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Anthropic Targets IPO to Match or Beat SpaceX’s Record $86 Billion Public Offering Ahead of Rival OpenAI

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Anthropic PBC, the maker of the Claude AI assistant, is preparing an initial public offering that the company hopes will match or exceed the record set by SpaceX earlier this year, according to Bloomberg, in what would mark one of the largest share sales in Wall Street history.

The company confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and could file publicly as soon as the end of August, according to people familiar with the matter cited by Bloomberg. Discussions surrounding the offering, including its ultimate size, remain ongoing and could still change.

SpaceX’s June debut set the current record for a first-time share sale, raising $75 billion in its initial offering, a figure that climbed to approximately $86.2 billion once the deal’s overallotment option was exercised. SpaceX priced its shares at $135 each, offering 555.6 million shares and valuing the company at roughly $1.78 trillion at the time of pricing. The stock opened around $150 on its first trading day, climbed as high as $225 intraday before settling back, and has more recently traded in the $142 to $146 range, giving the company a market capitalization of approximately $1.93 trillion.

At recent investor briefings led by Chief Financial Officer Krishna Rao, Anthropic executives declined to commit to a specific valuation figure for the planned offering, according to Bloomberg’s reporting. The company is working with Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase on the IPO, with additional banks potentially being added to the underwriting roster.

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Anthropic’s financial profile has shifted rapidly in recent months. According to Bloomberg, the company’s annualized revenue run rate reached $47 billion as of May 2026 and had climbed further, toward a pace exceeding $65 billion, according to a separate report cited by Yahoo Finance. Internal projections cited in earlier reporting pointed toward revenue reaching $100 billion to $120 billion by the end of the year. Despite that rapid revenue growth, Anthropic posted a net loss of almost $42 billion in 2025, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg, a roughly fivefold increase from a loss of about $8.3 billion the year before, though the company reported positive adjusted operating income for the second quarter of this year.

Anthropic’s most recent private funding round, completed in May 2026, valued the company at approximately $965 billion, according to CryptoBriefing. To surpass SpaceX’s IPO valuation, Anthropic’s public offering would need to value the company at more than $2 trillion, roughly double that May figure, reflecting the scale of investor appetite the company and its bankers appear to be betting on as they prepare the offering.

The company is separately finalizing a revolving credit facility expected to come in above its roughly $10 billion target, according to Benzinga, expanding on financing efforts the company pursued earlier in July. Anthropic has also reportedly explored issuing super-voting shares ahead of the offering, a structure that would give Chief Executive Dario Amodei and other co-founders greater control over the company even as their overall ownership stakes remain comparatively small, according to reporting from The Information cited by Bloomberg.

Anthropic appears to be racing to reach the public markets ahead of rival OpenAI, according to SiliconANGLE’s reporting. Both companies have filed confidentially with the SEC, but OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman is reportedly considering delaying that company’s own listing until 2027, due in part to his stated goal of reaching a $1 trillion valuation that is not yet considered feasible under current market conditions. According to Yahoo Finance’s private markets data cited in earlier coverage, Anthropic was valued at roughly $1 trillion, compared with $894 billion for OpenAI, underscoring how closely matched the two companies’ private valuations have become even as they pursue different public-market timelines.

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Prediction markets have taken notice of the increasingly competitive race between Anthropic and SpaceX for the title of the year’s largest IPO. According to CryptoBriefing, Polymarket currently prices SpaceX as the favorite to retain that distinction, with roughly 55% odds, while Anthropic sits close behind at 44% to 45%. That gap has narrowed dramatically in recent months; as recently as a few months ago, SpaceX commanded roughly 94% odds of holding the record, according to the same report. Anthropic’s odds are also subject to a hard deadline: if the company’s IPO slips past Dec. 31, 2026, prediction markets would resolve automatically in SpaceX’s favor regardless of the eventual size of Anthropic’s offering.

