Anthropic’s $64bn IPO: Claude’s $70‑$78 Price Tag Makes City Traders Reach for Tissues

Anthropic, the AI company best known for its Claude chatbot, is preparing a major stock‑market listing that could raise about $64bn. The shares will be offered in a price range of $70 to $78 each.

The announcement has sparked a wry response from City traders, who joke that a chatbot setting its own price might be the most polite way to make them reach for a tissue.

For a market that has grown accustomed to tech‑heavy IPOs, the idea of a purely software‑driven firm putting a concrete price tag on its own valuation feels both novel and oddly comforting – as if the algorithm itself is trying to keep the humans in check.

Investors will now watch to see whether the numbers hold up once the shares start trading, and whether Claude can keep its cool while the City tries to decide if it should buy, sell, or simply hand the bankers a spare hanky.