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Bankers reportedly guide investors toward a $100bn+ raise, escalating past this thread's own benchmark

2026-08-24 · part of Lab IPO Wave

What happened

Anthropic's bankers are reportedly guiding investors toward an IPO raise of more than $100bn — enough to "match or beat" SpaceX's $85.7bn record — with the company approaching a $2 trillion valuation and a possible listing "as soon as October." This escalates past the $75-86.2bn range this thread had been benchmarking the chatter against as of 08-20/08-21. No company statement or filing; sourced to the New York Times via a Daily Sabah pickup, plus CNBC's separate reporting on the S-1's risk-factor language. Caught late by the 2026-08-25 coverage-critic pass. (Daily Sabah)

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Daily Sabah dailysabah.com generally unreliable

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