firm at more than $1tn.

Anthropic has additionally been vocal concerning AI's risks, with its chief executive Dario Amodei calling on the pace of development to slow down.

Meanwhile, the firm has continued expanding globally, opening an office in Singapore on Wednesday.

Taken together, the developments around anthropic flags revenue surge to investors ahead of stock market debut point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.