Anthropic Hits $900 Billion Valuation — With One Surprising Back‐Door Access Point Before Its IPO

Privately held AI company Anthropic could be valued at $900 billion in a new funding round as it nears profitability and approaches an estimated $10.9 billion in second-quarter revenue. The milestones come ahead of a highly anticipated IPO . A potential public offering would also shine a spotlight on Anthropic’s backers, which include major technology firms alongside a range of smaller investors. Zoom Among the Anthropic Investors Estimates from Autopilot show the following investors and estimated ownership stakes: Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN ): 18% Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL ): 14% Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ): 13% Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT ): 3% Among the smaller companies that have invested in Anthropic are Zoom Communications (NASDAQ: ZM ) and SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM ). These smaller companies may provide back-door access to the future Anthropic IPO and rising valuation. Both Alphabet and EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS ) own stakes in SpaceX , but it’s the smaller EchoStar that could benefit the most from the unlocked value of its stake when the space company goes public. The same could be said for Zoom, which has a current market capitalization of $28.6 billion. Zoom invested a reported $51 million in Anthropic in 2023. That investment has increased in value many times over thanks … Full story available on Benzinga.com