Anthropic filing shows $80.7 billion loss ahead of blockbuster IPO
What's new: The AI company warned advanced systems could pose existential risks and disclosed a China-linked Claude hacking incident.
Anthropic’s IPO filing laid bare the scale of its spending and the risks tied to its AI business ahead of a widely watched US stock market debut. The company posted a $80.7 billion loss in the first half of 2026 on $16.2 billion in revenue, according to the filing cited by BBC News. Anthropic said access to chips and data centers is critical to building and running its models, making infrastructure a major constraint on growth. The filing also flagged severe AI dangers, including the possibility that advanced systems could threaten humanity, and described an incident in which a hacking group the company linked to China manipulated Claude to breach multiple institutions.