If Anthropic’s IPO does surpass SpaceX’s record, the milestone would push 2026 to the highest annual volume of U.S. IPO activity on record. According to Quartz, companies that debuted on public markets had already raised $160.6 billion as of Aug. 19, putting the year within striking distance of the previous record of $195.2 billion, set in 2021.

Anthropic and SpaceX also share a significant commercial relationship independent of their competing IPO ambitions. According to SiliconANGLE, Anthropic recently agreed to a three-year deal to purchase computing resources from SpaceX potentially worth tens of billions of dollars, reflecting the enormous computing costs both companies face as they continue training and operating large-scale AI models.

As of this report, neither Anthropic nor SpaceX has issued a formal public comment addressing the specific comparisons between their respective offerings, and the size, timing and structure of Anthropic’s planned IPO remain subject to change as the company finalizes its preparations for a public filing expected before the end of the month. Given how quickly the details surrounding Anthropic’s offering have evolved in recent weeks, investors and market observers are likely to continue closely watching for the company’s formal S-1 filing for confirmation of the specific terms under consideration.

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Uttar Pradesh remains India’s largest crypto market in Q2 2026: Report

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Crypto adoption is growing across India, with participation spreading beyond traditional financial hubs. Regional trends highlight how different states are contributing to the expanding crypto ecosystem and reflect the diversity of India’s investor base. Here is a detailed breakup in Q2 2026, according to a report by CoinSwitch.

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Bank stocks to buy: Goldman Sachs remains bullish on 6 private bank stocks. Do you own any?

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Goldman Sachs expects Indian banks’ loan growth to moderate to 14–15% through FY29 and initiated coverage on 14 lenders. It favours six private banks, including ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Federal Bank and AU Small Finance Bank.

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Bitcoin surges 23% in 1 week to trade nearly $78K as liquidity hopes, ETF inflows boost crypto markets

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Bitcoin surged nearly 22.9% in one week to trade near the $78,000 mark as liquidity hopes, ETF inflows boost crypto markets. The cryptocurrency was trading at $777,473 mark.

In the past week, Ethereum was up 29.7%. Among the major altcoins, BNB, XRP, Solana, Tron, Hyperliquid, Dogecoin, and Cardano rallied upto 56.3%. The global crypto market capitalisation went up $2.2 trillion to $2.53 trillion in one week, according to Coingecko.

Also Read | Explained: 5 reasons why skipping SIPs may affect your long-term wealth creation Nischal Shetty, Founder, WazirX said crypto markets recorded a strong weekly recovery as improving liquidity expectations outweighed pressure from elevated oil prices and long-term bond yields. Reduced expectations of further Federal Reserve tightening, Treasury buybacks and a weaker US dollar supported risk appetite.

“Bitcoin moved from a bearish technical setup into a bullish daily structure as buyers cleared the $64,000, $70,000 and $74,000 levels. Crypto ETFs recorded approximately $1.45 billion in net inflows across four consecutive sessions this week, reversing roughly $220 million in outflows during the preceding three sessions”

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Shetty further said the strongest daily inflow approached $710 million which sustained return of capital coincided with rising crypto prices, indicating institutional participation and improving market confidence.
In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin was up 2.8% and Ethereum was up 3% to trade at $2,440 mark. Among the major altcoins, BNB, XRP, Solana, Tron, Hyperliquid, Dogecoin, Cardano rallies upto 19.7%. The global crypto market capitalisation went up 3.1% to $2.71 trillion, according to Coingecko.Bitcoin is trading near $78,000 after rising more than 18% from the $63,000 region earlier this week, while Ethereum is near $2,500, said Riya Sehgal, Research Analyst, Delta Exchange.

Strong Bitcoin ETF inflows have supported prices even after more than $4 billion in crypto shorts were liquidated. On-chain data also shows some distribution from long-term Bitcoin holders, so continued selling near higher levels will be worth watching, Sehgal further said.

On Bitcoin crossing $75,000 mark, SB Seker, Head of APAC, Binance said Bitcoin’s move back above the $75,000 mark is a notable sign of renewed participation after a period of heightened volatility and macro uncertainty.

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Bitcoin has pushed to around $79,000, continuing to rally supported by Treasury buybacks and Trump’s White House crypto summit. A weekly close near current levels, followed by a monthly close above $80,000, could confirm a sustained rally toward $85,000. Meanwhile, $70,000 remains the key support as break below it could trigger a pullback toward $65,000.

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JioBlackRock Mutual Fund announces feature changes across 6 funds, including flexi cap, large cap

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JioBlackRock Mutual Fund has announced changes in features of its six funds including – JioBlackRock Flexi Cap Fund and JioBlackRock Large Cap Fund with effect from August 26.

According to a notice cum addendum these changes in the features of schemes are for the purpose of alignment with “Part IV – Categorization and Rationalization of Mutual Fund Schemes” of the SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds dated March 20, 2026.

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JioBlackRock Flexi Cap Fund will now invest 65-100% in equity and equity-related instruments of large cap, mid cap and small cap companies, 0-35% in money market instruments, other liquid instruments and units of mutual fund, 0-20% in units of gold and silver ETFs, and 0-10% in units issued by InvITs.

Earlier the allocation in this flexicap fund was 65-100% in equity and equity-related instruments of largecap, midcap and smallcap companies, 0-35% in debt and money market instruments and 0-10% in units issued by REITs and InvITs.

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JioBlackRock Large Cap Fund will now allocate 80-100% in equity and equity-related instruments of largecap companies, 0-20% in equity and equity-related instruments of other than large cap companies, 0-20% in money market instruments, other liquid instruments and units of mutual fund, 0-20% in units of gold and silver ETFs and 0-10% in units issued by InvITs.
JioBlackRock Sector Rotation Fund, a sectoral fund, which earlier allocated its assets in equity and equity related instruments, other equity and equity related instruments and debt and money market instruments will now also allocate in money market instruments, other liquid instruments and units of mutual fund, units of gold and silver ETFs and units issued by InvITs.The JioBlackRock Arbitrage Fund which allocated its assets only in equity and equity related instruments including equity derivatives and debt and money market instruments including the margin money deployed in derivative transactions will now also allocate its money in Gold ETF, Silver ETF and ETCD.

For the JioBlackRock Liquid Fund, the 91 days reference in SID and KIM shall stand replaced with “91 calendar days” with effect from the effective date. “The Scheme will invest in Debt instruments and Money Market instruments with residual maturity upto 91 calendar days,” the notice cum addendum said.

Similarly for the JioBlackRock Overnight Fund, the 30 days reference in SID and KIM shall stand replaced as “30 calendar days” from the effective date. “The overnight fund can deploy not exceeding 5% of the net assets in G-secs and/or T-bills with a residual maturity of upto 30 calendar days for the purpose of placing the same as margin and collateral for certain transactions, according to the notice cum addendum.

The fund house also informed about change in names of its two debt funds – JioBlackRock Short Duration Fund and JioBlackRock Low Duration Fund.

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The JioBlackRock Short Duration Fund will now be called the JioBlackRock Short Term Fund, an open ended short term debt scheme investing in instruments such that the Macaulay duration of the portfolio is between 1 year to 3 years with a relatively high interest rate risk and moderate credit risk.

JioBlackRock Low Duration Fund will now be named as the JioBlackRock Ultra Short to Short Term Fund, an open ended debt scheme investing in instruments such that the Macaulay duration of the portfolio is between 6 months to 12 months with a relatively high interest rate risk and moderate credit risk.

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Vijay Kedia Portfolio: 5 stocks surge up to 55% in CY26; 1 new addition in June quarter

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Vijay Kedia’s disclosed portfolio rose 21% to Rs 1,415 crore by August 2026. Neuland Laboratories led CY26 gains at 53%, while Innovators Facade Systems fell 37%. Eimco Elecon was his latest portfolio addition, highlighting varied performance across his holdings.

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